Third Letter!!

Today I have determined that with each new letter I get from Joel, I will be just as excited to read it as I was with the first one. Today I got my third letter from Joel. What a cutie he is! :D

Dear Lisa Keough
It is with a great joy that I am writing you this letter, to give you my news, those of my family and hear from you.
I am fine, my family too-How are you? Is it raining where you live now?
Here people started working on their farms, because it rains- when it stops raining here, the weather is nice - whats the weather like where you live? All my family is greeting you - please, pray for my parents activities.
Be Blessed.

This letter took me longer to read than the others as the person who translated this one was quite sloppy. I do wish the translators had the handwriting of his companion, Lucienne. Such neat writing they have. But I appreciate the translators work, even if they a sloppy sometimes. Cause I sure can't read french lol
That is all for tonight. I will try to update my blog again soon! =)

LMK Photography

Hey!
If anybody out there in this big world wide web actually reads my slice of mind now and then, you should check out my new blog especially for my photography!! Tonight I will start to upload a few of the many images I have (and will have) to put on display =)
Just do it!!

xox- Lisa & Pepsi

I Fell in Love Again Last Night

Hello!!!
As some of you may know, I am now the proud mama of a new little fur-baby. A precious little black and white, blue-eyed kitten named Pepsi. Yes, Pepsi, lol. Until September she is staying out to my Uncle's barn as I don't think a kitten who's not litterbox trained, and a camper-trailer will mix well haha.
Last night, I went to see my baby. She had just finished her supper and like any other baby I've met, belly full of milk = nap time. But I wanted her to get used to my scent, so I scooped her out of her box and carried her down to the house where I sat on the couch next to the other sleeping baby (Jaydee) and while the two peacefully slumbered, one on my lap, the other at my side, a warm fuzzy feeling overtook me (No, she didnt pee on my lap!) My heart began to melt. And melt some more. And when my precious little Pepsi began to purr, it melted some more, and this tiny little creature (too tiny to even fit a kitten's collar) stole my heart away in the palm of her - er - in the pads of her paws.
Even as I carried her up the road, past the big dogs barking, the sheep baaaing, the donkeys braying and the cars speeding past, she slept contentedly nestled in the crook of my elbow, on one tiny little paw strewn over the side of my arm, tail beside moving to my steps. She woke up long enough to be passed around between my Gram, my Aunt and (Almost) Uncle, and my mom for introductions. Then, in the safety of her surrogate mama's arm, she quickly fell asleep again.
Little Pepsi is so much different than my Lucky was. She is happy to rest in my arms, where Lucky would rather sleep on my clothes, safely on the floor. And where Lucky would have cried, Pepsi was happy just to look up at me.
Back to work --
xox Lisa & Pepsi

Second Letter!!

Helloooo!
Tonight I recieved my second letter from Joel, my sponsored child!! It was posted way back in April (the 24th!) and tonight, July 7th, I recieved it!!! It took a whopping 75 days to travel from that precious little boy's hands in Burkina Faso, to mine in New Brunswick. But it was well worth the wait! :) Though his words may be few, they are genuine and innocent as children should be. This little child, on the other side of the world, who has never met me, genuinely cares about how I am. I love it. :) Anyways, here is the letter :)

Dear Lisa Keough,
It's a great pleasure for me to write this letter to you. My family and I are well. How are you doing? How are your activities going? It'll soon be Easter I'll go to church on that day and we'll sing and dance. mom will cook some rice with fire. i'll also go to wish my friends and wish them a happy Easter celebration. what will you eat on Easter day? I wish you a happy Easter day
bye!


I feel really guilty for not writing to him for so long, so tonight I'm going to publicly post my promise to write to little Joel at least once a month. Even if it is only a short little note. He shows his love for me though his letters, I need to show mine for him, through my letters.

SPRING!

Spring has sprung in the county :D it is so nice to look out my window and see only green grass instead of white snow. lol But alas! with this spring comes yet another election. Now, if you know me, you know I think politics are the most retarded thing ever. I think its just a bunch of overgrown kids who need to grow up and work together for our country. But, even though I may think them stupid, I also think its very important to vote. So get out there on Monday, and check that little box on the ballot. Just do it ;)

To "Luke" (lucky)

I found this when I was going through a bunch of my old school work. I vividly remember drawing this in Grade one. Miss Carson's class. I was sitting in the back of the room, in the corner. This is how big of an impact my baby made on my life, that I would remember doing this simple little drawing. I even remember why I spelled her name wrong. I wanted to make it "different" than just the regular spelling of Lucky. I wanted it to be special, like she was.

Stupid Idea? Love.

So, tonight, I did something stupid. I added my brother to my facebook. Except he doesn't know it's me because I used my old account with my fake name. (Well, if he reads this, he knows now..) I only added him really because I can never remember if his birthday is on the 17th 18th or 19th. I was pretty sure it was the 18th, but to be sure, I added him. As I 'stalked' him a little tonight, I happened upon pictures of my nieces, who I'm not allowed to talk to. I was hurting already from the stupidness of not being allowed to communicate with them, and looking at their pictures sure as hell didn't help my pain any. In fact, it only made it hurt worse. I want so badly to resolve things between my brother and I (I'm not ready to make nice with Cindy yet..) so I can talk to my nieces, but I'm still so mad at him. I get soo frustrated when I remember what he told me and what he did to me, but when I look at Madison and Amanda, I want to get to know them, and the strength of my love for them overcomes the anger I feel towards my brother. I'm lost for what I should do. I know the Bible says to forgive, and I have, but I just haven't told him that yet. If only there were some way I could talk to my girls without their parents knowing, even if it were just long enough to tell them how much their Grampie and I love them, no matter what their parents say. Because if Cindy had her way, the girls would hate me. The thought of that crushes my soul. I don't know what I would do if the girls hated me, its hard enough to know that they are being told that I hate them and that there is nothing I can do about it.
I just need them to know how much I love them, and that no matter what, I always will.