A family's love is the best kind of love. It is the first love we learn through our parents and siblings.God express his love for us when he gave his only son to save us. Life is a challenge; sometimes thechoices and chances we take are wrong, and then there are the ones we learn from that makes usstrong. Don't be so quick to give up on one another. You never know when the road will curve inyour life. Family or not, be kind and respectful to one another, 'cause in the blink of an eye, thingscan change. Stop holding on to hate and letting hate take over.Jeanette made the choice to leave and get help for her addiction. She took the chance onputting it off until later. We aren't the judge of one another, so we cannot say or assume she was toolate to turn around. What took place between her and God is unknown. Losing Jeanette was a veryhard chapter in our lives. Raising her four daughters with so much sadness, hurt, and anger wasn'teasy for us. We managed to keep all four girls within the family; holding on to God's grace, we gaveplenty of love and patience to raise these four beautiful girls. No one can predict what will happen inour lifetime. We will lose loved ones and friends along the way. Whether it's by a violent crime,accident, sickness, or old age, it will cause deep pain. These four girls lost their mother at a veryyoung age and with no father to lean on. Now they are grown and raising families of their own.A couple's love is a special bond between two people, but to find a special person is to have abond with God. You can pray to God day and night, but if you aren't living right, he won't hear you.No one is perfect, but to do your best by living by his word, and he will overlook the rest. He lovesus unconditionally that is why he laid down on the cross for us.I myself had given up on love because of so many broken promises and failed relationships. Ifelt this late in life, love wasn't in the stars for me, so I turned it over to God and left it there. Andjust when I thought all was lost, there he was, an old friend whom I once had the sparkles of athousand stars for but never expressed it. To me, the time we lost touch had never happened, aboutfour years or so. He was still that tall, handsome, warm-spirited gentleman I met years ago. Wecontinue being friends like no time had passed until he said six words that will be forever imbeddedin my heart, You know I like you, right? From there, a beautiful relationship was started.
