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ABM

I asked one of my favorite people to guest blog for me and while I am certainly flattered by her kind words, I would be remiss in not saying something about her before I post her entry. Julie is my former sister-in-law. She is married to my ex-husbands brother and it was only until we divorced that we became friends and ultimately best friends. I treasure her friendship in so many ways. She is such a hard worker, a devoted mother and one of the most 'real' people I have ever met. I am blessed to have her in my life. So without further ado.....here's Julie

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Talk about making someone cry. What an honor it is for me to have you ask me to be a guest blogger at Maderville. I don't know what I could possibly write that compares to your thoughts and creative writings that you post. But I will give it a try.If after you read it it's not what you would want to post you will not hurt my feelings. I am thrilled just having you ask me.
Okay so for everyone that doesn't know who I am... a brief history. Renee was in my life for ten years before I "really knew her". I never thought I was a judgemental person but when Renee and I started to really talk and sort our way through a lot of "life", I found out a lot about her that I didn't know, but I think I found out even more about me. I found out how judgemental I had been. Renee was in my life for ten years and I always thought of her as having attitude(sorry Renee, I didn't know how else to word that). Once we found each other I realized for those ten years I had missed out big time on having a wonderful, genuine person in my life. I think God has a reason for everything, although I can't figure out why he kept her a secret for so long before gifting her to me. Renee and I have talked many times about those ten years, and I have apologized for thinking what I thought about her. The moral of this is never listen to what other people say about someone, and don't judge someone on appearances. I had a diamond in the rough(although there is nothing rough about Renee) whose beauty shined before me all the time. I just had to open my eyes and see the beauty.Thankfully when things were settled in a divorce Renee got to keep us.
So here we are today. I cannot tell anyone how special Renee is to me. I've heard a best friend is a sister God forgot to give to you. This is how I feel about Renee. I let life get in my face so much I missed out on several special events over the years with Renee. For this I will always be sorry. My kids adore her. She is truly their Aunt. I guess that comes from that sister thing God forgot to give me. Anyway Thank you Renee, I will always hold you near my heart.
Of course I could not write this without mentioning little Ms. Landry. Gosh, this baby is so absolutely precious. Hopefully with changes going on in my life right now I will have a chance to see her more than I do now. I have never seen a baby as adorable as this little one. Thank you Renee for posting the pictures on your blog. I start my day with looking at her cute face. Give her a kiss for me.
So that's who I am. If you ever read some of the comments on the blog I go by Aunt Big Momma(ABM). My grandkids(if my boys ever give me any)will call me Big Momma, so Renee came up with ABM for Landry to call me. If I don't start seeing her more she won't know who I am.
ABM