I have a nice Sunday morning to myself today, very unusual in my home! My changes have taken place in my family unit since I last made a post on this blog. I had one daughter to go to college at UNC Charlotte and now she is home for the summer and doing great in college. Very proud of her. Had one my oldest to move back close to home from Wilmington, NC and I loved having her close by, but as a mom I know I can't clip my children's wings just because I would like them to be closer to me. Corrine really loved living in Wilmington not to mention her boyfriend is there, and from home Wilmington is 4 hours away. She got a great job in Wilmington and has now moved back with her boyfriend and his 2 small children. I worry about her, because the boyfriend is so much older and as mentioned already has a family. Corrine is only 24 and has so much of live she can still experience, I think being a step mom at 24 she might resent the choices she made later down the road. The biggest thing I have learned raising 4 daughters is sometimes you have to let the fall and just be there to pick up the pieces if needed. My 23 year old just go a great billing job working for a company called Labcorp. I am so proud of her! She has worked really hard, especially since she has a 2 year old daughter, (Nyazia). Azia for short is the a bundle of joy. I really know now what it means to be a grandma, and the bond and love for your grandchildren is so much different and special than with your children. As you can see I am a 24, 23, and 19 year old, now the challenge of my life is my 5 yr old. She is so smart and alert it scary sometimes. Many say what were you thinking having another baby, I think me and Mike were blessed with her at a difficult time in our life, many things were happening to my husband at that time, and I think Kyosha came to give him something positive to focus on and not the negative.. And as you can imagine he does have a very special bond with our youngest child, she follows him everywhere he goes. With so much going on in my family and life, very little time for mom to be just mom, like this morning. I think I spend so much time protecting my family I get lost in the mix,, and they do put me in check sometimes. As for me many changes have happened in my journey to own my own business, I started with a family home daycare, which I had to close due to low enrollment. Now I have Cheryl's Virtual Assistant Company. I work from home with a well know cell phone carrier. I love what I do and it gives me so much freedom to spend time with my 5 year old that I think I missed with my older 3 children. Cheryl's Virtual Assistant Company is my baby and I know can grow in leaps and bounds but I need the best advertisement and I am working on that now. I also employ others to be independent contractors under me and also have the opportunity to work full or part time from home like I do. I currently work full time. Anyone reading this post that is interested in hearing more about my business please
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Another challenge is for me to lose a few pounds the downside to working at home you don't realize how much the unhealthful snacks you eat put pounds on you so unnoticeable. I have a daughter, Lakasha, that is working on keeping me motivated. I love to walk but don't like doing these things alone and a lot of time it is just me and Kyosha. I have joined
Sparkpeople.com which is a free website that offers food, exercise videos and so much more for free to assist you with weight loss, but I cop out a lot. I had to refocus my motivation to say I want to be her for my 5 year old, so I have stared concentrating on dietary changes, and incorporating exercise as well. Will be stepping up my game on exercise in the next few months. I will post my journey as I embark on this goal. My goal is to lose 20 lbs at first, and tone all over.
