FLOURISHING TREE BY THE LAKE

Friday, July 31, 2009

Today i was going through our file cabinet and came across all our letters and cards that we sent each other.I noticed,not only did Jacob saved his letters,he also saved the envelopes.I started going through the letters and cards.Having to think of it..its amazing on how far we've come.Jacob also saved all our exchanging emails right back when we started dating.Good memories i tell you..Below is an old picture of us,Jacob @ the age of 18 and i was 17..that was when we first met.

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We are the Haines Family and are currently stationed in Rheinland Phalz Region - Ramstein Base , Germany under the United States Air Force.

Jacob and Lavenia Haines. Proud Parents of William and Brent and we have a wonderful dog, Sofi.

Jacob is originally from Kentucky, U.S.A and Lavenia is from the Fiji Islands in the Pacific Region.

William and Brent are both born here in Germany.

We have had paperworks to do. There is always a section where it asks for their nationality and we came up with "Gerijicans".( a mixture of the 3)

Ha!Ha! if only there was such word.

The name "Flourishing Tree By The Lake"!!

I had been thinking of making a blog but jst couldn't find a name to define who we were.During our afternoon walks,i would ask Jacob if he had a special name to describe our Family.He came up with an "Adventurous Family" since we are always out doing something as a family..I stood still and said,Honey..that's too general.He replied well that's what i got babe.So that night i stayed up late reading a book called Daily Inspiration by Rick Wareen.What struck me was a picture of a tree on the coverpage.And boom that name just came into my head,"Flourishing Tree By the Lake".I thought of it and it sure was a perfect name.Living lives is just like a tree,when we take good care of it..it blooms out and flourishes but if we don't ,it withers and dies away.Sometimes we fall but that shouldn't be a barrier..stand up, pull yourself together and move forward knowing that you are stronger than that obstacle that you had just faced.Are we perfect,No...because we are just human beings.Do we have the courage and capability to try...Yes.We have come a long way..still striving,still flourishing and will always continue to flourish no matter what the circumstances may be.We remember vivdly when we used to struggle,living paycheck to paycheck..life was hard but it made us appreciate life more which helped improve us to become better people.We had so much faith (still do) in ourselves,in each other and most importantly in God that nothing is impossible.