Passing The Baton

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Day 22

Our nation sets aside one day a year to pause and give thanks for all that we have. A day to gather with family and friends to enjoy a special meal together.

Most families have traditions. Who makes the pies, the recipe used for the stuffing, and who carves the blessed bird. In the Schoonover family the turkey carver has always been Uncle Gene.

This year there was a changing of the guard so to speak. We all stood back and watched Uncle Gene pass his knife on to my husband Dave and give him instructions on how to carry out this duty properly.

If you read my posts at all, I’m sure this is a shock to you, but I tend to look deep in to every day situations at the meaning below the surface. I know, this is big news. I am a little choked up at the passing of this baton. I am proud of the man my husband has grown into, I am sad that Uncle Gene is feeling the need to pass on his duties, and I can’t believe that it means we’re the grown ups. When did that happen?

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My name is Jennifer. I'm the wife of Dave, my favorite husband ever, and the mom to 450, give or take a few. I've given birth to two handsome baby boys, who have grown in to two handsome, wonderful young men. I do, however, provide snacks, bandaids, a listening ear, emotional support, calls to check in on, and so much more to about 450 kids at the high school where I am the "office lady". So in essence, I have 450 plus kids. My husband and I live in the middle of nowhere, in the upper left corner of the lower 48, with our dogs, cats, occasional cow, and a stray horse named Amber. In the absence of children in the home, our mixed breed lap dog, who happens to be the size of a small pony, has become our fur baby. I have a heart for the broken and hurting. God did not bring me through childhood abuse, bad decisions as a teenager and saved by Christ as an adult, to keep my story to myself. I firmly believe that we are not meant to walk this road alone, I mean God did create Eve because it wasn't good to leave Adam alone.

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