Betty knows more than anyone I ever met about using natural herbs to heal people. She brews up a tea, using something that smells bad enough to be great for whoever takes it. We have enough teenaged young ladies to welcome the newcomers. They are about as happy as I have ever seen anyone after eating a hot meal and meeting Jenny, Samantha, Rachel, Emily, and Ellie. I’m sure I left out some, but I can’t keep up with everyone around here. Betty is living with Billy and Ramona now, and they have an extra room, so they take Angie, the mom, and the three girls, Meghan, Mickie and Nickie, over there with them. That way Betty can keep an eye on her.
Today is Christmas Eve and everyone is excited, even if they have never celebrated Christmas before. It is even cold enough today to snow. Jenna is in rare form this morning, she, Dayna, and Robin started picking on me early. All I did was tell them that I think it is going to snow this evening so the children can have a white Christmas. Jenna told me we could find out easy enough. All we have to do is go on the weather channel on the TV, or check the weather web site on the computer. I made the mistake of telling her my mind is like a computer, and she has been harassing me ever since. That’s okay, nothing could bother me today, I think I am as excited as the children are. The day passes quickly with the preparations we are making for tomorrows celebration. Each of the groups are going to get together in their individual meeting houses and read the story of the birth of Christ from the Bible. Then everyone will get presents and of course we will eat a nice breakfast.
We are planning to show a couple of movies that we have, that are appropriate for this time of year. As the day winds down we are all in our homes relaxing. Kathy and Karen have been quiet all day and even the twins have managed not to get into any mischief. I haven’t seen the boys much today and Lisa and Christy have not been around much either. I ask the moms if they have any idea what I may have done to get all the children upset. Robin and Melissa tell me they are afraid the girls overheard a conversation that we had the other night and misunderstand what we were talking about. I know which conversation they are talking about and I can see how they may be confused. I figure it’s time we explain what we were talking about, so no one gets the wrong idea.
I call the children, who seem to be in their rooms at the moment. Our children come, but the others don’t, so we are sure they misunderstood what was said. I ask them to go and get the rest of the family so I can tell them all at once. That brightens their mood up a little. They run and come back with our new family members. Usually it’s a mad scramble to see who is going to sit on my lap, but tonight Tammy and Tina ask me politely if they can. Now I know something is wrong. When all the children are present, as well as Becky their mom, I start to tell them I would like to explain what they think they heard the other evening. Kathy starts telling me that they will be better and not argue so much anymore. Karen says she will not yell at Teddy, Jerry, and Steve anymore if they can stay with us. Tina and Tammy tell me they will share Zeus with everybody if they can stay.
I tell them I wasn’t aware that Becky wanted to move. Is this something that has come up recently? Teddy says that they overheard us saying that they would have to move soon. He starts to continue but, I raise my hand signaling him that I would like to say something.
“I know what you all think you heard, but what that conversation was about is the new homes we are bringing in. We adults were just explaining to Becky that if she would like to move into one of the new homes, when it is ready for that, we will be more than willing to help her. We don’t anticipate the first house being ready to live in until spring and the ones after that will be when they are. So even if Becky wants to
Today is Christmas Eve and everyone is excited, even if they have never celebrated Christmas before. It is even cold enough today to snow. Jenna is in rare form this morning, she, Dayna, and Robin started picking on me early. All I did was tell them that I think it is going to snow this evening so the children can have a white Christmas. Jenna told me we could find out easy enough. All we have to do is go on the weather channel on the TV, or check the weather web site on the computer. I made the mistake of telling her my mind is like a computer, and she has been harassing me ever since. That’s okay, nothing could bother me today, I think I am as excited as the children are. The day passes quickly with the preparations we are making for tomorrows celebration. Each of the groups are going to get together in their individual meeting houses and read the story of the birth of Christ from the Bible. Then everyone will get presents and of course we will eat a nice breakfast.
We are planning to show a couple of movies that we have, that are appropriate for this time of year. As the day winds down we are all in our homes relaxing. Kathy and Karen have been quiet all day and even the twins have managed not to get into any mischief. I haven’t seen the boys much today and Lisa and Christy have not been around much either. I ask the moms if they have any idea what I may have done to get all the children upset. Robin and Melissa tell me they are afraid the girls overheard a conversation that we had the other night and misunderstand what we were talking about. I know which conversation they are talking about and I can see how they may be confused. I figure it’s time we explain what we were talking about, so no one gets the wrong idea.
I call the children, who seem to be in their rooms at the moment. Our children come, but the others don’t, so we are sure they misunderstood what was said. I ask them to go and get the rest of the family so I can tell them all at once. That brightens their mood up a little. They run and come back with our new family members. Usually it’s a mad scramble to see who is going to sit on my lap, but tonight Tammy and Tina ask me politely if they can. Now I know something is wrong. When all the children are present, as well as Becky their mom, I start to tell them I would like to explain what they think they heard the other evening. Kathy starts telling me that they will be better and not argue so much anymore. Karen says she will not yell at Teddy, Jerry, and Steve anymore if they can stay with us. Tina and Tammy tell me they will share Zeus with everybody if they can stay.
I tell them I wasn’t aware that Becky wanted to move. Is this something that has come up recently? Teddy says that they overheard us saying that they would have to move soon. He starts to continue but, I raise my hand signaling him that I would like to say something.
“I know what you all think you heard, but what that conversation was about is the new homes we are bringing in. We adults were just explaining to Becky that if she would like to move into one of the new homes, when it is ready for that, we will be more than willing to help her. We don’t anticipate the first house being ready to live in until spring and the ones after that will be when they are. So even if Becky wants to
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