It actually took me a bit to figure out how to add a new post to my pleo page. I use to be on here a lot more. I kinda miss it. I hope that everyone is doing alright.?.

Alright guys I wanna challenge you to something. Sometimes for people, the holidays are horrible and its rubbed in their face that its a time for "togetherness". Anyway, I wanna challenge you to go out on a limb, go out of your way to do at least one thing out of the ordinary. Call them up and let them know you love them, invite them over, send them a card, buy them a nice gift ect... Just do it!

Please continue to pray for my family. My Dad is lashing(screaming profanity) at my brothers again, this time because their room is a mess and they "got bubblegum on his floor". I just hope that when(if) they go to raise kids that they wont treat them this way....
Thanks again
Joey

I'm sick of living in this house. I feel like I'm "guilty by association" I guess, But I'm just sick of it. I love my parents, but sometimes I don't feel like they love me or even care. I mean, in their way I guess they "love" me but it just doesn't feel like it is love. I have two younger brothers who are in my same position and seem to take on some of my parents characteristics, and I'm really worried about them. The middle one has a heavy weight on his shoulders (his grades in school are terrible), and my parents (mainly my dad) are thrashing at him with terrible words/speech (as I type this my dad is in the living room cussing at him) and it seems that they are discouraging him more than anything. He recently got caught shoplifting in wal-mart and he is suppose to be a Christian, so I'm worried about him. When I do try to correct or admonish my brother he seems to just shrug it off, and not really care. I feel so weak and in need of encouragement. I wish I were around my brothers and sisters more. At least then I'd have good examples to look up too. Here in Batesville I really don't have anyone my age that is a Christian to be around... There are two people, (sometimes three) but one is a girl, (there is absolutely nothing wrong with that by the way) she has a boyfriend though so she's tied up most of the time. The other two are guys, but one is super shy and if I hadn't known him my entire life I'd think he was mute... But anyway he doesn't want to do anything really... The other guy is not really around that often and I wonder if he is even a Christian, so its kind of discouraging. Anyway, I just wanted to ask for prayers.

Thanks for listening

Joey