FAFSA

Not exactly sure what FAFSA stands for...federal aid blah blah blah, anyway it's the federal government aid for college students and TAP is the state aid in NY for college students. One advantage to not having a large income is that your older children get aid for college, LOL! My 19 yo got enough to pay for last semester and this semester at the community college. Praise God! It won't cover his advanced degree, but he'll still be eligible for some and won't have to take as much out in loans! It even was enough to cover his books! I went with him and my older daughter to pick up their books at the college today.

My daughter is going to the same school, she is going for a degree in human services. She didn't get any assistance because she is married and she and her husband made "too much money" last year for a family of two. We have a family of five dependents, soon to be six, so that's what makes the difference.

PJ and I are going to RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, tomorrow to see what the requirements are for him to transfer there next year. It's about a 45min drive, which isn't much, but with the price of gas and the heavy school load he will have, PJ will probably live on campus during the week and come home weekends. He will also get to experience college life differently by staying there. He spent his first semester this year at Daemen college in Buffalo, he lived on campus. He didn't really like the school like he thought he would. I think a lot of it is that he is a homebody. He will be the first one to admit it. He loves his Mom, Dad (really step-dad but more of a father than his "real" one), brothers, sister, Mom's cooking and his bed! He admits he's spoiled and is proud of the fact, lol. He's not spoiled materially (not that he's ever gone with out really), but he knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is loved and cherished. He knows that his Mom and Dad will always be there for him and we are his biggest fans. He knows Mom and Dad pray for him and that we seek God's will for him. This is what he considers being spoiled. I pray ALL MY children feel so spoiled. That ALL YOUR children will always feel so spoiled. That ALL CHILDREN will feel so spoiled.

I guess that's why adoption is so very important to me. Every child should be spoiled by love. To have no doubt as to their worth. To be secure in their home and in their family. To know that their parents are seeking only the best for them from the Creator of the universe.

There's a running joke in our family...each of the children believe that they are my "favorite". They each truly believe that I do have a favorite, which I do not, and that they are it. They tell me that they'll "keep my secret safe" and not tell their siblings! ;o) I'm so glad that they feel that they are my favorite, because you know what? They ARE! Each of my children IS my heart. I love them all so totally and completely, without reservation. There may be things I admire more in one and something else in the others, they all do have unique characteristics, we all do. But the love is the same. Just like God's love for each of us. Jesus died for each of us equally, not you more than me, or me more than you...equally. That's the same love I have for my children. So if someone tells you that you must "really" love one of your children more than another, you can set them straight!

Don't know where all that came from, but I'm off to bed, this insomniac is going to try and fall asleep, gee, it's only 2:45am, early for me, LOL. Some of you will be getting up soon ;o) I'll be checking in on your blogs a bit later. Have a blessed day and kiss all those little blessings for me.