Merrill and Roberta Simon and Family

Okay, I am the first to admit that our blog is in need of some serious help. Hang in there and I will get working on it this week. So many things to update on. See you soon. Hugs!! .

Oh my this is a hard post to post. It is about bitterness. Yes, BITTERNESS. It is an ugly word. It even sounds ugly. It is not how I wish to feel or even for someone to say...that Roberta, She is a bitter person. Yet, I have to admit, bitterness got a hold of me and I am working now to break free of it. I feel that it is not a reflection of the Saviour that I serve, but more of the evil that I want to run from. Church, I was a child who was raised in church. That is the wonderful thing about growing up in the South, church. They are everywhere. No one has a hard time finding a church to go to or friends to go with. They have things called Revival's and during a revival, you go all week, every day and no one thinks a thing about it. I miss that so much. Church, we were "reorganized" right out of our church. We have not been to church in 9 months. Funny thing about our family, we stick out like a sore thumb. We can't just slip in the back pew and no one notice. We l...

Maverick 3 Years old McClain 9, Jeremy 20, Joey 8 MacGyver 5, Micah 18 Joey 8 Joey 8, McClain 9 MacGyver 5, Maverick 3, McCoy2, Macylea 2 Micah 18, Joseph 11 Macylea and McCoy 2 Jericho 13, Mordachi 14, Macylea and McCoy 2 LisaMarie 11 What on earth is Merrill doing?? Joseph 11 MacGyver, Montana 11 months and LisaMarie 11 Maverick 3 Our Monkey, McClain 9 Thank You Tammy for taking these wonderful pictures of the children. It was a great day. ..

This is a hard post to write. We said goodbye to our last parent on April 21. Gayle Simon ended her earthly journey, but oh how happy she was as she started her eternal journey. Merrill and I feel certain we will see her in Heaven on day, walking those streets of gold. Who knows, my guess is that Gayle will be running and skipping her way around Heaven. Her earthly body caused her such pain and in many ways was nearly useless, but she made the best of it. While she and I did not always see eye to eye, I have to tell you that she had more sheer guts and determination that anyone I have ever known. She sure did life "her way". With the power of only a few words, she had the power to get things she wanted out of people  who did not want to do whatever it is she wanted done. Now mind you, that is not always a good thing but it was her thing. I would have laid money on her going first...I know, sad but true. She just had a host of medical issues. Not Gayle...my mama ...

As I have stated before, I am not sure why people still come here to visit. I get so far behind and then I try to catch up. It is a never ending cycle. The other big thing is I feel that I need to post pictures, but I know that is not true. It is all about how I feel I guess. While Merrill and I were able to get away for a few days in February, I did not really take the time blog about what all has really been going on. We have been through some really trying times to say the least. On Super Bowl Sunday, Merrill tripped over a garden cart and broke his kneecap. Now mind you, leave it to Merrill to really do it right, he not only broke it, he punctured it from underneath and ended up in surgery that required a bone graph to fix it all. Sadly he has had a rather long recovery, in part due to his sheer size and has had to be on catastrophic leave until around June 1. He has not been able to drive, bend his leg or even dress himself. He is now getting better and has the brace totally off...

So, today it was about raw feelings and an outpouring of love, confusion and many responses. I posted on Facebook how sad I was that there is no place for us in church right now. Face it, it is sad and it is a harsh reality of our family. We just do not "fit in" in the normal scheme of life. It takes a lot of work for us to even begin to "fit in" and even then we stick out like a sore thumb. Sometime I wonder about this path we have been chosen to be on. It is never easy, always full of so many things, but most of all it is our faith in God that this is our chosen path. So walk it we do. I guess my post was rather confusing to say the least. Our church is a wonderful church filled with many caring people. they reorganized and we got totally lost in the shuffle. While we have been in contact with the powers that be, nothing has happened and we are not in church. Again a harsh reality of our family. It is nearly impossible for our family to actually pull off what th...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I find it hard to believe that it is the year 2011. It will take me some time to get accustomed to writing out that one. I love many of my friends. They were able to put out an end of the year post and a post about all of their new year commitments...many chose not to use resolutions...haha. Here I sit, just happy to have a few minutes to blog at all. I will just tie it all in together. So, as we wound down the year 2010, Merrill and I did manage to reflect on the year. All in all it was a pretty good year. We did some things we have never done, like take several of the children to Monster Jam in Las Vegas. We went dog sledding and it was so beautiful and fun. We also took all of the children snowmobile riding. Now that was great. Hard as it is to believe, we added three more children to the family. We found out that we have many people that love and support this family that we really never knew before.It has just been an amazing journey to get here. Can you even ...