She’s loved her teapots since I was young. I guess you can say she has an old soul. She loves everything pretty in pink and flowers and old Victorian homes.
He on the other hand collects his tanks.
They are pretty much the only thing he collects.
Her teapots and his tanks sit intertwined in an old wooden hutch.
Two different objects sit alongside one another going together like white on rice.
To me it explains who they are as a couple, their story, and their marriage. All odds were against them. To the world they werent meant to be but yet they were and they are.
I love them and their crazy ways because they gave me life when they didn’t have to
They made it all work!.
My mom was just a kid when she got pregnant with a guy (my dad) she had only known for 5 months.
They could have aborted me and left their secrets at the clinic.
They could have given me up for adoption because God knows they weren’t ready for a kid.
But there I was May 19th a whole head of dark hair and teary eyes being welcomed into the world by two people clueless as to what the next 21 years would hold.
My dad was raised by an atheist and a non practicing catholic and my mom…well, let’s just say she didn’t have a stable home growing up.
What were the odds these people would ever be followers of Christ and raise their children to be followers as well?
The odds?
There were no odds. My mom and dad were raised as far away from Christ as possible. They weren’t supposed to be Christians.
Yet God found his way to the door of my dad’s stubborn heart through an old Christian radio station. One night Driving his truck back to work he heard a man ask:
"Don’t you want to know if there’s more to life"…. And it was history
I was introduced to the greatest love story of all time…Jesus!
Yet,There is no way around it.
I was a mistake. I wasn’t supposed to happen.
I can only imagine how you felt mom, when you found out you were pregnant. The terror and the fear you must have felt. You were so young and with a man you hardly knew But something inside of you said “keep her.”
It’s crazy because even though I wasn’t planned, our God had a plan. and what Satan used as harm God turned right around and used as good.
I mean comeon I was a mistake. Im not suppose to be here. To be truthful many of us arent. Were victoms of a one night stand or a summer fling or a broken condom..or whatever went wrong. Who the heck knows
All i know is that I'm here and that you're here. Were here…for a reason.
I believe God uses some of our biggest mistakes and transforms them into the miggest miracles we have ever seen.
Mom and dad even though you have no idea this blog site exists, I am so thankful for you.
You are my biggest supporters when it comes to the world race and even though you’d rather me be safe at home you’ll do anything to help me achieve my dreams And the WorldRace is one of them
There is no way in hell I would be leaving in September without all your help, your dedication to me, and your donations
God has truly blessed me with an amazing set of parents.
When all the odds are against us Jesus comes in and whispers another story.
