About Me, TeachX3

To backtrack just a bit, I need to speak of God because He is such a major part of my life and who I am. I have always been a believer. God was fact. Jesus was fact. But I was not raised in an active Christian home. Between the age of 10 to 12, I strongly pursued Him. I went to different churches with my different friends of many different denominations and I learned a lot, I couldn't get enough 'knowledge' regarding Jesus. It was at that time that I gave my heart, my life to Christ and I was saved. Through my teen years I did not walk with God, BUT HE NEVER LEFT ME, as I look back, if it was not for Him, so many times, my life would of been a complete disaster. In my mid 20's I found my way back to Christ. Still a baby in my walk, I struggled to have a relationship with Him, because it was *not* what my husband at that time wanted. I was baptized in 1993 and when I found myself single with three small babies (ages 5, 4 and 2) in 1996 it was Christ Jesus my Lord who comforted me and gave me strength daily. I decided I would raise my babies myself and Father God in heaven would be their father and I did not need a man. My walk with God was stronger than it ever had been and I was so thankful for Him. OK... now I am back to when Dennis and I got married in '97... and that is when my personal relationship with Jesus became my everything!! I was now blessed to be married to a man who loved God and walked with Christ too! AMEN!! Dennis is not like any man I have ever known. He is kind and considerate, loving and gentle, strong and smart, and so very wise... He loves me and our children unconditionally and I thank God daily for sending this man into my life. I started smoking cigarettes when I was around 13 years old (to impress a boy). I smoked a pack a day all the way up until the morning of my 35th birthday, October 18, 2002. I had tried to quit countless times over the years... new year resolutions, etc... I truly enjoyed smoking and I just could not make myself stop, so I finally gave up trying. Then God told me, He spoke to my heart and TOLD ME that I would not have another one as of that date, that HE would remove the thorn from my flesh, so that He would receive all of the glory... what a miracle! My hubby still smokes, (not in the house or in our car, etc...) but, the smell is just sooo nasty. Every now and again when I think I want a smoke, I go to my hubby and smell his fingers where the cigarette is held, EWWWWWWW ...and then I'm all better. They say that there is nothing worse than a 'reformed smoker'... and it's the truth, 'cause I am the worst! LOL! Another 'give God the Glory story' is... I have not been to any type of doctor since 1995. None. I have no insurance and having MS is a 'pre existing condition'. I am not eligible for any type of help, long story but the short version is: I just fall 'between the cracks'. So... My Father God in heaven sustains me, He leads me and helps me to make the best decisions for my health using common sense and research. I do not take man made medicines for the MS either... I strive to live a healthy lifestyle using a well balanced food intake of appropriate portion coupled with exercise.  I started living this healthy life in January of 2007 and I have lost almost 40 pounds and am in the best fitness of my life!  I have an online support community for people who live healthy lifestyles, Fit4LifeFriends.com, feel free to join if you are interested!  I am so very blessed to be a walking and talking testimony of the Power of God...

I was born in Texas, on a Army military base, in 1967 as Dannielle Tubbs and have a brother 5 years younger than me. We lived in California for a few years and my parents divorced when I was 7. I convinced my Mom to take us to Illinois, where we had visited and all of our family was located. So we moved to the Flatlands of CornUtopia. I loved the groovy disco age... my Mom and I took lessons and all! Mom met her husband to be, she married in 1979 and I had 2 new brothers both a bit older than me. THE 80s WERE NOW HERE!! (Talk about like the totally best decade evar!) My new baby sister was born in '81 and a year later came my baby bro... I have always been a dancer... First I was gonna be a 'Solid Gold Dancer', but that show got canceled, so then I was gonna be a Flashdance type star! LOL I was a Pom Pom (or Pon Pom or Pom Pon, ugh, whatever!) girl in Jr. High and in the beginning of High School. I have always been a singer. When I was in my teens, I wanted to be the next big Pop Star (Cyndi Lauper or 80s Madonna style) in my early 20's I was a successful lead singer of a Rock band (Blondie, Guns 'n Roses, Heart style music) and now in my 40's, when I do get to sing, I do it for my Lord (with an occasional Karaoke night).  The 80s Rawked! I was bold and crazy and loved every minute of it! I married when I was 18 out of rebellion and to prove a point to my mother, it ended 8 months later. Hmmm, Mom was right, imagine that. I married again and had my first son in 1991 and a year later came my second boy. As you can see, I did not accomplish becoming a *star* and being a wife and mom was the ONLY thing I wanted to do other than stardom... and believe me, I am still thanking God for unanswered prayers! I loved my husband, but could not live with his alcoholism. We divorced. I married again and in 1993 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and then in 1994 I had my baby girl! We divorced in 1996. I was DONE with men. Now I know you are looking back through to see "just how many times was that?" LOL My little sister convinced me to put a dating ad in the paper. Yeah, you read that right. I was like, "umm, do you *know* what kind of freaks answer those ads? Furthermore, do you *know* what kind of desperate people place them??" I did it anyway. Dennis answered my ad. (ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!) We 'phone dated' for a month and then decided we could not live without each other... Now, I told him, I had no intention of marrying him (been there, done that) and that I would live with him only. But God worked on our hearts and in November of 1997 we were married. PRAISE JESUS!