Hug your kids=)

I know it has been a while but I just haven't felt much inspiration to write about anything. Until yesterday.. my son was born on December 11, 2007 and since then I dont know that I have got to spend half of those days with him. When you have shared custody, its almost like you flip flop holidays. I get him this year for this, and he get him the next year and so forth. Dont get me wrong, Im glad his real father is in his life. I dont know how much I appreciate the fact that his influence could be not the best, but I cant bother myself with that. Ramon and I try to hard to be the Christian influences in his life. We switch every other weekend, so the weekends he is with his father, Drew doesnt get the opportunity to go to church. This bothered me at first, but it really hit home when Drew said something about he missed going to church every Sunday and he wished his daddy would take him. It hit home hard. I knew we were doing everything, but is our everything enough when neither of us are around? I pray every day that Drew will grow up to be the man that I and God so long him to be. All I can do is keep praying that even though he is not with me 7 days a week, that our influence is strong enough to guide him even in other households. And that God is watching over him and that Drew knows that. ( Im not trying to make his dad sound like a bad person... dont take this the wrong way )
If you are lucky enough to have a family that is not split up, dont take it for granted. On those holidays especially. There is nothing like waking up on Christmas morning and watching your child run in the room with the presents and watching those eyes light up. There also is nothing like waking up in Christmas morning to a room full of presents and no child running through. We split that day up so I get him eventually and luckily this year, I get him Christmas morning. And those days that just want to walk out and need to take a breather, consider that a good thing. Geez, I dont have Drew all 7 days and I still have those days. But be thankful. There are some of us who dont have that pleasure, if you want to call it that. I dont get to spend as much time as I would like with him especially with work, school and other activities. But I am trying my best to the mother God wants me to be and do my best to make sure Drew knows that no matter the circumstance, I love him " to the moon and back. "
So love on your kids. Put down whatever you are doing when they ask you to play. Kiss them. And hug them. And let them see Gods love through you.