family...

I was raised in a large family... I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters... I am the youngest of 7... so I was used to having alot of family around all the time.. I am 100% german... whatever you know about germans... they can be very arrogant and just know that they are better than the rest of the world... so when I got with a black man and I am white... needless to say... I lost most of that family... I have 2 sisters now and that is pretty much it... I have been called all the names... by my own family...

so gracious as God is... He gave me a new family... that used to belong to my ex husband (hee hee hee) and they are my grandpap and my brothers and sisters... and on july 4th, some of them are coming to the area for the holiday and I will get to see them... I haven't seen anyone in over 2 years... because every time I think about going up there... someone seems to pray it away and I don't get to go... but they are coming to me!!! very excited....

actually God has given me more than just the one family... I have another family here in augusta that is family to me... I go eat at their house all the time... the mother gets on me about any wrong I might do... I have a couple mothers... all found in my church... and I love this family just like I love the one I was born into... probably more, because the love is more unconditional...

how often do you love unconditionally? do you love based on what people do? or do you love people in spite of what they do? I try to be unconditional... if I love you, I just do... even on the days I don't like you much...

I thank God today for unconditional love and for family....