Jacobs Family Stories by Cindy Jacobs Copyright © 2009 ImGlobalNow.com All rights reserved

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Santa Clause At The Jacobs

Well it was with the internet I was actually able to research this, and the concept and what had really happened a good story. Like everything else just got perverted by man. In a way, the truth of it reminds me of the movie "Pay It Forward" I think is the name. Another great concept.

Oh wow stopped video to insert link and here at .41 and the look pic of that dude weird...

Anyway upon moving to AZ, of course talked to Bob's mom a lot. I would ask questions wanting to know how her children were raised. When I heard how she did Christmas regarding Santa Clause, I thought it was a great concept, especially for us just starting out. She would only permit the children to ask for one toy from Santa, no list just one toy. Well they always got that toy...now for her that toy was the only one under the tree from Santa and never ever gift wrapped. It was out front for all to see. They knew that all other packages were from people a spirit of giving day...or just extra things from parents.

So we started doing this. Now Josh, he hated Santa, would cry being put on that dudes lap. Took a few years to get over that one. I think what I might have done the next year to help him was ask if both boys could go at the same time...so Josh wasn't alone he had his big brother.

Anyway it was a way to find out what they really wanted and forced them to think about it. Cause they just might get only 1 thing....so make it your most important thing.

Well of course memory of J first, as I think this was what he wanted the year Josh was born, so 1975. J wanted an Evil Knievel? have to look that up... anyway a motorcycle launch...crank it up let it take off. It was red the crank part. So what did the child do? Ran straight for that toy and never wanted to open anything else... all those gifts wrapped just sat and sat and sat. Well I let it go, to see what would happen. After a couple hours that child needed to get dressed and take it out front to show it off to the neighborhood and launch that cycle down the sidewalk.

Well I finally made him come in and open the gifts. Anyway with this concept, my children knew there was no Santa at a very young age. So mom changed it up some sometimes. Would have scavenger hunts...and sometimes include scriptures in them. So it then became a different game. I used to make them stand and read their clue out loud before proceeding.

Well then Bob's sister wanted Ian to be part of that, so there was times he was included...meaning it came later.

Always allowed them to get their stockings, them boys would wake up early...and of course at that time they have tv games and usually put a new one in stocking to busy themselves and not wake us up.

So we did different things as ages progressed.

Holiday's were a hard time for me, most people take turns seeing different sides of the family, I always wanted to go home at least once...never happened. So my children never saw how my family gathered.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Jacobs Baptism and Blessing

August 15, 1988

My Dad and Mom came out to Arizona to see us but ultimately to baptize well he knew for sure I would, so I think his main concern was me. Dad and Mom were not around our children enough to know what they would do. He knew I didn't go to church, nor take my family to church. He did however know I would allow him to baptize me just because I was a Daddy's girl, and did follow directions within our chats and what he sent me. So for sure Daddy was after me...see how the rest went. Why? Because Daddy knew that his other children had been baptized...only ones not were to him Cheri and I. Well he knew how Cheri felt about that, so only way it would happen with her, is if mom somehow talked her into it. Now me Daddy knew me...so he wanted to make sure I was baptized.

Well I received as well as the family also a video, so yes Daddy was concerned about the Lord coming and me not being baptized. Then got to his mission, he wanted to baptize me. Well explaining to us that the baptism we had as babies is not baptism, it is dedication to the Lord and providing people of same beliefs willing to see that if anything happened to them, they would make sure the children would have knowledge of the Lord..(godparents) . Then he explained about real baptism, John the Baptist never baptized children that I see or babies and about repentance..does God know the heart? true repentance? for all to hear wanted to make sure we repented and wanted to baptize me. Well anyone can be baptized but what the heck good does it if not from the heart repentance? Only God sees the heart. Well I agreed for Dad and Mom to baptize me. The boys of course decided right away they wanted to be baptized also. Bob waited a bit was last..he did decide to be baptized what condition heart? What age still considered child? Can God honor some baptism? not others? We really are not told all the answers to these questions..what is answered is this..when the Spirit of the Lord is put on you. Well to me I had gone forward as a child with a child's heart. Did I repent, you betcha, from the heart..Father opened my ears. Opened J the same way older he was yet also when young. some say double anointing tern? Well He certainly gave them gifts for sure. All were baptized outside, in the Jacobs pool.

After we were baptized then given direction as to a walk with the Lord I was. Daddy gave me as I asked for it the little bible he had...a Jimmy Swaggert Counselors addition of the New Testament. So Daddy said he would and wanted to write in it for me. I wrote about that at this link and have a picture of the bible and words written. He also gave me a scripture for baptism in that link talk about that.

I also remember Daddy saying something about Blessing my sons. Inside the house of Jacobs he did this. I was not there heard from other room as he had given me my Bible...so was reading what he wrote and stuff. Now that is my memory. The boys would be the ones to know if this actually happened. I did ask Matthew to pray with me the other day and ask Father with me that He open their memory to remember this. So this has been done.

I do know Daddy baptized my sister Cheri's children without her knowing, he did that at one of her visits with the children when just Daddy and the children were in Cline Lake where they lived.

I also know from my sister Connie, that Daddy did baptize Mitchel, I don't know however if he did any other grandchildren.

I hope to find out this information with my trip to Florida.

What I find interesting about the boys baptism, is the age of my son Joshua, as he was 13 yrs going by Jewish counting of age I believe, which was the age of Ishmael when he was circumcised.

I was instructed by Daddy to "read the Gospels and start with the book of John" So that is what I have basically done. Daddy never told me to go read any other book in the bible never mentioned another one. So that is where I pretty much stayed...doing as instructed. Of course only bible he gave me then was New Testament, so even the Bible given me was New Testament.

Was Daddy led of the Lord to do this with me? Well I believe so, but then Daddy didn't know I had given my son's to the Lord as I didn't know how to raise them. I never mentioned that to Daddy. So Daddy never knew I had done that, neither my mom. I guess maybe because my mom felt I was so bad, maybe, asked the Lord to help me as she basically put a curse? on me, heard them talk that before, by saying "I hope you have to raised a child just like yourself" like wow she thought I was horrible, she used to try to get me in trouble with Daddy.

So this is how our family did get baptized. Does baptism save anyone? Not water baptism to me, are you forgiven if repent when baptized yes I believe you are, but then what the heck do people go do, sin some more.. haha Yeshua never said baptism saved them that I found, but hey raise your hand if you think different. He did request all be baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit though. But who is the father of jesus (zeus?) you think he have a son? and spirit?

Plus I have learned a lot since then as to when you actually receive and who's house you are in when you receive. Daddy was going more by what taught by man...but knew Yeshua's words.

My prayer to Father is that he have the boys remember...because I have no clue what that one prophet said over me! haha just ask if good to Daddy he said yes so forgot it.

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Jeremy and Joshua a year old +

At this age they are starting some already walking. Well we could not afford hardly anything starting out...yet parents purchase toys for grandchildren we did at special occasions. I couldn't even afford to buy a toy box for them. So what I do well toys are usually out in the living room when tiny. I got a cardboard box, for a few cents purchased sticky back drawer and shelf paper, and covered the box with it so it looked nicer in the living room.

Toys out during the day, well always comes time to pick them up. So I would stand behind them take a hand in each one my hands walk them over to a toy and walk them to toy box to drop it in. Over and over I did this. Yes took some time it is slow with them little ones...but didn't take them long when I said pick up your toys and put them in the box...they walked and did it themselves. It was quicker then lol Then I was just the monitor...point out if they missed one...make them go get it. Not done till you are done.

So I was hard on my children...today might get reported. Child abuse you know. Forcing a 1 year old to pick up their toys...how dare you. Why she is making that child clean house at a year old.

And even where my husband was concerned and his mowing the yard as they were older 2 push type mowers...lower bar they can reach..hold on and walk with child..slow slow mowing but what does it teach? They say the first 5 years are some of the most important years of learning. Just what do you teach yours?

Jeremy & Joshua as 3-6 month olds

Because I did this with both my sons, I just am not putting a year. All mothers, of course start with the milk first, then move to rice cereal, then add apple sauce usually how the pattern goes. Most mom's will follow that and do the right thing making their child eat this.. baby spits out, wipe face with spoon catching it and shoveling it again. Where mom's fail, are in the next phases, when we have to deal with veggies, and meats, oh yes and them cobbler desert type things, good sweets they seem to do well on. Start mixing the fruit even some mom's give in and don't buy a fruit any longer as they spit out. So let me ask you...just who is it that creates a picky eater?? Shall I hand you a mirror to look into??

Now there are some mom's well I did this, who will taste that stuff they put out for babies. Some of it tastes like crap, wouldn't want to eat it myself. So what do? Handy dandy grinder for baby, I would make myself. I ate peas, babies don't seem to like them...well I prefer frozen, not that mushie canned stuff. Hey it is cheaper than baby food and buy and cook...and grind in this:

So I used to make my children as tiny eat all different kinds of things. Now my husband to this day over 70 and will not eat a pear. Well who's fault was that? For this day and age...unfortunately we have people living on junk food. I think everyone should be poor to be forced to cook make lots of meals with just one chicken...no not the boneless, skinless..buying them whole low cost ones cutting them up yourself. For you one meal at McDonalds for dinner well heck I could make many meals...feed lots of children many meals. So you can blame it on parenting and woman who won't cook. Monkey see monkey do. What Gov do, feed the habit even with food stamp program...assign food, whole chicken, hamberger, how many different things make with them? Noodles rice, frozen veggies, fruit what ever is lowest cost to feed family. Basics of life there is a song about it.

Well everyone has things they don't prefer, and that is fine too, but refusing to even taste new things it creates too. One movie thought so funny of course this was a child turned big, but tasted everything, now some didn't like hahaha but tasted it all for goodness sakes...obviously a child raised to eat. I just laugh at this movie clip start at marker :20 to :54 then move to 1:36 to 2:10 hahaha but he tasted it. Now that is not a normal diet...but fact is he tried it...picky eaters don't like the look and turn away.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

JJ and the Jack In A Box

late 1972 - 1973

Now don't ask me why I did this, probably cause it was a toy he liked and I didn't want to get up early with the child, hoped he would sleep in. So put in back corner of his crib the jack in a box.

Well every morning that child would be sitting up cranking that thing center bed so every morning I woke to this sound.

Friday, April 16, 2021

Jeremy and Mormon boy

1974-1975

Well our first home, was actually provided for us for $1.00 by Bob's Dad. With his Dad being divorced, he didn't feel he would use his government benefit from military service to purchase a home no down payment. So in investigating things done by gov...he found it could be sold. So his Dad offered to do this for us when we moved to AZ. I chose the house, trying to fit our income to support house payment, as our rent was only 150.00 a month. We chose, a house for cost I believe as I wanted one thing changed and that was color of stove, got rust. Paid total, 26,250.00 to my memory, model #1305 which was total sq ft of place. We chose house already built...black trim, silver gray bottom colors stucco and block. so all needed was interior done. It didn't take long and we were in. As I recall payment was $250.00 a month could have been cents on that don't remember. I remember our loan being sold, don't know how long that was either. Chose darker green carpet, just standard come with house.

Well found out Mormon's next door west of us, never heard of them or religion before, so only way to even find out then is asking questions on belief's which I am good at...hahaha That family had an older son than Jeremy, and she would not speak to me, however she did allow her child to play out front as I did Jeremy to stay well at home, but they played together at boarder between houses on sidewalk.

Jeremy would take out his tonka trucks and just different things to play with and that child would take them from him and go over under his carport where Jeremy was not permitted to go. So he would come crying to me about it. Well pissed me off she wasn't watching her child.

So had to teach Jeremy to stand up to even bigger guys that rob from him. Well I did walk over and said something to the little boy about that being Jeremy's truck he took and did get it back. I refused to do that for the child each time, so he was either going to stand up to this kid fight told him, or not play with him. Well it was only child he could play with. So how bad you want to play with someone else?

Well Jeremy was one smart child, and did stand up to him and fought that child hitting him which I did encourage. Only way to stop if beat the child up. Well that child ran home crying, as I watched the whole thing, when you are teaching something you best watch. I was just waiting for that woman to even show her face...would have been out in a flash to defend my son.

I talked to the dad next door, and told him that his wife wouldn't talk to me, had heard they were Mormon and curious about the religion never had heard of it before. So of course he gave me lots of information, explained his wife was a convert and they are the worst kind. She wanted married temple, so went through all their ceremonies wore strange underwear being married. He however raise many generations I guess, said they are not like that. So my first exposure to Morman's. I was just shocked at what these consisted of which he did tell me...am sure from wife telling him. Well they run most of Mesa, AZ. Janet on our softball team also mormon many generations...what was she? A Lesbian. Well of course you can't find anything about the "man" mormon ceremonies for that church online. Evil they are, lure you with KJV, once hooked totally different.

Well that child of theirs never robbed from my son again after he beat the crap out of him even being littler I think it shocked the child...and they did play together at boarder of properties. So Jeremy, an only child at that time had to learn to stand at very young age.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

First Surgery Josh

1976

When Joshua, was about 6 months old, I had taken him to the doctor, they were Jewish, Kerr, Brown, and Schwartz. Well maybe not all not sure about Kerr. It was Kerr I had seen that morning, as I recall, anyway they said it was gastroenteritis. Well he wasn't on that long at all, and what had happened next is his stool had blood in it. I freaked out...call the Doctors, on call, happened to be Schwartz, met him at the hospital. Betty at that time was in Albuquerque.

Well from the hospital running him there, I called mom and dad for prayer and told them what had happened. I forget how long it took, am sure as this is how our family operates, my mom was calling brothers, sisters to pray getting word out..I just believe they did that. The first thing Doctor tried as what had happened is, that his intestines were being pushed through bowels, as stool, is how explained to me. Happens to people they will loose intestine usually from bacteria. They tried pushing it back using an enema type procedure. That did not work and they couldn't put to much pressure. So came out told us they would have to do surgery.

While waiting for all that going on, we called Betty, in Albuquerque to let her know what was going on and gave her all the information we were told. She like pretty fast, got in her car and drove to AZ to get there. That of course making it a bit more concerning to me.

Well they were able to repair it pulling it back I guess have no clue what they do, but he lost no intestine was fine I guess, they didn't have to cut any out.

Well of course I don't like hospitals, and then a baby with tubes everywhere you don't want them to have to keep poking needles in the child. Well Betty got there and that didn't stop her by golly, they had his arm tapped to a board so wouldn't move pulling out the needles for I guess antibiotics given. Well Betty would hold him...and the needles did come out and sheesh, had them in head then just a nightmare.

Was glad to get him home from that one. I can't remember how long he was in the hospital. Anyway Schwartz, assured me that Kerr made the right call. I found that interesting. So he has a scar there on tummy...I can't remember what side.

Over all a praise report as the child lost no intestine, so did call mom and dad and let them know...and thanked them for their prayers. Again, now we did rush him to hospital as directed...but first on list call prayer.