I worked the night of Christmas Eve and got off at 6am Christmas Day.  My best friend’s son had been taken to the hospital during the night so I stopped to see them on my way home.  After visiting for a little while I went home and put some lunch on to cook.  I took a very short nap and Traci, Pervis and the boys stopped by.  A little while later Ryan came over and we all had a wonderful visit.  Family time is what the holidays are all about.  The Saturday before Christmas I was with my family in Honey Island and had a great visit.  Finally in the holiday mood!

Ryan made me a desk for Christmas this year.  It is huge, sturdy and beautiful,  I love it!  It makes my heart fill with pride when I see what he can do.  I love getting things made by him.  It is so special.  I appreciate all the time and work that went into making it for me.  I love it and will always cherish it.

A few days late, but still the holiday season.  Each year it gets harder to get in the holiday mood.  The decorations go up earlier and earlier each year and the music is playing in stores before Thanksgiving is over.  By the time Christmas really gets here there’s not much excitement.

This year was especially hard with the killing of so many innocent children in the northeast.  The world seems to be turning into a very cruel and scary place.  The devil is hard at work and seems to winning a lot.  We need to really examine our hearts and get them in the right place.  Jesus is the only answer.  As a nation we have put him on the back burner and allowed Satan to move right on in.  We need to put God back at the front of our lives.

Haven’t been writing on here lately.  I’ll start with 11-13-12…..I was involved in a 10-50 major.  I was on my way to get my car washed and 3 blocks from home.  I was driving down 32nd Street toward Memorial Blvd when I see a Ford Fusion on my left.  The driver had a stop sign but for some reason he didn’t stop.  I t-boned him and my car spun around and landed on the grass facing the opposite direction.  I passed out for a few seconds and woke up with my airbag deployed and my car calling 911 reporting the crash.  This was my first wreck and I was terrified.  A nice Hispanic lady came to my door to check on me and help me out.  My glasses had flown off my face and I was in shock.  The other also spun around facing the opposite direction and hit an electric pole.  He would get out of his car.  The ambulance, fire truck and police cars came.  I told them I was alright and called Ricky.  He came from work.  The other driver had them put a collar on him and put him on the gurney and into the ambulance.  The wreckers came and I signed their papers and Ricky took me home.  The ambulance left right after us to take him to the medical center.  As soon as we got home I called my insurance agent and she told me the other driver had already called them trying to file on me!  He was calling from the back of the ambulance!!!  Ricky took me to St Mary’s ER and I got checked out because my head was hurting and my neck and back were hurting.  They took an X-ray of my back, gave me a tetanus shot, pain pills and muscle relaxed and sent me home.  I started hurting more each day after the wreck.  I went to my chiropractor and he said I have whiplash.  They also did X-rays and found my c1 twisted and my spine out of alignment.  Now I have 4 months of treatment starting all over again to get back to where I was.  I hired Ricky’s cousin, Shawn, to represent me.  Hopefully he will be able to take care of this for me.  I missed almost 2 weeks of work and I’m still hurting.