Getting Started

I'm hoping that with these first few words that I will set in motion of chain of events that could possibly change the world someday.  It's a lofty goal, I know; but I feel called to help anyone that I can.  I'm working on a book so I can start getting the word out that I have a message I want to share, to help some people.  This will be the start of my blog, where I will talk about current events. But first you need a little about me.  My name is Courtney, and I'm a Brick House Mama. 

There are a lot of disciplines and activities that I love, but the one thing that I'm really passionate about is my family. And, I have a concern about how to raise my family in today's world.  I see pain and destruction in the world and wonder how I can help. I'm interested in politics and I'm a staunch democrat, I proudly own up to being a socialist. Go a head and call me a liberal, socialist, loony lefty, what ever you want; I don't care.  I like our president, I don't always agree with his policies, but I can see when Congress is being a douche and when Obama just flubbed it. 

I was a normal person before I had children, but with each child I felt a surge of love for my children that I couldn't contain it to just my children.  Soon the love filled me up so much that anything I would hear about someone moving through would send me in to tears.  Especially when children were involved.  These days anywhere in the world where there is pain, my heart is there with them.  As it is always with my children. 

So what are the challenges I face as a parent and wife in this socio political climate?  How many I will name in the blogs to come, I don't know.  But you and I will become friends.  My computer will get to know me well.  We will work on these issues together, working from Love not Fear. We will make a home together that is strong. 

In the 3 Little Pigs story, the brothers build 3 houses.  One of straw, one of wood, and one of brick; the brick house saved the pig when the big bad wolf tried to blow them down.  I'm my story the pigs are women, and like the 3rd little pig I have built a Brick House,  I welcome my world family to join me in the Brick House so they can be protected from the Big Bad Wolf.  The Brick House is stable, the Brick House is warm, and you shall find refuge in the Brick House.  That's why I call myself a Brick House Mama. 

When I feel down on myself, start doubting myself, start losing myself; I start the personal soundtrack I have in my mind.  The first song on the playlist is Brick House.  I hear the drums, then the base, a whistle, then the horns come in, "Ow, oh she's a Brick...House.  She's mighty mighty just letting it all hang out." How can you not feel better when you hear that?!  That song helps me to go on becuae I know that I can be a Brick House,  I can be mighty, and stable. That's why I call myself a Brick House Mama. 

Coming Soon: My Story
                        The Story of the Three Little Pigs