I am sending this to YOU............................

The People We Meet
We wonder so many times why people are put into to our lives and then all of a sudden they are whisked away..... this makes me really think.......................

I'm sending this to you

Pay attention to what you read.

After you have finished reading it, you will know the reason it was
Sent to you.
Here goes:
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that
Person..
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need
You have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with
Guidance and support, or just ANSWERS
To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an
End.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk
away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire
Fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.


Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has
Come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh..
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,

Things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional
Foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson,
Love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other
Relationships and areas of your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life,
Whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime. Now it is time to LET GO!!!!!
We don't know why things don't work out but we just need to praise God we found each other and be happy with that.You are loved and thought about but from a distance and that's the way it will be. You don't have to wonder why just let it be!!





Proverbs 3:5&6

Week ending...................................

These last few days we were at a conference . GACHP (Global Association of Christian Hospitality Professionals) We have been involved in these conferences for years but this one I didn't know If I wanted to go because I thought I needed to stay because of work.Well, I was truly blessed and was very happy I chose to come The speakers ,the worship and the classes were just what I needed. Eddy of course was involved with the conference so he was busy but we were able to spend a little time together( that's always nice)

I was able to reconnect with old friends that I haven't seen in a while.

I am ready to come back to work , I am encouraged, revived and rejuvenated and ready to tackle anything that comes my way...........




I came home and to end the weekend I got to have the pleasure of Gabriel's company. He spent the night Saturday and I have him today. Elias, mommy and daddy live here so I get to see Elias everyday. Although Tasha lives very close I don't see Gabriel as much as I would like. I'll take it when I can get it. Time is precious and I do know that.

When I had my girls everything was a blurr. In case you all don't know by now I have twin girls and they are very precious to me...

When we had them I only remember limited things. The first year went by so fast I don't remember a lot of things... Whenever I got to spend time with one the other would want something or wake up so needless to say quality time was hard with them. Don't get me wrong, I would not change ANYTHING about having my girls. . Could you imagine Three??/Shoot me now!!!lol God only gives what you can handle so he figured I could only handle Nicole and Natasha.


I am looking forward to this because when I don't have Elias I have Gabriel, how can life get any better than this????????

here
are some new pictures for you to enjoy (-:

Gabriel Daniel Castillo and Elias Anthony Guadamuz GIGI AND PAPPA E loves you!!!!!!!

Father's Day

I want to say that I love you daddy and I miss you. My father is in heaven now but he is thought about often. Of course today but not just because it's Father's Day but because of the man he was. I am 52 years old and I still call him daddy.My father adopted all of us (3 children) when I was 9.
My biological father left us when I was 3 years old. My mother never talked bad about my father( I hate to even refer him as that) She thought it was best we find out for ourselves . When we got older we started to ask questions and my mother finally had to tell us. My mom met daddy when I was 8. I have always respected my mom because she always said she would never let any of us kids meet the man she would date until it was serious and she had a ring on her finger. . That is exactly what she did. When they got engaged we met him and she indeed asked us If we were ok with it. Of course we were and they got married. I always thought of him as my real dad. As YOU all know just because you give birth to someone doesn't make them your mother or father. I would say my biological father was a sperm donar. A real parent is the one you grow up with, the one that gives you unconditional love the kind that is going to be there for you NO MATTER WHAT>. My father was that and much more. many people would look at us and say we look just alike. That put a smile on his face. I was proud!!!

He loved my girls like he gave birth to them. He couldn't love them anymore as if they were his.He would always say I was the holding cell and they were his. The girls saw him as a saint. If something needed to be taken care of ask PaPa he can do anything. I wish he could have been here to see our grand babies, he would have been proud!!!!As he got older he lost patience but not with the girls. In his eyes they were pure GOLD!!!!! So, you see why I thought my daddy was special. I could go on and on but I couldn't let this day go without saying I love you daddy and we all miss you.
Love you and miss you terribly, Maureen

Snap Shots

I am talking to myself as I am posting this. At work I see so many different things and we (I) tend to make snap judgements or as Eddy would say "SNAP SHOTS". I don't like it when some people want to judge me but I guess I can be accused of the same thing.I walk by the cafe and see something that should be done so I want to say something but I have to remember I don't know the whole story so, I refrain from saying something. I wait and when I hear what has happened I am glad I didn't say anything (that is what I refer to when I say "SNAP SHOT".
This brings me to my next example, this person doesn't really know me but makes all these assumptions on what she has heard from one or two persons that knew me from 30 years ago( I would like to say I have changed over the years and even grew up quite a bit)and just because her life hasn't gone the way SHE THINKS IT OUGHT TO GO she says a lot of nasty comments and malicious things that she knows nothing of. I can do one of two things I can go down to her level and be like her or choose not to do anything and be the bigger person and let God deal with her. I choose the latter.I am far from perfect but I am trying to live my life as God wants me to. Now, like I have said in the past I make plenty of mistakes but that is how I am learning. I am a work in progress. The things I have done in the past are there in the past. I have asked God to forgive me and he has. I don't intentionally set out to hurt people I try to do what I can to be obedient to what God wants me to do. I stumble from time to time but God is always there to pick me back up. So I am not going to respond to whatever it is you want to throw at me but you will have HIM to answer to one of these days. I do sleep well at night and
do not at all feel any guilt!!!! Everything happens for a reason. So this is another SNAP SHOT, you think you know it but there is always two sides to everything. I am learning to wait and listen, not to be quick to respond and to try and get the information I need to deal with what is in front of me. Always , Always pray before responding.

Gigi

Nothing Can Hold Me Back

I have this is my kitchen window so I want to share

No ocean can hold it back.
No river can overtake it.
No army can defeat it
No law can stop it.
No disease can cripple it.
No force on earth is more powerful or effective than the "Power of Prayer"

I believe this more than ever
I have had a sneeze or so, I have made a bad choice or so , but with prayer it has brought me through more than I wish to share. I will not let ANYONE PERSON get me down. I may have a pity party or two but it doesn't last because I DO PRAY!!!! You should too and it might help.

On a lighter side look at the pictures that my daughter just took our newest edition

Is this the cutest face you have ever seen???? Cousins, they love each other

And yes that is me passed out with my little sweetheart. life doesn't get any better than this!!!!!

Until next time
have a Blessed Day!!
Gigi