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Mindy MillingtonMeet the Real Person behind the SmileAll you ever need to know about Mindy Millington and more...~Childhood~Born in early 1970's in South East Georgia to Dorsey and Ruth Higginbotham. Parents divorced by age 2 and lived with mother and grandmother until age 9 or so. My grandmother died and my mother took me to live with my wicked step-father and her in Jacksonville, Florida. The wicked step-father was an alcoholic who abused my mother and me in a variety of ways. After following them to Tennessee, I got tired of the abuse and contacted my father. He brought me home to Folkston, Georgia and showed me stability. I didn't get along with my step mother very well and I spent many years trying to make them proud of me - all fruitlessly. I graduated in 1989 from Charlton County High School in June of 1989 and entered into the Army that same year.~US Army~Began Basic Training on Aug 24, 1989 at Fort Jackson, SC. Spent the first month or so just learning how to do a push up and then 8 weeks of learning how to be a soldier. Graduated in December of 89 and spent the holidays with my family.By January of 1990, I was at AIT in Ft. Lee, VA learning how to be an Equipment Records and Parts Specialist. My training was interupted when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and I was required to be home with her for a couple of weeks. I completed my training and sped off to my first duty station in Heilbronn, Germany. I loved Germany and all its many cultures. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with its people. My Germany duty was interupted to serve in Desert Shield/Storm. I spent Christmas Eve, 1990 in a foxhole some where in the Saudi desert. I was with the troops that went into Kuwait via Iraq's back door. My unit was the communications support for the 3rd Armory Division. We were close enough to the front lines that we heard the fighting but luckily we weren't required to experience the fighting first hand. During my 5 month stay in the desert, I lived in tent cities in various locations. I got engaged to Chuck the night before the war officially started. We were to be married Feb of 1992. I was extremely grateful to make it back to Heilbronn where Chief Ritchie's wife was waiting for me with a "Welcome Back" sign. She was the only one who came to meet just me. I used to babysit for them occassionaly and she took me under her wing. I became pregnant about 1 month after returning to Germany and Chuck decided that he wasn't ready to get married to me after all. So, instead of getting married in Feb of 1992, I was having Sean Allen. I got the best end of that deal. I finished my tour of duty in Ft. Huachuca, AZ in Aug of 1992. I served a complete 3 years and walked away a better person. My military training really didn't kick in until about 5 years after I got out of the Army. Now, I am like a drill sergeant when it comes to expecting things to get done my way. ~Spiritual Journey~I came home in 1992 to Folkston, Georgia where I was lost for the next several months. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be doing. I wanted to go to church but didn't want to attend the Assembly of God where I grew up.Then, the missionaries found me and taught me. They did the most amazing thing -- they asked me to pray to God and ask Him if what they were saying was true or not. So, I did and it was confirmed to me that the doctrines were true. I became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on July 4, 1993. This was the beginning my healing of all the scars of my childhood. I grew spiritually, day after day, week after week, until I learned how to be more professional, more focused, more in tuned with the Spirit. My entire success now really began on July 4, 1993. My real trial began Christmas of 1995 when my mother calls me to tell me that the breast cancer had returned and that she was dying. I spent the next 6 months taking care of her until she died on June 6, 1996. I inherited my 12 year old sister to raise along with my 4 yr old son. I was only 24. If it wasn't for the help of my friends, I couldn't have done it. My sister is now grown with kids of her own and is my best friend. I went through further tribulation when my father died and was buried on June 6, 2003, exactly 7 years to the day since my mother had died. To bury one parent on the same day the other had died hurts more than I can describe. I pray I never have to go through anything like that ever again. ~Work Experience~I had an everlasting problem: I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. So, I tried many different jobs and careers looking and searching for the real me.I have been a soldier, cashier, medical secretary, corrections officer, truck driver, school bus driver, sales person, real estate secretary, college student, massage therapist, website designer, and network marketer. What I found over the years is that I do best when I am a business owner. I enjoy working my own schedule and being able to be available for my kids when they need me. I owned Okefenokee Massage for 10 years before retiring. I have owned MBG Website Design since 2007 and love helping people get the website that their organization needs. I try to bring the personal touch to websites. I am expanding my business interests into purchasing and owning real estate. I will be completing courses in this area throughout 2010. I am excited about learning how to manage and grow money more efficiently using real estate and the stock market. ~Family~I met my husband at church in 1998. Everyone at church tried to tell me we were supposed to get married and I didn't want him. He was just a friend that was 12yrs older than me. I didn't feel that we were compatible.However, at this same time, I had created a list of qualities that I wanted in a mate and I was praying over that list every day asking God to give my my perfect mate. God kept putting Eugene's face into my head and I kept saying no. Finally, after 2 yrs of arguing with God, I realized that Eugene met every qualification on my list except for one. So, the last week of 1999, I asked him was he ever going to ask me out. He asked me out on the spot and our first date was January 1, 2000. He asked me to marry him the first week of February, 2000 and we were married on February 26, 2000. He brought two wonderful boys to our marriage and I had Sean. All three boys were close in age and were friends from church before we even had began dating. We had our first child together in September of 2001. When he was 6 months old, something told me to get a pregnancy test even though I had no pregnancy symptoms. I did and was pregnant again. This time, we had a girl in January of 2003. I had the same doctor, same nurses and even the same hospital room. Both babies were born on the 13th and weighed the same. I call them my Irish twins. They were best friends from the get go. We took a 6 year break before I found out I was pregnant again. On Dec 24, 2008, I took a pregnancy test that came out positive. Christmas morning I told the kids we were going to have another baby. Travis wanted a boy and Emma wanted a girl, so they were arguing. I told them to quit fighting and go pray about it. They did. I went for my first prenatal doctor's visit in January for a sonogram. We had a surprise waiting for us. There were two, not one, babies roasting in the oven. My husband was 49 and I was 37. We were a little old to be having babies, much less twins. This began my rough pregnancy of morning sickness (which I had never had before) and ultrasounds and medical tests that were never ending. I felt as if the doctor had me jumping through hoops. After much excitement and bed rest, my twins arrived at 36 1/2 weeks, healthy and alert. Sarah weighed 6lb 1oz and Seth weighed 6lb 9oz. We were all home within 3 days. I forgot to mention that my sister was pregnant at the same time, each time. Our first babies were boys, 3 weeks apart. Our second babies were girls, 3 months apart. Our third pregnancies resulted in my twins and her baby girl just 3 days apart. It is our family joke. When one of us says we're pregnant, the other groans and says "oh no, not me too.". So, now we have 7 kids ages 22 - 5 months old. I am grateful for our posterity. Our kids are a true blessing in our lives. I look forward to being a Grandma (but not too soon). I have another sister who is only 4 years younger than I am and she is the daughter of my father. She is quite talented in chemistry and hold a PhD in some form of chemistry title. She is a college professor in Milledgeville, Georgia and all the students want to take her class. She has a gift for teaching and I am quite proud of her. We are not close due to several child hood dynamics that I haven't explained in this brief biography. Needless to say, we are a lot alike in our ability to anger quickly and our ability to care for others. We just do things differently. I am okay with that. I love her and she loves me. That is all that matters. ~Future Goals~My goals are simple. I want to raise my kids to trust in God and to value a good education that can be found in experience as well as books.I desire an 100 acre farm that is completely self-sufficient. I have designed a 3 story house that I will build on my farm that comes with a library for all the books I love. I will always be in business for myself and I value building a business life that blesses other people. I have several projects that I am working on to do just that. I will be working with local churches and other organizations in projects to promote God, educate women and protect children. A couple of my projects are beginning this year. I desire to become a millionaire, not for the vain riches of the world, but to have the financial ability to help others as well as myself. I study money and the proper ways to handle money so that I can be a good steward. In my vision movie, I have described my specifics goals very clearly and I am using Simpleolgy to form my daily life to reach for these goals through actions that are simple, yet effective. I also implement the power of The Secret to envision and create a better world for me and mine. I have used these concepts to obtain things that I have wanted,; either physical, mental, or spiritual things. ~My Philosophies~I love simple and powerful philosophies. Here are just a few of the philosophies that I use in my daily life:
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