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I'm just a girl determined to live my life Intentionally!

WELCOME TO MY JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE!


Welcome to my newly revamped Blog. A lot has happened since I last blogged in June and it seems like such a long time ago.


I am a wife of one husband, and a mother of 5 kids, although they don't seem like kids, they are all taller than me and and range in age from 17 -26, four boy kinds and one girl kind. At times I make a huge effort to understand them and then I get exhausted and practise putting on make-up instead, I feel I get that right sometimes!! If you don't agree, I don't need to know, thanks anyway!


The kid in the picture on the sides, thats me, I felt it necessary to let you see yourself that I had the whole fashion thing happening when I was 8, even knew how to accessorise with the clip in my hair and the peg holding my cape on, was wooden, not some plastic junk!


I have just launched a new business that I am excited about called "THIS IS WHO I AM". So I will pop over every now and then and share something funny, wise, stupid, sad and hopefully inspiring.

I want to hear from you, drop me a line, and for those who have asked me to write about something in particular, I'm getting on to it!


Many times I have been asked to start blogging so I have finally taken the plunge. My blog is going to be about everyday life and sharing the journey with you, hopefully you will be encouraged and I will learn how to do life better.

I have a busy, fun, crazy life but don't know that I would swap it in a hurry for a quiet, boring life, although every now and then would be nice.


I will be adding interesting and funny photos along the way!














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Looking forward to the journey.



Love Nelsa .































































































































Saturday, July 3, 2010

I HAVE LEARNED THAT IF YOU GET DEALT A HAND STACKED AGAINST YOU IN LIFE, YOU DON'T GET A REDEAL, YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE THOUGH - TO PLAY THE BEST

DAMN HAND YOU CAN!

People have often said to me over the years, "You must
have really loved your husband to get back together
with him after 3 years?", I just smile sweetly and tell
the truth, "No actually, I couldn't stand the sight of him
and he couldn't stand the sight of me, and it was the
first time we had agreed on something for a long time",
haha, maybe we thought we could make it.

So why? Well after we split up and I decided to live
my life as a Christian, I also decided I would live my
life the best way I knew how and that meant that any
time I thought the cards were stacked against me, that
I would find a way to lay them out on the table that
looked like I had a hand full of aces.

For me that meant that I would always choose to
be a student of my circumstances and not a victim
of someone else's decisions.

I remember in the first few months of getting back
together and sitting on the bathroom floor and
sobbing, asking God for strength to live with this
man who didn't love me and asking God at the same
time, "What was I thinking? And how come you let
me do this, whose idea was this anyway???


Yes, sometimes I played my hand too early and I
got beaten up a bit and other times I showed my
cards to people who used them against me, but all
in all , I have played the best damn hand I could,
and I would do it all again.
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  1. StephanieJuly 5, 2010 at 5:44 AM

    What a step of faith to work towards mending your marriage when it all seemed so hopeless and shattered. From this it shows that loves is a choice too not just a warm fuzzy feeling. Amazing how god know's you're hand before you have even delt it. Thanks for sharing this Nelsa even in the darkest moments at least you were honest with each other.

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