Family always

Sometimes we have family members that we don't see all the time or ones that we have seperated from but in the end we are all still family in some way or the other.  Last Sunday I spent the afternoon at my ex husbands with the kids to celebrate his birthday.  Yes I even made my ex husband the only home made from scratch yummy cake I know how to make.....Texas chocolate sheet cake.  It was nice to visit with his daughter Amanda who he hadn't seen in 11 years.   She gave me a hug and said sorry for all the mean things she had done or said to me years ago and said I would always be her step mom.  It was a very sweet moment.

Amanda has really changed and turn her life around.  I'm so proud of her and very happy.  She is a beautiful sweet person.

I really enjoyed watching these two get along together....that too was a sweet moment that I will committ to memory.  (Karlee was at work but the next day she spent with Amanda and her Dad on her own while the other two were in school)

So thankful that God chooses our family and helps us to hang on to our loved ones too.