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I ain't nothing pretty, and I certainly won't ever win no beauty pageants   I make up for all I'm lacking in visual attributes with my quirky, fun, and life loving personality!  We only get one chance to live this life, and I'm bound and determined to make the most of it.  Instead of sitting and wishing for those things I do NOT possess, I'm hanging on to what I have.  I have GREAT appreciation for my husband, and the life he works so diligently to provide for me and my three children.

My whole family hunts, fishes ... and loves the great outdoors.  God created a majestic place for us, and we know how to appreciate each and every blessing He's given.

After years of struggling to make ends meet, my husband and I sat down and prayed together.  We HAD lost everything.  THEN, our son almost died from anaphylactic shock.  Talk about a terrifying nightmare; holding your lifeless child in your arms calling on the Almighty to save him.  IN A FLASH, as this traumatic event unfolded, my husband and I suddenly realized how QUICKLY our TRUE blessings could be ripped away.  THINGS JUST became non important to us.  Spending time as a family, and having each other became the central portion of our existence, and GOD; the hub holding us together.

We don't spend a lot, because we don't have much.  But what we do have, we appreciate.  We have a nice home, two vehicles, two cats, a dog, a goldfish and three wonderful children... we have each other.  I'm hoping someone will understand, will read my blog and realize the joy in LIFE... and not material things.  There's an abundance of enjoyable experiences obtained from being in the great outdoors.  And there's so many things you can do, even if living on a fixed income!  Prayers you become touched in some way.
Get outdoors... realize your blessings... live within your means... live life as if it's your final day...

God Bless....

MAMA Mia!



















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