That’s the love I’m feeling from Him! Like I formed a WhatsApp group like a crazy lady with my brothers, Kevin and Jason, and our friend Ceri. So, I called Kevin yesterday to say that even though I’m talking about Ceri a lot, it doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten that his wisdom and support have been carrying me for the last three years. I couldn’t believe his response, “Neeks, I wish you could have ten Ceris keeping you up because I’m on team Nikki.” Wow! That’s the genuine love and support that I’ve been receiving from this brother. He continues to say that he has realized that his assignment from God is to keep me happy. He is always there to take my phone calls and help me through some rough days. I’m forever grateful, my K!

Feeling that love and support from Kevin, I said that’s the love I want us all to show others. I called my husband to let him know he has a ride-or-die, loyal wife for life. That I’m not going anywhere, and whatever we must go through, we’re going to go through it together. Instead of starving for his love, though, I now ask, “How much does this wife love you?” With the answer always being, “Infinity percent!” Like Kevin demonstrates so well, I want to be God’s angel, learning to accept people for their strengths and weaknesses, going the extra mile in love, loyalty, patience, and forgiveness. This husband who has wonderfully guided our family deserves our overwhelming love, appreciation, and respect. I lovingly accept my role as wife and mom as the glue to keep our family happy and together. Our families sticking together is important to God.

Perspective is everything, and my team of angels is giving me an entirely new perspective to see my life. Like I said to them yesterday that I had a bad week. Ceri brilliantly responded, “You had a great week with a few disappointments, that’s all.” And honestly, when I thought about everything, I truly had a great week. I was at the boy’s new school happy crying. They made a comment regarding Emmie that blew me away, “We ONLY have four years to prepare these kids for college and the real world.” That’s how seriously they take this job of educating my children. A few days later, I took Joshie there, and coming back home, I said to him, “Joshie, I’m expecting all A’s from you this year.” He said, “No, I’m going for A pluses.” This is the child who was failing and placed on academic probation last school year and is now so confident in himself. PRAISE THE LORD!!! He tells me, “Mom, don’t go easy on me!”

Ember made it back to her university in New York, just waiting on a course certificate to start her Wall Street internship. I asked her dad to please call her and tell her how proud he was of her after she astonishingly helped him with an issue preparing a spreadsheet along with 213 supporting documents (apparently, they want praise from their dad, not me!). Julie is all set to join her in New York but said she may not accept the internship on Wall Street because she may get something better like an internship with the United Nations. Well, excuse me! And Duro, my nephew, is rocking his internship with Amazon with them flying him out to Texas for a special conference. Thank You, Ceri, for the perspective change, it was a great week, and it continues to be a great life knowing God’s Presence is forever with me.

But the ultimate perspective change is knowing we have God’s invisible presence ALWAYS with us in every moment. God stands strong with us, and we don’t have to fight our battles alone. He is just like a shy person waiting for you to invite Him in to be a part of your life. The best prayer I’ve ever and continue to say is, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You!’ May we all get closer to Him this year!