Lifes' Opinions; lifes' responsibilities

           Year 2012, prices go higher & higher, the amount of jobs get lower & lower, and people keep making people faster more & more yet, the earth seems to grow smaller everyday. Oh, how time has changed from the past days. I do not understand why things like this happen; is it just a cycle or are we close to the end? I may never know but we all do have our opinions.

          I do not think things such as receiving financial aid from the government to have your kids in care centers if you are a working parent is necessary. My reasoning for this is because everyone in life has different situations and stories, some of well and then others not so lucky, but through it all the dedicated family members/parents make keeping their family with the needs of them possible. Call me old fashion but I believe if families made life's situations capable and well back in the day why need help like this now? I understand it may be harder for some people to find or manage getting someone to watch their kids but, it is not fair for the day care employees to be responsible for that, having an over crowded room of children because of it. There are still people who would pay to have there children in the day care centers and then they wont be getting what they put there own pay on because there are so many children already in the center.

           In this world and year, things are not the best with the government or families but I believe if the government is going to pass out their cash and support for something, free "Day Care' for working parents is not the top priority here. Almost every parent works in this world and they can make what they need to have happen like they always have.

The treasure of my heart

Value...
To place highly, have worth in, hold dear to.
God,
Placed highest, has all worth in, dearest father, lover, and friend.
Value, 
A prize possession 
My Lord,
My biggest prize without even paying the price.
What do I value you say?
What do I love, hold important, and keep close to my heart?
Why that is easy...
There is only one placed highest, my #1.
Only one who's worth everything through I am worth none.
One man I hold dear to, who gave up His only son.
One, one man, one Lord, the one & only God
Who I put all my worth and value in.
There is only one.
And why you ask, I value my God so much?
Maybe because He saved my life,
maybe because He has won;
won the battle, my heart and all the world once again, soon to come.
But not only that see, there is so much more.
In the God I value, His love endures forever, and forever He is love.
Holy are you God! For you have captivated my heart and soul.
I was in the midst of darkness yet,
you brightened my world.
With a tear running down my cheek
you hugged and embraced me tight.
I was so wrong, so unworthy
yet, you made things right.
Helped me see the big picture,
see that you, God, are true.
This is and so much more, is why I value God.
This what I have told you is true.
He saved, changed, and gave me life.
Now until forever I will serve you Lord.
Forever & Always ... YOU will rule.

Summer Come, Summer Go...

           Summer 2012, full of fun, adventures, moves, tears of sadness and laughter, but most of all, full of great times! Every summer my mom, sister, dog (Snickers) and myself take a little trip for a week or 2 to Columbus. The reason we have been taking this trip for the past 5 years or so is because both my brothers Matthew and Jeremy, plus Jeremy’s wife Ariel and my cousins Tita and Eddie, have moved out there in these last 10 years. Though, this year’s trip was a little more memorable …

        
          Not only was it the last trip my sister, Rachel, would be having with us while living at home since this was her last summer before she went off to college but, it was also a week away from my mom’s lovely 50^th birthday (though she doesn’t look a week over 28). These trips are always great because they’re filled with swimming, family time, shopping, going to fun events, and a lot of delicious food but, this time my siblings and I had something different planned. For a surprise for my mama’s big birthday, on the second week of vacation in Columbus, we bought a ticket for her to Florida! She was always joking about going there for a nice get away being able to relax and enjoy herself for the summer yet, never was able to. Well, this year we definitely caught her by surprise by getting these tickets for her.

        
          When my siblings and I gave her, her present the night before she would be leaving to Florida she was so surprised she teared up and all. The sight of her filled with so much joy and shock just filled my heart with such pleasure. We all love our mother for all she is and all the hard work and heartache she has gone through to give us all a good life. Being able to bless her like we did for her birthday was a blessing back to us, too.  This summer has had its good and hard times but, looking back at what these 3 months has let me experience is truly a great and unforgettable thing. Years come so fast yet go so quick, enjoy the little moments that turn to be so big, summer 2012.

Lable, Love, & Light

My Beautiful Mami!♥♥

My wonderful siblings!!!:)♥

Rachel. My best friend... my sister!♥♥♥

(These are some of the best people I know and,

 part of those who helped form me into the CELINA I am today)

In the midst of the snow,
in the midst of the rain,
what if God chose a baby
and gave her a name?

What they didn’t know at first
would soon come and grow so fine.
She’d be in the midst of darkness
yet, still shine so bright.

It started in April
with a baby on the way.
Momma told the family
and what did she say?

At 4 years old, the sister asks
“What could the baby be?”
A boy or girl, they wouldn’t know
but just you wait and see.

Again and again, Rachel says
you have to have a girl mami!
I want a little sister, she would be so great.
Not just a sis, a best friend! One of a kind to me.

Mom reply’s, yes baby
but, it’s whatever God wants it to be.
A boy or a girl, it doesn’t matter.
We will love them for them, Forever and Always.

But, that wasn’t good enough,
and Rach went on & on.
So, momma told her to pray and ask
and God would show her the results.

So, as weeks passed
the little girl prayed from her heart
and, finally she got an answer!
So she went up to her mom…

Mommy, I know what you are having!
Not a little boy, but a little girl.
Her name will be Celina. Jesus told me.
She said with such imbue, it was sure.

What shocking news to have heard.
I sure know it would be shocking to me.
Yet, mom stood in not bane but happiness.
Not in doubt but true glee.

So, when she went to the doctors
for a checkup in this week,
they gave her the results
for what the baby would come to be.

Sure enough it was a girl,
just as God said she would have.
And, when baby Celina was born
it was a blessing in their hands.

As Celina grew up she often wondered,
“Why this name… for me?”
It took a while to receive the answer
but, she got it at fourteen.

In recent years she had looked it up
and the name has meant “moon”.
“God gave me this name,
but what does it have to do with anything?”

Well, now she understands
it is much more then what she thought.
It’s a reflection of His light in the darkness, a source of hope
 to many nations! Not just the meaning of a rock.

How wonderful did it feel
to know your purpose and calling in life.
The puzzle pieces now fit together.
Now I am an ice skater, gliding on the ice.

From the name of an unborn,
to a missionary, called at her feet.
You might not believe what I have told you
but trust me, it is true life... and it is me.♥

Integrity

          In this world, we citizens are surrounded and guided by rules every day. Starting from the day we were born, as we continuously grew more and more, we were raised from rules and restrictions. If it was simple things such as a child being told, “Don’t touch the stove!” by mom or even, “Be home by 10 o’clock as a teenager, we all have had to follow some type of rule throughout our life. From being raised, respecting the law, and even dress codes and “do’s and don’ts” in school or the work place, has made us follow some type of guide line. With that being said, I believe that the #1 rule of it all, the basis, would have to be integrity.

The reason I say integrity is the basis of all rules is because, if you have integrity you would not lie or cheat. You would also have respect for others as well as yourself. And, as I would imagine, a man/women of integrity would have a good, honest heart. This is my opinion and statement for the #1 rule. Integrity is not just something you grow into but instead, learn to live out.