When I first started the company, our mission was to support and promote women and moms in business by having a website that no matter how much advertising they could afford or not, they would be able to have a presence on our site and be able to support other women and mom owned businesses.

From the beginning, the company I hired to do the website misrepresented things and delayed launch dates and changed their mind about what they could and couldn’t do so in the end I settled for a more than sub par website in a rush to launch  my vision.  I apologize for that.  After struggling with EBIZUNIVERSE for almost two years I will no longer associate with and /or promote them so thus the website is no longer active.  I couldn’t actively market a website that worked sometimes and would give clientele such grief trying to put all their info into the site within minutes or it wouldn’t save anything.  I couldn’t justify paying them any more money to fix issues that should have never been there in the beginning .  You see I already had paid them over $6K.

The blessing in all of this is having the faith that the vision served a purpose and allowed many women to network and support one another while I met some of the most amazing Christian business women!!!!

As I allowed God to show me what his purpose and calling was in my life he began a great work in me:) He shut every opportunity that I tried to grab a hold of in a desperate attempt to find meaning this past year.  God told me to wait…so I did..and I trusted the doors he closed were for a reason.

In September of this past year 2011 we were able to launch our first Bible Study Fun class at our public school.  To date we have 85 students meeting on Wednesdays after school coming to hear more about the Gospel while hanging out and just having a great time.  A huge thank you to my volunteers and 121 Community Church.  They are my earthly support:)

God has also called me to lead Students Standing Strong into South Keller Intermediate next year.  If you know me none of these things were in my plans..I’m telling you none!  I had it all planned out how my son was going to a private school or homeschool next year but no way was he going to SKI!  Well, God as he usually does knocks me down a notch or two and reminds me I am his and to be obedient.  I won’t go into the details but to let you know 3 very important and influential people in my life spoke this over me and then I knew it was God calling.

So where to now?  Well as you see I am taking back my Momsadvertiseu.com and redirecting it to a personal blog.  I will continue to tweet and blog about great business women, great groupons, great deals, great places to visit all the while sharing with you how my life has dramatically and amazingly changed all by giving  all of me to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Ladies, when you really let him lead you there will be a glow about you, a joy and peace in your heart even when others don’t understand?  They will want it and some will dismiss it as being fake.  But for the ones who really know me they will tell you I am a different person, a better person and I truly love people and children.  I want to serve and change the way we see ourselves and others. I want others to seek and know Jesus as I now do.   Accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior is the first step!

Have a blessed evening!  I will be back soon…..

Loving and Serving in HIM!

Lori

A) I would suggest that you dismiss any negativity towards your micro preemie and the situation at hand.  Do not let it penetrate your mind and soul.  This is your baby and you are the only voice that baby has.  Use it.  Speak up.  Don’t worry about upsetting the staff.  They are being paid well to do their job and most do it very well but you need to make sure everyone is on the same page and everything is charted (written in the baby’s chart)!

B) Even if your baby has a small survival rate doctors are not God.  God is all-knowing and all-powerful.  Through Him and in Him all things are possible.  Get a powerful prayer group together to pray for you, your baby and your family!  Alexis is now 8lbs and has had her ups and downs but by God’s grace and her parents’ insistence on the best care possible for her she alive and turning new corners weekly and sometimes daily!

C) Demand that your baby has a primary care nurse.  I stumbled upon an article recently which talked about how  this lady’s micro preemie baby would have rough days on the days her primary care nurse was not there.  I’m thinking well duh why wouldn’t people who have been there and done this for years know this and this would be standard operating procedure for all NICU units?  Not so for all babies and/or at all hospitals.  That’s why there is such a strong bond between baby and mommy in that first year or longer because the mommy is the safe place and primary care giver (usually).  Even though these micro preemie babies are in a hospital they  need that routine and dependency on a primary nurse (someone who they know and who of course knows their routine) and of course their mommy and daddy as much as they can be there.

Also, read, read, read, research the internet and make sure you support Graham’s Foundation which is an excellent resource for families going through this most difficult time.  Prematurity.org is written by a parent of a micro preemie baby who was a nurse for 11 years and a NICU nurse also before the unforeseen happened to her.  Yes she had a premature baby and yes it is different when it is your child in the NICU and you are living it day in day out.  I applaud her for speaking out and trying to help nurses and families work together to do the best they can in such a very emotional and turbulent time for these families.

God Bless!

www.grahamsfoundation.org    www.prematurity.org