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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 06 2016 : 8:35:46 PM
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Hi Wildflowers! I am married to my best friend, JT and have 3 children, and 5 grandchildren ranging from 10 yrs old to 3 with a new one due in September. We live on a small place and raise chickens and dogs. Hoping to acquire a horse before too long. Not sure I have convinced JT we need one yet. I love to garden, sew, quilt, do embroidery of all sorts, canning, read and spend time with my sweetheart and my grands!
We share our home with our son (still at home), my 90 yr. old father and temporarily until he finds a house to purchase, my brother in law.
So glad to be here! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
913 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
913 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 05:20:11 AM
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| Welcome Denise!! You sound like the perfect farmgirl :) I look forward to getting to know you more!! |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
364 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
364 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 07:33:30 AM
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| Yay! hi, Denise!!! So glad you decided to join us! I think this is a pretty active henhouse! At least, we stay in touch! You will love it here! Sounds like you keep veeery busy! Hugs! |
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 1:43:11 PM
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| Thanks for the welcome! I look forward to knowing you all better. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 2:10:16 PM
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| Welcome Denise! Sorry about the delay in getting you added! :) can't wait to get to know you better! |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 3:01:46 PM
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| Thanks Erin and no problem. I was visiting and when I realized I could post I knew Brian had added me. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 3:20:44 PM
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| Welcome Denise. |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2774 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
2774 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 08:06:57 AM
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| Hi Denise! It sounds like you and I love to do the same things! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 1:23:41 PM
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| Denise, I have a question. Was your husband your best friend, before you dated and married? The reason I am asking, is our granddaughter. Her best friend is a guy. They are both 18. They went to neighboring small schools, ten miles apart. They go to the same church. He has been included in several family events, he was there to pick up the pieces when her first "boyfriend" turned out to be a total loser, they go to movies and to eat. Things you do with a best friend. But she says, "You don't marry your best friend." My argument is you need to be friends if the marriage is to last, because the flames of love will die down someday, but friendships usually last. Just wondering. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 4:58:26 PM
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Sadly, no Marilyn. I didn't grow up in the same state as my husband. In fact, my best friend a guy, introduced me to my husband. Later in life my best friend died from aids. We went home to visit one time and it was right after he told his mom and dad he was gay and his mom wanted to know why I never told them. I had to tell her it was as much a surprise to me as it was to them.
Back to the question you had. I think it is very important to be friends first. You really need to have things you enjoy doing together or there is a tendency once children are gone to grow apart. You can be very lonely even if you are married. That "new" feeling will go away eventually. But then there are other things that keep a couple close. It isn't just the "together" things as my husband calls them. Experiences if faced together keep a couple close also. I would have to say that commitment and realizing that it is really what marriage is all about is what keeps people together. Both people have to give 100 percent. My husband and I grew into our friendship. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Jan 10 2016 5:00:30 PM |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 5:04:08 PM
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| My hubby and I were best friends... as he dated my roommate..... for over a year! Five weeks after they broke up, we started dating. Been married for almost 14 years. |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 5:29:45 PM
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| Kids are so different now. My son was 27 and his wife was 25 when they married. They waited over six years to start their family. I helped care for the kids, retiring early to do so. The children I loved and cared for have grown into teenagers and sometimes I wonder who they are. Both are sweet and kind to others, offering to help older folks, etc. But sometimes they do things that totally blow our minds. I will always love them, but like I say to my four year old class, "I love you, but I do not always love the way you behave, or the choices you make." |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 5:31:34 PM
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| Sweet, Shannon. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 5:46:10 PM
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| My daughters were 21 and 25 when they married and they both have different but good marriages. My son is 28 and not married yet but he has a plan for how he is preparing for life with a wife and then family before he has one. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2016 : 6:50:36 PM
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| Smart son you have. I feel for my son and daughter in law, because they tried to raise good kids, church, togetherness, etc. But as the kids grow so have problems. Hadlee's brain tumor was not malignant, but it is changing her, sometimes in strange ways. I hope her parents live to be very old, because she will need them. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9700 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9700 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 08:44:54 AM
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Just wanted to thank you Erin for the member packet. I am excited to have joined the hen house with all of you and look forward to getting to know you all better!
Marilyn, If I have learned anything in this life it is that you can equip your children to the best of your ability but they will make the decisions they want. God gave a free will and just like he won't force us to do what is right, we can't force our children. (or grandchildren) We experience the heartbreak but so does God and he loves them much more than we ever could. I pray for my children everyday that God will do what he deems best in their lives to get them where they need to be in His will. I have learned much from my children as they have grown and have families now. My daughter and I are best friends. We talk about lots of subjects mostly of the spiritual nature. I'd like to take credit for what she has learned but it is all God's doing.
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Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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Member Bios: Hello from NJ |
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Hello from NJ
