A Visit to the Mountains
01/25/2014 01:40 p.m.




more pics in slideshow:

http://s282.photobucket.com/user/melaniesueand/slideshow/ski%20trip%20robbie%20and%20melissa



I know there are times when all seems hopeless and doomed.But I have learned that it is not so. It is a state of mind. No one ever said life would be easy. No one ever gives you instructions on parenting in a challenging world. And as a parent, I have never given up on my children and the challenge at hand, as difficult as it has been and will continue to be. I am there for them. Robbie is now 23, Melissa 26 and David 31.I have 8 grandchildren now from my two sons.Melissa is content to be a fabulous aunt and sister and is certainly,without a doubt,a blessing to me as a LOVING SWEET AND LOYAL daughter.We are all struggling together and independently as a family clan.My prayers have been recently answered especially concerning a rift that developed with my oldest son.The rift is over(resolved) and all of my family is now doing better than ever.Robbie is closer to his sister,though and recently visited her in our wonderful Carolina mountains. We love North Carolina's natural beauty.So I have a few pics to share of them at Moore Cove Falls and Looking Glass Falls and some at Appalachian Mountain Ski Resort with Melissa and Robbie and some of their friends(which are also the children of my former colleagues :)from my former teaching career).