Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

I’m Leslie. MIntheGap asked me about contributing to Weekend Kindness, and must say I am thrilled to be a part of a site that is focused on encouraging husbands and wives to be better husbands and wives. Relationships are my thang! I love to meet and get to know new people and find out what makes them tick.

I was not raised in a Christian home. My parents divorced around the time I was 9 years old, so I wasn’t privileged with a good example of what a healthy marriage looked like. This probably has something to do with why I think people and the way they relate are very interesting subjects.

I was introduced to Christ by some very caring friends of mine when we were in eighth grade. They invited me to a youth revival night at their church. Honestly, I would have gone anywhere to get out of the house! Though my parents took my younger brother and me to church from time to time, I never really remember hearing the gospel. But that night in April 1991, I understood the good news for the first time and my heart heard God’s call. He has rescued me from heinous sin. I do not deserve his grace and goodness toward me through Jesus.

I graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), but that was only after I changed my major five or six times. The only college I wasn’t enrolled in during my tenure at good ol’ UofA was Business and Administration. I couldn’t settle on what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to major in business. What made me settle on HDFS? My sweetheart proposed and we decided I would be a wife and mother, and since I didn’t know anything about cooking or babies or healthy relationships, I decided to major in homemaking, child-rearing, and family. Thank God for schools that still offer programs in home economics (even if they don’t call it that anymore; it’s called Human Environmental Sciences)!

Now, here I am a mother of four (ages 8,7, 5, and almost 4). I am very happily married, and Hubby and I are working on our tenth year. I spend my days doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, and teaching my little ones. I spend what little free time I have reading and blogging. I only have one blog, Lux Venit, and I am looking forward to helping out around here at Weekend Kindness.

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