Families should come with WARNING LABELS: To the men out there...

WARNING: This family may love you so much that you'll want to spit... or run really really fast in the other direction. We are stubborn with our opinions, open with our hearts and old school with our values and standards.

WARNING.... This one's to all the men out there... Please please please love your family enough to go to the doctor when you are sick. Please know that once you are a family it's for life, not an optional activity. It's for KEEPS! We're like the southern mafia without the guns and the thugs. Just a bunch of folks that love each other a lot and want you to be ok... and will give you weird stares and lectures if you don't take care of yourself... Seriously! How annoying, huh? This means that your life is not your own anymore. This means you now have to do what your family members say sometimes and let them help you take care of YOU! Warning - Sometimes this means yielding to our wishes when you don't feel well and going on ahead to the doctor in spite of wanting to appear bold and invincible. We will probably actually see you as MORE bold and MORE invincible if you DO go to the doctor. No joke! And, we will still love you if you go to the doctor. PROMISE! And, like most people, nobody likes going to the doctor... But, it's better to get help when you don't feel well and feel like yourself again sooner than have to deal with the eye rolls of family members when you don't go to the doctor like you should! There are a lot of people counting on you to be well, so buck up and go do what you need to do. I know, you don't need some girl to tell you what to do, but no one likes a whiny man. So, please Men, we love you so much... Go to the doctor when you're sick!

Dear God, Bless the sick people... Especially the men and especially the ones that won't go to the doctor when they need to go get help. Heal them, but also turn their hearts so they will see that they need to get help and feel better so they can be the best they can be! Also, please heal my daughter and my son of their problems and calm my heart, Lord. I know you have great plans for us!  Amen!

Goodnight friends,
J