Ultimate Blog Challenge April, 2018 April, 2018

Ultimate Blog Challenge April 2018 Day 4, as usual, I dropped the ball on this months challenge, but I wanted to make sure I finished what I started.

I have been reiterating that to Charlie time and time again this week. So Please forgive me as we should be on Day 9 today.  But since it is Monday its the perfect time to catch up on things I feel behind on.

This mornings challenge asked us if we had heard the expression, “Bad news comes in threes. We were reminded that none of us like to be negative, so since this is Day 4, let’s talk about some of the Great Things that come in Fours!

1. Four seasons

2. Four cardinal directions

3. Suits of cards

4. Quadruplets

5. The Fantastic Four

6. The four basic mathematical operations

7. Elements (Earth, Wind, Fire, Water)

8. TMNT (That’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! – Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello)

9. The A-Team

10. The Beatles

11. Wheels

12. Four Calling Birds

13. Four Score (and Seven Years)

14. Humans have four canine teeth

15. Humans have four wisdom teeth

16. Humans have four incisor teeth

17. Four states of matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma)

18. Final Four (Basketball)

19. The Three Musketeers… actually had four (Porthos, Aramis, Athos, and the young apprentice d’Artagnan)

20. Four Brothers (Movie)

21. Four Christmases (Movie)

22. Four Eyes

23. Four Freedoms (FDR Speech)

24. Four muscles of the quadriceps

25. A Four Leaf Clover

and so on…

There you have it – a Quarter of 100 things (get the relationship to 4? a Quarter? One Fourth?!?!)

Maybe one of these 25 items will give you an idea to write about! Or, use the same type of association that I did! Think to yourself – what can I associate with my topic?

I wanted to share the four things I am the most grateful. I will begin with my daughter Suzzane as she leads me to the other three items. Suzzane was not only my daughter but my best friend. I was a single mom until she was 9 and all I can say is thank the Lord for allowing me to be a single mom as it brought us closer together.

When she passed away, I thought I would die and I sunk into a deep depression. I was able to pull myself out of it and to move forward. I ended my marriage to her stepdad. Gave up our home she lived in and moved in with my sister. I found a job after working at home for three years.

Reconnected with David who saved my life and helped me mom out of my home. He also helped me get an Apartment and asked me to marry him. I don’t know what I would have done without David and the support he gave me. I was reeling not only from losing Suzzane but the end of my marriage.

In November David brought me a Rat Terrier puppy Sandi and she became my rock and my best friend. As I couldn’t have my daughter dog with me in the apartment. So Davids parents had him in there backyard. David and I began our life together and were so happy. Neither of us thought about having a child.

When low and behold I end up pregnant with Charlie, and all I can say is Thank you, God, for my son. I believe he is what has kept me sane and from sinking back into a depression. I can say I am blessed to have these four people in my life, and I wouldn’t be anything without them. Like people say when God closes one door another opens and as you can see it happened many times in my life and it still is happening today.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates