This is my family group. A few of my millions of readers may have no idea what a family group is. They are some people I meet with every Wednesday night to do Jesus studies, talk about church, pray with, eat with, and just bond with. Which may sound lame. But it’s not.

When I first joined a family group, I honestly did it to make friends. I don’t know if you know this about me or not, but I don’t really bond with people very well. It is much easier for me to find faults in them and avoid them than it is for me to just open myself up to them. So I joined a family group, and then a month or so later, the group sort of broke up, just because it was time. So we went to an event and formed another one, and now here we are. We were a group of people who sort of knew each other. Now, I consider these people to be some of my best friends. They are the second call I make something good or bad happens (the first is my husband or mother). These people ave prayed for me and with me. They have seen me laugh until I wet myself and they have seen me cry. Seriously, they know my secrets, which is incredibly scary and incredibly liberating at the same time. I want to tell you a little bit about them.

Emma is my friend. She is strong, and witty, and funny, and independent, and stubborn, and loud, and wonderful, and caring, and a host of other things I could never list. Some people may think she is scary or mean (I used to), but they would be mistaken, because she is absolutely fabulous. I think my favorite thing about her is how she can admit that she is not perfect and she has flaws, which is amazing, because I though I was the only one. She completely opens herself up, which has caused her a lot of hurt in the past, but that has never stopped her. She is great and a wonderful leader.

Scottie is Emma’s husband. The first thing most people would probably tell you about Scottie is how hilarious he is, but I will save that for later. Scottie is truly the most devoted Christ-follower I have ever met. And he shows it. He is kind, humble, honest, intelligent, and devoted to his God and his family. He is also hilarious. It’s hard not to laugh when you are around him. I couldn’t have hand picked a better leader for our family group.

Ginny is not somebody you could ever describe. She is one of those “you have to see it to believe it” kind of people. She is incredibly beautiful, and she just brightens up a room, just by walking in. This girl could do anything, she can sing, dance, cook, everything. The first time I et her, she walked into a room full of 4 people she had never met before, and started to give us advice on how to clean our house using old socks. It was awesome. She is so full of grace and spirit. I have asked her for advice many time, and she always listens with an open heart. She is truly somebody I admire.

Eric is married to Ginny. He is so hard to describe. He is sort of like a stone that sits there, and you think it is a stone, but then the sun shines on it, and it sparkles. Which sounds ridiculous, but that’s how he is. He seems quiet at first, and he can just sit there forever and not say a thing, but then he speaks, and it’s always something hilarious or brilliant that comes out of his mouth. I sort of wish I could pull that off instead of being a general loud mouth all the time, but alas, I can’t.

So this is what a family group is. We started out as a bunch of people who sort of knew each other from church, and now they are friends I hope to keep forever. We even took them on vacation with us to Georgia for the 4th of July. Hopefully, we will be getting some more people soon, and our relationships can grow even more. If you asked me why you should go to church and I could give you only one reason, it would be so that you could meet people like these.