I want to count my many blessings and share them with you. It has been a long road but one that has had numerous things to be thankful for, too many to remember, but here are the most memorable. I hope if I can teach my kids one lesson it would be, get back up and keep going, do not stop.
We came in April 2009 to see my son graduate
Yusuf graduated from University
We got our first apartment
Some of the kids attended school, others were not ready
The kids had their first winter and experienced snow
Saleeha started college
Yusuf and Alicia were married a year after we arrived
Many birthdays came and went
Osama graduated, passed the CPA exam and introduced us to Jacki
We purchased a home, Yusuf made us an eating counter
Fattima passed her GEDÂ and applied for college
Yusuf got a job, he and Alicia moved away, bought a home and started their new life.
My cousin/sister Gloria! She has stood by me through everything!Â
It took three years to get all of the little kids enrolled in school, but it finally happened.
Abdullah took the GED and passed and applied for College.
Fattima entered college
We spent many happy holidays with my parents.
My dad was diagnosed with lymphoma, we were here to support he and mom and he is now in remission
 Jacki and Osama got married
Mude started sports, track, cross country and he tried wrestling for one year
We attended local events
Saleeha was working on her bachelors degree
We had fun at the lake and helped out
We became who we wanted to be
Mom and dad took us to the Oregon coast
Saleeha studied in Spain
Saleeha graduated from college
The kids made me a porch
Life moved forward with the kids in school
Mom and dad moved from the house on the hill after 40 years
Osama and Jacki bought a house
Sumaya was my first to graduate from high school here in the States and started at University
Fattima graduated from College and got a job
Saleeha changed jobs and is working at the University and taking classes for her masters degree
Abdullah has one more year of college
Osama and Jacki are expecting twin boys
Yusuf is finishing his masters degree
All of the kids are working hard to be their best
Don’t ever give up, keep moving forward even when it seems impossible.
Good grief. You have affirmed why I always said I couldn’t handle 9 kids. 2 was my limit. What a wonderful family.
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haha Thanks Jacqui!
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You are the best proof, as your kids will ever get, only look forward and you never give up, dear Lynn 😀
Big hugs to you.
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Thanks so much dear x
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Wow, Lynn…you all have had a jam packed 7 years and so much to be thankful for! I love the picture with you and your 9 children! Thank you for sharing so much with us and you and your story are inspiring! I hope you had a wonderful mother’s day!
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Thanks so much Antonia!
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Absolutely wonderful. It is great to see so much love and happiness. Thank God your dad is in remission and you were here to help.
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Yes it happened a year after we came and I was so glad we were here!
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A lovely post Lynn! You have great, beautiful/handsome children. So much success! Truly much to be thankful for 🙂
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Oh yes so much! xx
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A huge hug Lynn! All your children are so beautiful and full of life! God is great and he will guard your path further too..
Z
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With so much traffic on your blog, start thinking of monetizing it… Make it free hosting which needs a little investment and then get ads etc..
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I dont know how I do that, but thanks. Do I need to get a new web site and wont I lose my followers?
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You just need to get the companies like blue host, go daddy or site ground to host your website and you can still use WordPress as the main forum. That way you don’t loose your followers. I think WordPress takes 100 something dollars to transfer everything and then these server or hosts are as low as $4-5 per month or $15-20 per month:
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Interesting, I wonder if you make any money this way
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Yes 🙂
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Can you email me please if you have time!
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Lynz send me your email to me and I can refer the program to you.
I am not sure if they look for independent websites though since blog.wordpress.com do not have plugin options.
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ok thanks!
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You can ping me on Facebook if you have any queries
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Thanks!
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Gourmet ads and mediavine are very giving
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Thanks!
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What a lovely, inspiring, and heart warming post about overcoming adversity to becoming who you want to be. What an inspiration Lynz. 🙂
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Thanks so much Marje!
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I am so behind on your post….and to think that this has been sitting here waiting for me to enjoy!!! How blessed you are my friend…to have some home to love and enjoy life to its fullest with your beautiful family…..I am sooooo happy for you…..and your happiness shows in your pictures of your family…..what a wonderful mother you have been to your children…..you truly are an amazing woman and I wish you only love, peace and happiness……xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxkat
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Thanks so much dearest Kat! I hope one day we will meet in person and have a walk haha xxxxxxxxxxxx
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I am counting on it…..!!!
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You are such an inspiration and this is such A wonderful post. Thank you
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Xxxxxxx
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