Meet Alexa's Table

Here's Alexa then and now!

Alexa is in 1/3 MOPS and this is her 1st year as a DGL.  She has 2 kids.

Tell us about your messiest mom moment.

When my son was 2 years old I reached out to my local school district for speech therapy because he had less than 10 words.  From the first 10 minutes the "specialists" were in my home, I had that Mommy gut feeling that this was not going to work out. However, I stayed with the program for various reasons, primarily because my son really needed help and I was no expert in this field. I really don't want to go into the details of what my son and I experienced in our own home, but let's just say that it wasn't a pleasant experience and it made me extremely skeptical when searching for a preschool. Thank God I prayed and listened to that gut feeling that told me to try a private therapist, which took forever to find. By her second visit, the private specialist had more of a relationship with my son than the eight months he was with the original one.  My son has come a long way and last month he even said the pledge of allegiance over the loud speaker at school. If you had a child with speech delay, believe me, this is a pretty big accomplishment.  I strongly believe that through prayer, perseverance and that natural Mommy instinct you can overcome messy moments like this one.

Meet her table!

not pictured: Felicia

Each person was asked this question:

What type of legacy or values do you want to instill in your children?

DGL-ALEXA: To love and seek God with all their heart.  To value family.  To be secure with themselves and their goals and aspirations.

MENTOR MOM-MARTA: I pray that my boys would be men of integrity, ethics and honor.  I pray that they are hard-working and kind, compassionate people who are guided by Biblical values, especially Proverbs 3:5-6.

AMANDA: That they would learn to know, love and follow Jesus more everyday and make good choices.

REBECCA: To love and follow God

JESSICA: I desire my children to be courageous.  I'd like them to open doors, show kindness to the poor, cherish their wives to display the truth about God.

MELODY: To love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind & that they have a clear and solid understanding of their identity in Him.  To love Jesus, Others, & and then Yourself. 

FELICIA

Thanks for sharing your table with us, Alexa!

I enjoy cooking so I have lots of recipes. Here is a 15 minute go to shrimp one which I enjoy over yucca or cassava from my Latin roots, but it goes well over pasta too...

Ingredients:

Pasta (fettuccine, linguini or spaghetti)

Shrimp (I use tail-on, uncooked, deveined)

Minced garlic

Olive oil

Butter

Sliced green olives stuffed with pimentos

Cilantro

Parmesan cheese

Salt

Red pepper flakes (a little goes a long way unless you like it spicy)

Optional: crab meat and/or scallops

Boil your pasta or cassava in salted water. While that's cooking, sauté minced garlic and olives in olive oil and a nice slice of butter, add diced cilantro leaves and red pepper flakes.  Add shrimp and all optional fish and season with salt. Not much salt is needed because olives and Parmesan cheese have salt in them. Drain and serve pasta. Pour sautéed shrimps over pasta. Add more diced cilantro leaves. Grate Parmesan cheese over dish and toss all to combine.