Alright so I know most people have that aunt that well always has a lot to say and you tend to tune her out.
Im sorry to my aunt because today was the first day that I actually listened to her wisdom and realized she was right!
I was so consumed with my own selfishness and trying to get attention and support from my family that I didn’t see them yearning for my love and attention.
I was trying to get it JUST RIGHT and as my lovely aunt put it, our family does not know God the way you do, so throw the formal crap out the window and give us the story and writing that we all know. Basically the Rosie we know deep inside. To be honest I had no idea my family even knew me or much less saw me! I love my family but was so dissapointed that they didn’t support my radical lifestyle for Jesus Christ. But as I looked closer they were dissappointed that I didn’t expect support from them.
I remember mailing support letters to my family and as I put it in the mailbox I felt negativity in my heart. The enemy whispering the lie of, your family doesn’t care, they won’t send you donations, they think you believe your better than them. Christ in me is stronger than that and the message may come from a fellow beliver or free speaking aunt who just wants to love you with her words.
So my new approach to writing support letters, espcially to my family is…JUST WRITE!! Give a story, explain your passion, and most importanly remember your audience. The audience that was there when you didn’t see them, the audience that cried when you did, and the audience that showed you the tough love you were afraid of. This blog is dedicated to my family asking their forgiveness and most of all to my Aunt of Many Words!
