Introducing Candy Girl to the World

I am Candice Loper and I am so pleased that you decided to view my blog.  I am new to this but I am sure as with most things, I will figure it out fairly quickly.  I have been motivated to start a blog because I have so much to say and have the desire to share it with as many people as I can.  

To give you a brief summary of my backgroung. For majority of my life I was raised in a single parent household.  My mother was my sole provider and I would say she did a pretty good job considering how hard of a job it is to raise two children by yourself.  I always appreciated everything she did and everything she didn't do.  It gave me a chance to make some mistakes so I could have substance in my life and learning experiences at an early age. During my junior high and high school years I didn't receive much guidance, so that was the time period where I made many mistakes.   I entered into my first serious relationship at the age of 14 and remained in that relationship for almost five years.  I'd like to believe that I successfully completed school because I was at least smart enough to know that it was the least I needed to do to be even slightly successful.  I also always loved the idea of responsibility so I always held a job...at times two jobs while attending school.  So of course, the inevitable happened when I was 17.  I found out I was pregnant with my first child (yes...first).  So that is when everything got REAL and I knew what I had to do.  I realized that it's not just about me anymore...it's about us...myself and this little person who God has entrusted me to carry and care for.  So I graduated from high school in June and I gave birth to my first daughter in October.  I managed to move out of my mothers home as I was not willing to be a burden on her with raising a child in her home.  I figured if I was old enough to get pregnant and have a child then I must be mature enough to do what adults do and get my own.  So, with the normal trend of having a child at a young age and not being married, my relationship abruptly ended when my daughter was 1 year old.  So then, at the tender age of 19 I was faced with the responsibility of being a single mother.  However, I embraced it because it wasn't the end of the world.  I mean I had a job, I had a beautiful healthy child and I had my health.  So over the next 3 1/2 years I lived life to the fullest.  I did whatever I wanted to do and didn't think about any consequences.  I was free!!!  So at the tender age of 23, I decided that I wanted to settle down and get married.  Well lets just say it didn't work out the way I had hoped.  However between the ages of 24 and 25 I did manage to add two more children to my family.  So of course, the inevitable happened AGAIN!!!  Yup...you guessed it!  Single mother again...the only difference was this time I was single mother of 3 and not just 1.  So of course I started asking myself why why why!!!  I didn't do anything to deserve this, none of this is my fault, its EVERYONE elses fault! 

So over the last few years I have had a major realization of who I am, my purpose, how to be accountable for my own actions and decisions, how to embrace the role I have been given and most importantly how to be the best person that I know how to be!

I pray that you will enjoy my blog...I will be flooding you with as much information, inspiration and motivation as I possibly can.  I can't possibly keep it all to myself!