My God has been so good to me!

Hello everyone! I know that I haven't shared much in a long while and I am just so busy that I don't seem to have time for I am enjoying life to the fullest of what the Lord has been pouring upon me. This December on the 4th I will be celebrating my 5 years of freedom. Praise the Lord that I am still alive to see another day! I have been praying for many things in life and now I am surely seeing many of the answered prayers that I am just blessed with. I feel that I am alive because of my children kept me going in my heart. To all those that have said that I wouldn't make it, can now see how my life has turned out. I told you all that one day I would have my children back in my life one by one. God has anwered my prayers! I did get my Son Christopher back into my life before he left up to TN and lost his life at a very young age. When I thought that was the end of the world for me...God had a different turn for my life. I was down in the dumps and it seemed like there was no way out but with everyone that cared about me and prayed and encouraged me, kept me going. Man, some times I think that I don't deserve it and how could this have come? But again it was God's will for my life. God put a wonderful man in my life and we got married. I had to let certian people go that was in my life but they were also a road block of my blessings. Once I let them go and no turning back, that was when God placed my husband Artemio (Alex) in my life. We had the same wants in life and the love for God too. We wanted to be there for each other to encourage and to help others that are hurting out in the world. Through our experience of what he went thru and what I went thru. Many of you already know my story so far and have been waiting for me to share more. I am so excited to get to where I want to be in this story, for you all would be excited for me as well!! You all know that I have had a son Calvin who is now 1 years old and I am expecting a daughter Ckystal in April of 2014. More like at the end of April. Yes, that was all I ever wanted in a family...a boy and a girl. That God has given me! Now to the most exciting part...my daughter Cheyenne aka Hannah Green has found me and accepted me back in her life. That wasn't easy after knowing what was told to her most of her life but all I could do was tell her the truth and let God do the rest. The timing was not so perfect for I was leaving the Country for one month and I was like why at this time Lord? But only God knows why. His timing is the perfect timing and I am not complaining! I was more afraid of what was to come about this relationship between my daughter and myself. Now that she knows the truth and sees more and hears more every day we are getting so much closer. She asked me to walk her down to give her away in marriage to a young man named Jude McCoy. He seems real sweet and it looks like she found her a good man to spend her life with. I am so glad for I do not want her to ever follow my foot steps in life. I just want to give her the best advise that I can and show her how much she is loved no matter what we have been thru in life. God has been good to me and I don't deserve it. Now I have my children back in my life except Chrasina aka Martha Green for she is still young and living with her adoptive parents. Can't wait till she turns 18 yrs old and she is of legal age for me to look her up. I also have to give some credit to a young lady out there in TN who also made this happen for me and my family...Thank you Kristen Owens. I am going to TN the first week of December to see Cheyenne and enjoy her special day with her. I am more than excited and how blessed I am. I thank my God every day and I still keep Praising Him for all He has done and going to do in my life. I know that this isn't the end of my story for it will continue on but I had to share to let you all know, so that when you keep God first in your life He will show you things that you never thought would be possible. My life isn't that bad and I made he best out of the bad situation that you could think of...from bad relationships and not know who my Creator is and who I am and the reason an my purpose in life. Now here I stand strong in Jesus Christ and sharing my life story for all to see that if I can make it...you also can to if you want it. My God has been so good to me! Take it from me who has done 10yrs 2 1/2 monts straight in prison and I came out with the heart of God for I am the Child of the Most High God! I love you all and I ask that you all continue to pray for me as I make this trip in December to see my daughter Cheyenne for our first reunion. Again, I thank my God for all the blessings that He is pouring in my life. THANK YOU ALL!!!!

The Power of Forgiveness & What Do You Wish For?

The Power of Forgiveness & What Do You Wish For?

I am here today to tell you a liitle something about myself because it has been laying heavy on my heart to share this. I am not ashamed to say the least that I was in prison for 10 years. I am not here to say that I am perfect for that isn't true! I just made some wrong choices in my life that caused me to stop and be still. Most of you know that I was blessed to be reunited with my son after 12 long years and then the worst hit when I got the call that he was murdered. I am still in the healing process and it is only by the Grace of God that I am able to move forward! Just recently I land upon an article about a second young man who turned himself in regarding to the shooting last December 22, 2010. Here I see now two young men that are 20 years old facing charges of First Degree Murder, Felony Murder, Asp. Aggr. Kidnapping, and Aggr. Assault. Truthfully, I do not wish these young men the worst! You may ask, "why?" "Are you nuts?" "Are you crazy, for these young men took your son's life?" HOLD ON!!! I can say that with Jesus in my life I am not the same person that I once was or use to be and I am able to say that I forgive these two young men and I pray for them daily. Whatever happens, happens for I trust in the Lord for He is the first Judge no matter what! Before I went to prison myself, I can say that I have said some awful things and also seen some awful things about prison that I would just Judge anyone that mantioned prison. To me then prison was and is for bad people and they are there for a reason and all were no good people. After my own experience in prison, I can say that I found Jesus christ as my Lord and Saviour! My whole life changed when I was in prison. I went in one way and I was determined to change and become someone different before walking out of that place. I did just that and still to this day I am struggling to do the will of the Lord in my life and unto others! I do not wish upon my worst enemy PRISON! I don't wish anyone to experience having a baby in PRISON! (That I also had to endure while locked up and watching my baby leave my arms 4 days after birth and to never see her again.) I do not wish anyone to go to PRISON for anything! Why? I was stripped from everything that I cared for and loved and not even knowing what was I going to face. It really hit me hard and the worst was calling hime every time, any time, and talking to my family....till one day they stop taking my calls! Their bill was rising and their lives were moving on....without me there with everyone! I loss family members as the time went on and it just hurts more when you can't go to the funeral and say your good byes and pay your respects! It wasn't as if the family forgot about me but the world doesn't stop just becas\use I was locked up. I am in a whole different world now away from my normal. I was limited in what I wanted to do and what I was allowed to keep in my personals. My freedom was none! I had to learn that my family loved me, that they had to still live their lives regardless of what was going on with me. I then started to learn to LOVE myself before anyone else. I had to learn to FORGIVE myself before I could sincerely FORGIVE someone else. I had to REPENT and know what the Lord wanted from me. Running back to God, my Father, Jesus Christ to get myself in order! Turning from old to new. Letting go of things in the past and moving forward. What a road I am on! This journey we call life!

Seeing our world fighting and hatred and all the things that our world is going through today is SAD! Prayer and trusting in the Lord that He touches someone that needs His guidance. That is about all that anyone can do today and prayer isn't just it...you have to also do what the Lord tells you to do as well. Obey Him and let Him guide your heart. Question yourself...what would you do, feel, or think if it was you that was caught and facing a prison sentence and everyone around you started to place judgement against you before you were in tried in court? Guilty or not, you are GUILTY in the eyes of the community! A lie is a lie! There is no great nor small about it! The list goes on and on but in the Bible it says that God FORGIVES us!?!? Do you doubt that of what God says that is TRUE and HE SAYS IT IS TRUE? His PROMISES in the Word says many things and here are we doubting God what He says to us, you and I? If He has FORGIVEN you, then it is done! You are FORGIVEN!! If He says you take me into your heart as a Saviour, then it is done! He lives within you as your SAVIOUR! If you are SAVED, then it is done! You are SAVED!! My favorite book is the 40 days Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. I have read this book a many of times and always found something that applies to my life then and now. I recommend it to you to read it and pass it on to the next person in your life so that the Lord can move in theirs. Okay, life goes on and I hope that whatever you are doing that you think again about some key points and see are they the ways of Jesus or is it the flesh? I really wish the best for those two young men that took a young life! I know that in my heart that I will see mine in HEAVEN when that day comes and as of now I will continue to shine Jesus Love & Light through me unto others! I thank you for reading my story and what the Lord has laid upon my heart to yours!

Be blessed always is my prayer to you!!

How Life Goes On

Life...when you think you have it all figured out sometimes tragedy happens to make you think again. Life...already here on earth it is short but with knowing that Jesus is our Saviour we will sure have eternity with the Lord forever! That is the best confirmation ever in knowing that, for the Bible tells us so. Life...why do others not think about the ripple effect that it has when something terrible happens to ones life? You know that if it wasn't for Jesus in my life I do not think that I can carry on as I do and continue in my prayer walk. Life...so full of wonders and meaning that none of us really take the time to search it out and see deep within our soul. I was blessed to have my son Christopher reunite with me after 12 years of being separated through the legal system of Tennessee. He was adopted by the Green's and has two Sisters' that are living there as well. Pretty much they all grew up together. I can say that after finding my Son and having the connection that we did I am so thankful of being able to see how he became as a young man. Life...even though his life was cut short, he is living forever in eternity with the Lord for he was saved and found peace in Him, Jesus Christ. Now he is waiting on me up there with the Lord as I continue to do my service for the Lord down here on Earth. I will share with you thee VDO of the Memorial service and the reading of his life as it was read at the service on January 11, 2011 at the Port Charlotte First Baptist Church. All thanks goes out to Pastor Jim and Staff and all the family and friends that supported me. I have faith and Hope in the Lord for what is to come and I am just ready to watch how things will unfold in my life as I continue in my prayer walk with the Lord!


Skyla shares these thoughts about her son, Christopher...

He was born in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand on January 26, 1991 at 10:40 am, weighing in at 8 lbs.
He was perfect in every way.

He was strong and so willing to do things - way before his time.

At 3 months old he started to pull up and crawl around. He was so strong!

When he turned 6 months old he was walking and getting into things!

He was quiet and a very good baby!
Never gave me any problems at all.

Yes, he was so attached to me, his Momma, 24/7.
I enjoyed watching him grow and become the little man he was.

When he turned 2 years old, I had to separate from him to come to the States and make everything set in stone for him to have a future here in America. He had a dream at a very young age and I wanted the very best for him to be better than his parents.

Chris came to America in 1996 at age 5 1/2 years old.
We reunited and started a life in Tennessee.

He came into a ready made family with a step Dad and a Sister who just turned 2.

It was kinda hard, for Chris only spoke Thai at the time, but he was willing to learn to speak English so he could communicate with his sister and step Dad, who is Cheyenne's biological father.

Chris was so into making his Sister laugh, and he did play well with her.

He liked to be big Brother and tell her what to do.

He loved to play football, soccer, and basketball.

He always tried to show off when he knew we were watching him.

One Christmas holiday of 1996-1997, we decided to go to Florida and hang out.
We all had a ball!

Chris wanted to stay here in Florida and he wanted it to be just us.

When it came time to return to Tennessee, Chris didn't want to go.

In 1997 he and his Sister were taken into state Custody. He lived in a foster home for a while and when he was 12 years old, he was adopted by the Green's and they changed his name to Hassell Green and gave him a life in the Country.

I am thankful that the Green's took all 3 of my children in and adopted them into their family!
But Chris was so willing to do things his way and move fast in life, he ran away to search the big world himself.

He was in and out of trouble but he was willing to do what he wanted to do and that was to be a Champion boxer!

He played football in school and he said he was too short for that even though he could run fast. He did his best!

He even played basketball just because he was fast and he did his best in anything that he set his mind to do.

He said that he was too short to go NBA. He told me stories that would make your head spin but he knew how to tell it and make you laugh.

He was just something else!

He was looking for me right after he was adopted by the Green's, but they told him to wait till he was 18 years old.

I thank god for Facebook, for it was there that I found him.

On October 31, 2009, I was able to talk to him for the first time in 12 years.

He thought that someone was playing a Halloween trick on him but I told him that this maybe Halloween but it is not a trick but the best treat ever!

I thank God for blessing me with him.

It took some time till he decided to move down to Florida.

He finally came down here on March 5, 2010 to stay and make a new life away from Tennessee. I was so excited that I was showing him off every chance I got. He came to church with me off and on and heard the word of God.

He was saved in August 2010 and was living his life for the Lord.

Chris said, "That he was given one too many chances in life and God was there with him all the way."

He thanked God for allowing him to learn and give him another chance with life!

He wanted to do MMA fighting and he felt that he was good.

I saw that the Golden Gloves were coming in town and he wanted to see it for himself.

Remind you that he didn't have any boxing training but he he went on in with no trainer.

Coach Theo did his corner and he helped him on his first fight ever.

Chris wanted to do things right then and there!

He lost, but at the same time I was so proud of him.

He was always on the go and when given the chance, I would take him around to see different places.

He loved the beach and he loved to walk in the sand.

I enjoyed watching him play around like basketball at Charlotte Harbor.

I enjoyed having him near and we had fun playing around laughing a lot.

He met and made friends every where he went.

He had that sense about him that made you wanted to be near him.

He was loving and a big hearted young man!

Many times he would come in and lift me up and throw me on the bed and wrestle. We would play rough and he would say, "bet that you never thought that I was going to be this big to do this, did you?"

I would laugh and say,"I was waiting for this all the time that we were apart."

He went to Charlotte Harbor Boxing gym and Coach Theo trained him in boxing and tried to coach him and be a mentor to him.

He just needed that guidance from a father figure that he longed for.

Chris had a few fights in line and was doing pretty good.

His one fight that he had in Tampa was the one that made me so proud of him, for he won first place.

He cried with joy as he was heading down from the ring toward me. I hugged him and told him,"yes" he did it, and many more would follow.

Chris was so excited that he won his first fight and he wanted to keep going.

He had his next fight in Ft. Myers, but lost.

Still he was not going to stop there.

Chris had plans to visit his Sisters in Tennessee for Thanksgiving, which he did went, and they were so happy to see him.

He would call and talk to Edward many times and he called him Dad.

A "Dad" that he longed to have in his life.

He was comfortable in telling Edward anything and everything.

Yes Edward played a big role in Chris' life, even by phone and letters.

Edward replays that last conversation that he had with him and is tore up but knows that his Son is in a better place!

Chris leaves behind Grandparents=Maria, Donnie, & Dalphine,
Aunts=Joanne and Missy,
Uncle=Ahdam,
sisters=Cheyenne and Chrasina,
Cousins=Wilks, Christain, Jane, and Stephen.
His Mother Skyla and step Father Edward,
along with his step Brothers & step Sisters,
and step Niece and step Nephews.

He also leaves behind his girlfriend TyQuesha and her five children that he loved so dearly!
he loved them from the bottom of his heart.

Christopher will be missed and always be in our hearts!

"Be blessed son, for I know you are waiting on me up there now!"

How Faith & Hope works together

I so longed to see my children once again after they were took from me by the State of Tennessee. Why? Because I allow a man to control me and use me for whatever to please his needs and I neglect my children from true motherly love and guidance. Not a day went by did I not think of them and missed them dearly. Wondering what they were doing and who was caring for them and all that comes from being a mother deep down inside. Do I regret what happened? Yes I do! But I cannot change what was done and I learned from it dearly. Right now, I can say that my life is slowly falling back into place. How? After 12 long years and doing 10 years of it in the penitentiary, I never gave up of ever seeing my children, I wanted to see my oldest first and work my way down to my youngest daughter. NOW! I have found my son on October 30, 2009 and was able to speak to him on October 31, 2009 for the first time in over 12 years. I was so full of emotions and at the same time nervous for I didn't know what to expect out of my now 18 year old. He was troubled and was in a group home. He was going through so much that I could hear it in his voice and all I could do was thank "God" for this opportunity. So much was said and talked about in a very short time but still I never gave up, which then I was actually pushing him away from me. You never really know what to say or do in a situation as this but I prayed and from the guidance of other prayer warriors I was able to let go and let God deal with this issue. Still I never gave up on my young man who is always my baby! He was going through some hard issues and at the same time he didn't know what to believe and I don't blame him at all. He left his adoptive home for the streets at age 12 and was looking for me since. The State of Tennessee case worker told him that he had to wait till he was 18 years of age to know anything about me. Still after he turned 18 they gave him another run around! He was about to give up his search for his birth mother and the love that only his mother could give him. Then out of no where, here I called him and talked to him to let him know that I love him no matter what and that I was proud of him in everything. A mother's love is unconditional and that reminds me of my Father's love to me, unconditional! When you search within yourself you know that you have what it takes to be the best that you can be in the eyes of our Lord. HIS ways are way better than my ways! After waiting a couple of months to see what plans my son had for him self he finally decided to move on down here to Florida. I was not going to hold my breath on that till I was able to wrap my arms around him and know that this is the day the Lord truly blessed me with my son once again! I am saying to all that no mater where your children are and what they are doing, the parent & child bond is never broken. More so with mother & child for we gave birth to our children and they know that they are complete with knowing where they came from and who they are. Now that my son is living here with me I still pray over him daily and will not cease till the day the Lord takes me. I am very blessed for that I have one of my children near me and it is going to be one day at a time and I know in my heart that I will see my daughters as well. My son, Christopher is 19 and he is going to be a pro in boxing. He had is first fight in the Golden Gloves in Punta Gorda on March 27, 2010. It was something else to see my child in that ring and knowing that he is a strong young man and will make his dreams come true knowing that his mother is always by his side no matter what! Thank you Lord for allowing me to go through the things that I did for it made me a better woman and a woman of God. Without YOU I am nothing but with YOU I am a Child of GOD and will make it through this journey till the end. Never give up Hope or Faith in the Lord for HE will make all your dreams come true. To all my children that I dearly love: Christopher, Cheyenne, & Chrasina... And to my ex-step children: Joshua May you all know that GOD loves you first before you were ever thought of and you were not a mistake but a creation that was allowed to be for a reason & a purpose in this life that we call a journey. Be blessed and never settle for less than God's best for you and yours!

Reaching out to help lift up others!

I feel that when one is not getting a positive word from someone there is a void within that makes you feel different from others. You may think that you have it bad from the next person till you really search the other person and see that they have it much worst than you. We all have problems in life and some deal with it better than others.
I can say that life for me right now is fine for I want to let the past be the past and move forward as I have been doing and knowing that my strength is from the Lord above. I feel others pain when they tell me about their journey in life and I try to help lift them up because we will always be God's servents and try to help our Brother and Sister that is in need.
Life is too short to waste and we need to live life as if it is our last days! Be thankful that you have family, friends, or that someone that will hold your hand when no one else seems to care. Lets help make someone around you smile and know that you care. Never go to bed without telling someone that you care about them or even tell them that you love them, because tomorrow isn't promised to us and you never know what tomorrow holds.
I recently lost my step-dad and to think that I was a blessing to him and made a difference in his life is very hard to say for he not once told me "I love you" or "that he was proud of me". It's too late for all that now but I hear it from others that he has spoken to before he left this world and how am I to know what was he thinking before he took his last breath? I miss him even though he was hard to understand sometimes by the way he wanted things to be under his terms and his ways. I only got close to him in this past year as I was also his care taker and his step-daughter. I will not forget the day that I told him that life is too short to worry about the past and to know that Jesus in me made me who I am today and that I love him for him no matter what! He stood there looking at me in tears and cried, well shed a tear, and I could see in his eyes that he understood where I was coming from because the stress of life itself will and can kill you because it is a known fact that stress kills! To worry about the small things in life isn't worth loosing your life over. I told him that if he were to leave this world today and everything that was here would still be here and not gone with him. He said that he understands what I was talking about. But who really knows but God our Creator who made Heaven and Earth!
I pray every day for the world and the people that I know and for the people that cross my path. I don't want to leave any one out for you never know when someone is going to leave us. It happen to me so sudden and now I wonder so many things. God only know when and where and everything else about life and we need to appreciate it to the fullest!
I love everyone and I do pray for everyone and even for those that don't even think that I would put it pass them. With God in my life and changed me around that is what I want to share unto others to see the person that I am today and not about my past. Be blessed and stay encouraged for we are by reason and it happened to be that you came across my path! I LOVE YOU! ~Me

Hearts in the Sky Ministry

We are about helping other women that are hopeless and needing faith, encouragement and up lifting words to build their trust and HOPE.

This is a calling since I am an ex-prisoner myself with the experience of first hand of what it is like to do time and having others help me while I was down.

We need the prayers and supports. Thank you for helping to make this come true.

It is never too late to lend a hand to reach out and help another person that feels lost and hopeless.