I Am A Proud Sister!

Good morning! As my blog title describes, this is my year of change! Part of change is looking into myself and changing the way I think and the way I feel about myself. I believe an even bigger part of change is being totally and completely honest with ourselves. I have a tendency to be self destructive with my life. I tend to have a very negative dialogue with myself. I'm not pretty enough, I'm too fat, I'm not successful and the list goes on and on. There has been a lot of talk in the media and television world of late that our inner dialogue is what makes us or breaks us. I have struggled within myself about how to adapt the power of positive thinking into my religious beliefs. How can I put something out into the universe when everything I believe in teaches me that I must put my faith & trust in God? After much thought, prayer and yes, doubt, I have come to the acknowledgement that God is the universe. He created everything! Everything belongs to Him already and His word says that He wants to give us the desires of our hearts! He knows my heart and I believe He is bringing me to a place where I am everything I am supposed to be!

Ok, I am not going to lie and pretend that I am 100% cured and on the road to "recovery"! Oh, no, I didn't develop this self destructive thought pattern overnight and I will not be miraculously "cured" overnight!

What I am realizing is that I am having difficulty finding things about myself that I truly "believe" and so I have decided to give myself a "break" and start with baby steps. Hence, today's post title, "I Am A Proud Sister". I know for 100% sure that I am a proud sister!

Let me begin with my "big" sister! Her name is Jackie and she is the firstborn in this Watson crew! She has been married to her husband, Kenny for 35 years and they have two beautiful daughters and 7 grandchildren. She is a compassionate, caring, loving & strong woman! For many years she has been striving to educate us on healthier living. She has met with much "opposition" and dragging of the feet along the way however, she has NEVER given up! She is an AMAZING chef/cook and has this amazing ability to create her own masterpiece recipes! I am so proud of her because I know that one of her passions has been to help others obtain a healtheir lifestyle and she has persevered through it all and now has her very own food blog! I keep telling her that one day she will have her very own "cooking" show where she can share her vast wealth of knowledge with the world! Of course, I cannot let this post go by without posting her blog spot: http://foodblog.jkvetter.com! Check it out! I promise you will not be disappointed!

Now I will move along to my brother, Rusty. Rusty has been married to my sister-in-law, Penny for 25 years! We just threw them a huge "surprise" celebration in February! They have two beautiful children, Casey & Whitney and will be adding a new "daughter" to their family, Kendra on June 21st when she makes an honest man out of my Casey! :) I must also add that my dear Whitney has made it into her clinicals which we all know is tough to do on the first try and I am SO proud of her!

Rusty & Penny have pastored their church in Shepherdsville, KY together for many years. I have watched in awe as they have grown and expanded their ministry into an amazing community outreach! Rusty had always had an amazing musical talent and I was never more proud of him that when he told us that he and a group of men from his church (including my nephew, Casey!) would be forming their own christian rock band, Mesynger! They have grown beyond what I think they even believed they could do! They write almost all of their own music & lyrics and each one tells an amazing story of love, faith & hope! They recently played in a "competition" and came in 2nd place! They were asked to go to the "finals" in Tennessee! I don't know all the details but I know that I am so proud of what they have accomplished! You can check them out at www.mesynger.com.

I have another precious sister, Melanie. She has been married for 26 years and after a long battle with infertility was able to overcome the odds and now has one daughter, almost 18 and two sons, one 16 and one 15. She is an amazing, compasionate person and is way more beautiful and stronger than she gives herself credit for! I love you, Mel, I miss you!

Ok, the tears are flowing so I must sign off for now! Stay tuned for tomorrow as I discover another positive thing about myself. I believe it will be the fact that I am a truly blessed daughter!

Until then,
Beth