Luv'N Lambert Life

A blog about living with Epilepsy, IBHS, Homeschooling and so much more

Mid-January Update 2018

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I can hardly believe we are so far into January. So far this year has been an experience. I’m definitely finding that Path fits us well this year.

Car tags had to be renewed. Efforts have been made to move forward with our plans we made on January 1st. And things continue to fall into place, despite the challenges that have come along with them.

We are busy busy busy. Kids are learning and life is being fully enjoyed by us all. Don even caught a huge fish last week which made a yummy dinner for us all!

Life is at it’s best and I am hopeful this path will continue for us well into the future.

Until next time…
Dana

Ancestry

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I love history. It’s one of my favorite subjects and it always has been. I just love to learn about the past: where we come from and who we are.

Genealogy became a passion of mine even before I was out of high school. I remember filling out the Family Bible will all the names of my grandparents, my parents, their siblings, my siblings and so on. The fact we came from someone and somewhere was important to me.

In the early 2000’s, I began to research more and compiled names using software that I purchased. I added in photos and really enjoyed the process of learning more about my family.

Here almost 20 years later, I still have a passion for Ancestry. Now I enjoy going to the towns where family lived, seeing their graves, connecting with those who’s lives created our own. I recently resubscribed to an online website where I’ve been learning more about our family and their lives which I’ve been sharing with others. Some of it is not the happiest of truths but all of it is important information about the people who came before me and I enjoy gathering their stories and sharing them.

My daughter shares this interest, and one day I look forward to passing this info on to her for her to continue to share with our family. The stories do not die with our loved ones. Their memories live on by sharing them with future generations.

Until next time…
Dana

2019 Word of the Year: Path

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God yells. There’s no doubt in my mind about that. And it was apparent to me as I sat and reflected on what my 2019 Word of the Year was supposed to be for this year.

Path.

Simple as that. I could hear it as clearly as a person speaking directly to me. This year’s word is Path. God was yelling that out clearly.

What does it mean? Honestly, I’m still figuring it out but it was apparent to me from the first day of this year that this year was going to be filled with multiple paths which we will be taking. By the end, I hope to have reached our destination.

And the word, Path isn’t just for me alone. It’s for my whole family. Our whole family is about to take an adventure of a lifetime. We are going to do things over this next year that we never expected and go places that we never thought we’d see, or in some cases return to.

The details of all of this will reveal itself as we move forward. We will be letting go of a lot and moving forward. We will be leaving behind the long overdue to restart again. And great opportunities will arrive from this journey we are heading out on.

But for now, the steps on our Path are short and small. They lead to a greater future and a happier place. And I, for one, can hardly wait to get there!

Until next time…
Dana

New Year, New You… or Continued

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As we come in to a new year, it becomes a time of reflection for many. Most people sit back and think about what they can change about themselves, how they can make life better. They set goals and resolutions and make promises to themselves that they never keep.

For me, the first of the year is just a continuation of the one before it. I enjoy my day to day life so I don’t wish for changes. I’m happy in my marriage, in love with my children, am happy with where we are at now.

It has taken me years to feel this way, satisfied in life, happy with who I am. The security of it is odd to me but I’m happy to be satisfied in who I am and how my life now is.

I do have a few goals this year though: finish editing a friends novel and see her published, write my own novel, and continue this blog with it’s reviews. These are things continued from last year but that I wish to see completed soon. Things that I enjoy doing.

So these are my goals for the year and my hopes for now. I will share about my word of the year soon and it’s meaning so stay tuned…

Until Next Time…

Dana

And Here We Are…

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This year brought about a milestone. My oldest child, my baby boy, my Win turned 18. He is officially an adult.

The time honestly flew by. One day he was a baby and now here we are 18 years later. Where did it all go so quickly?

Win is a amazing young man. He is helpful and he loves his siblings… and his video games. He looks forward to his future and is taking his time on his own path.

He achieved a height taller than his bio-Dad and me as well. It’s pretty nice that he can reach things that I can’t now. That’s a bonus of having a son that’s grown.

I never imagined the immense joy this kid could bring to my life… but he did and I’m so extremely thankful for the past 18 years we’ve had together. I look forward to his future and the next 18 years of his life.

Until next time…
Dana