Lil Luke is on You Tube

So, after many people asking and Matthew begging, I have finally made him a You Tube channel. He goes by Lil Luke and Mini Elvis. I have posted a few videos of him and I hope you like them. Once you watch the Video, you should be able to click the Lil Luke on the page and see the rest of his videos as well.

Lil Luke, Kick the Dust Up

Lil Luke, Country Girl

Mini Elvis, Jailhouse Rock

Let me know what you think!!!!

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan has a new song that is being released tomorrow, did you know that? Did ya? Did ya? My son has been beyond excited for over a week! He can hardly contain himself! Today on the way home, the DJ on the radio stated that they will play this new song every hour, on the hour ALL DAY tomorrow. Matthew is.....well, there are no words for this big Luke fan!! He wants to stay home from school so he can listen to it as much as he can. He can't wait to be able to sing it at karaoke! Soon I will post a picture of him when he impersonates Luke during karaoke, baseball cap,black shirt, jeans and all. LOL.

Does your child have a role model? Anyone they want to be like when they grow up?

Summer

There are about 12 days of school left this year. All of my friends are excited and ready for the summer, but for me, this brings up the question...... What do I do with my son for the summer? I work a full time job but I still can not afford ANY of the summer camps. I do not understand why everything has to be so darn expensive. Yes, I want to see my son more. Yes I want to have him home. Yes, I am happy that it is summer time but I also HAVE to work to pay bills. No one else pays my bills, not even a penny so I have no choice but to work. Why do schools and camps have to make it so hard for working parents? It makes me want to open my own summer camp for single families!!!!

Thank goodness my sister is willing to babysit and my boss is flexible and letting me work a different shift over the summer or I have no idea what I would do. Every year it gets harder to plan but I also know that these days will soon be over and he will be all grown up. For now, I will take each day as it comes and make sure he still has a great summer!!!!

Mother's Day

Happy  Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there! 

Whether you are a single mom, separated mom, divorced mom or married mom. If you have biological child, step child, adopted child or have lost a child, you are all amazing moms and deserve to enjoy this amazing day!

God gave me an amazing son who is the best son I could possibly have. I have never met a kid like him!   For Mother's day he gave me a few gifts, fabulous things he made at school and some that Grandma helped him make. We had a water balloon fight and did some good snuggling. It was nice and Matthew did an amazing job and was so excited to celebrate with me!

I hope you all enjoyed your day as well, feel free to share your stories with me!!!

Love for my readers

I am very excited that so many people are reading this blog already! I love seeing the page views climb every single day. Based on the numbers I am seeing, I think that alot of you have the same struggles that I have, or maybe you have similar stories. I want you to know that I am here for you. Please feel free to leave a comment or send a message if you have any questions. You may be shy or not want to open up, and I completely understand that. I was there where you are but I never found a blog or any other place that I truly felt comfortable opening up so I started my own. I want you to know that I am here and together we can work through anything. I would like to build a safe community where we can all come together.  Who is willing to step out of their comfort zone first? I can not wait to get to know you! If you just want to quietly follow this blog, that is ok too. I love all of my readers!!! Thank you for being here and for your support!

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What to do?

As a mom, I generally question alot of things. I wonder if I am doing everything I can do, I wonder if there is something better I should be doing. Is there a better opportunity somewhere else? Should I get a new job? Should I try to work from home? The list goes on and on but I won't bore you with it since I am sure you all understand and have a list of your own.

Lately I have been trying to figure out what I need to do now, in order to help Matthew later. We have no friends in Monster Jam to slide Matthew in. We have no driver in our town that he can go and help. Do I need to move us to another town?

As I search for answers I read through some of the bios on Monsterjam.com I see that the drivers got the spot in many different ways. From racing remote control trucks, to racing go karts to being a mechanic for a driver. Some just built a truck and started having fun. So where do I go from here.

I have thought about moving to another town where there ARE drivers for him to learn from.

I have thought about going to UTI myself so I can learn how to fix trucks and then teach him how to do it.

I have thought about letting him race go karts but I have NO idea where to come up with the money for that.

He wants his dad to be a monster jam driver, anyone know anyone? HA! Just kidding!

But on a serious note, I am struggling to figure out what I can do today to help him succeed with his dream later. I would do anything for my son, now I just have to decide what anything means and how to make the money to do what needs to be done!!!

Elvis is back

So, as I mentioned before, one of the things Matthew wants to do is to be on the radio like Luke Bryan.I was unsure how I can help with this one until we were at dinner one night and karaoke started in the back room. We go wondering back there and Matthew did not want to leave. He got up with all the confidence in the world and started singing Luke Bryan songs like a pro. Everyone was shocked at his courage.

The second time we went an Elvis impersonator was there. Matthew did not understand who this guy was. He watched him perform and started talking to the guy (Tony). Tony gave Matthew a scarf during one performance and explained who Elvis was. Now, 7 months later, we go to Karaoke every Friday night where Matthew sings Luke Bryan songs and also performs as Mini Elvis. Elvis and Mini Elvis often perform together and are a crowd favorite.

 

The crowd there loves Matthew. He has some regulars that come back to see him every Friday. His public performing, and speaking has improved. His confidence is boosting so I think we are heading in the right direction. While we were in Vegas, we had Matthew dress up and walk the strip. He had a blast! How many seven year olds do you know that dress like Elvis and sing some of his songs? I do not know if he will ever be on the radio like Luke Bryan but I do know that he is having a blast pretending to be him! Soon I will post pictures of him doing karaoke dressed as Luke.