SAEA Fall Conference in Huntsville

Yay!! I was re-elected President of the Student Alabama Educators Association! Woo hoo!!


So we had a great weekend in Huntsville...Leigh, Jessica and I were the only ones to respresent the University of South Alabama, but hey....that is our job as officers. I also couldn't ask for better travel mates or room mates! We arrived at the Huntsville Marriott Friday at 3 pm and was so excited to see that we were right next to the Space center. We literally had a rocket right outside our room! How cool is that to look out to! Then we had a late dinner with about 75 other SAEA members from the University of AL, Auburn, UA at Huntsville, Miles College, Jacksonville State, and Alabama State University. We always make friends at these conferences, and have to sit through several 1-2 hour sessions; but, we learn so much. The next conference is being held in Mobile, where the three of us will host hopefully more than 200 students. It is called Outreach to Teach. We are choosing one local elementary school in Prichard to receive a major face lift in March! We will need a lot of prayers to get us through that one! Here are a few pictures from our weekend.




Jessica, me & Leigh



me & Jessica


Leigh, Dr. Duff-Newsome (Miles College), Terry Sellers, and Jess


Ashley and Deanna, University of Alabama

Yay!!...Shana's home..

I'm so glad to have my little sister home for a couple of days. It is always a great time when the two of us get together! Usually winds up with stomach pains, cheeks hurting, eyes dripping a tear or two...all of this, because we are laughing so hard! Good times....lol : )

Forgetting all the I have...for something I want

How sad is the day when you come to realize that you have forgotten about everything good that you have, for something that you want? All I have ever wanted in life was to be a wife and mother; and, while I have the mother part, being a single mother wasn't on the list. I have been searching for a love greater than the love I have for my son and my family. I keep searching for "the one" to fill the space in my heart and that of my child, all the while, continually getting disappointed every time. Tyler must tell me a thousand times a day how much he loves me and needs me. Why is that not enough for me? What is it, that makes me forget about the joy he takes in just being with me?

Today, I decided that we were going to go get lunch and then go play a round of miniature golf at Funntasia. We went to Applebee's for lunch and when the waiter brought the ticket...Tyler pulled out his wallet and said, "I got this momma." ha ha... he pulled out $4 and the waiter laughed. I told him to put his money up and that I would get it. Then we had a fun afternoon playing under the hot sun on the golf course. It is then, that it hit me, as my hot little boy lay passed out in the seat....that i fell in love all over again, with what I already have.