Family Day

On Sunday during our 5 hour lunch. Thats right four of us went out for lunch went to the resturant at 2pm and left at 7pm and we all ate a sandwhich and a bowl of soup in that time (well some of us ate the whole sandwhich lol). Anyways in those 5 hours we talked about family and what makes a family. Can you be a family with only one person? What about a husband wife and one or more kids..is that what makes a fmaily? Are you a family if you are married and have a dog? What if you are single and have a pet? Does that make you a family? Do you have to be in relationship with someone else in order to be a family... or do you have to have several people in your home to make a family? How do you know when you are now your own family?

As a single person you wonder am I a family? If I never marry will I never be a family? Someone said you need a relationship? If I have a relationship with God, are we the two of us family? Well I dont know if I have a solid answer to this but I was first asked this question in my family class in Home Ec. in University. What is family? Hmmmm.

Well today was family day. A day off to enjoy time with your family. So where do I go? Join another family? Am I family? Really I dont know but to be loved is something that fills my heart with joy. God has really been showing me just how much he cares about me and loves me in the last few months it blows my mind. Like really blows my mind. There are days when being single isnt easy and today when I woke up was one of those days.

I woke up at 9am which is kinda early for me on a day off lol. I went on facebook. My brother had on his status that he was heading to the fun factory with his daughter and she would be playing with her cousin there. I thought for a minute as who her cousin was when I realised that woudl be my nephew. SO now on this family day my brother and sister and their kids were going off to have fun on fmaily day and becasue I am single no kids I woudl be home and not invited. It really stung me hard and I kinda got a little angry and frusterated inside...I did take a deep breath and said well God youre in control so Kim just go back to sleep for a bit wake up and clean and watch a movie and enjoy your day off. Which seemed like an ok idea though doing something with "family..or having a family seemed a whole lot better at the moment"

Well I continued to do a few things and the phone rang shortly after 930am, And you might have guessed it. It was my brother. He asked what I was doign today and said his wife had mentioned to him to call me becasue maybe I woud like to come and hang out with my niece and nephew and sister and brother for a while. She had no idea how I was feeling but God did. God knew and God totally cared about me. I was over joyed though my brother didnt know how over joyed I was  ( I did thank him lol) but I truely felt blessed.

I had so much fun with them climbing in and out of the ball pit. Going down slides, laughing and giggling and watching the expressions on the kids faces as they discovered new things. Wow God is so amazing. He can even do more amazing things in our lives when we take a minute to just pause and let Gods time to do what he wants to do in our lives.

I thank the Lord for putting on someone elses heart today to include me in this "family day" I was truely blessed to be a part of this day. God is so good. I am glad after 30 years I am finally learnign to stop be paitent and wait for Gods timing in what He has planned. I hope and pray I can keep trusting and waiting on His timing.

God is good. and thanks again to my sister-n-law for encouragaing my brother to call me and for my sister and brother for bringing the kids out and to my neice and nephew for allowing me to have fun with you. I am blessed to have you all in my life.

Sorry still havent figured how to make my pictures line up where I want them to go yet :

( Oh well the memory is still there either way!