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Hey Yall
 I have gotten a few encouraging emails this week. (Is gotten even a word??????) And just want to say thank you! It really makes me smile knowing we can relate and that you appreciate Robbie playing for Jesus. That has never been anything he or I would hide even without the recognition but non the less still is great. This week I just want to answer some of the questions y'all tweet me but I really cant answer on Twitter because of that silly 140 character limitation.

 The most common question I get is "What race are you?" I love it when yall try to guess what race I am:)!  When we were in the DR all the locals spoke Spanish to me because they thought I was from the Dominican. Same with Ethiopia. All the Ethiopians thought I was an Ethiopian doctor and spoke Amharic. I have gotten everything from Chinese (seriously), Persian, Africa, Brazilian all the way to white with a really great tan. White with a great tan is the most common. My mom is white. She has American Indian, Irish, and German in her. Robbie looks like my mom because of the red hair and red beard thing. She is strawberry blonde head with green eyes. And my Dad is black. Maybe there is some Ethiopian in me?! So white and black is your answer. I just say I am mixed. I check other on paperwork. My mom says biracial because she is fancy like that. I'm a mutt. The absolute best race to be:) All of the above. But regardless of race- I'm just me. I try not to fit into a categories.

Second question: What are all of mine and Robbie's tattoos and what do they mean. This is going to be long! Robbie has BORN AGAIN on his back. That symbolizes the day he was Born Again in Christ. A brand new creation. He has his two favorite verses on his wrists. And I always forget so I'm about to google it....... James 4:10 and Mark 9:23. And his arm is covered!!! He is working on a half sleeve type thing. It has roses, a clock, and some other scribbly things. He also designed a family crest thingy with Rebels For Life and the number 108 in it.
I have Jesus and Christ on both my wrists. I learned sign language in college and the sign for Jesus Christ is pointing to your wrists or the palm of your hand. When I accepted JC he tattood my name on the palm of his hand so I thought I'd return the favor:). I have baseball bats and rebels for Life on the back of my neck. The bats are obvi. My love for baseball. And I think one day Robbie will be the best hitting pitcher in baseball. And Rebels For Life is our Life Motto.  I have the sign for I love you and HE>i on my forearm. I have a small heart on my foot. (my first tattoo)I got it with my mom. Because she's my best friend and always in my heart. And the roman numerals of our engagement date on my foot at an angle. It was a free tattoo. And I got the engagement date and not the wedding date because gosh the engagement took forever. Once I got him to on one knee I knew I had him locked in! I think I might get more but not right now. Robbie will probably look like Bird Man by the time he's 30.

Third question: What does 108 mean? We have 108 in our emails, twitter names, on our bodies and everywhere we can stick it. Robbie's dad, Chuck created the 108 Club. And once I tell you about it you will be apart of it forever. So STOP reading NOW if you are not prepared for such responsibilities. There are 108 stitches on a baseball so obvi the number is HOLY! (insert happy emoji here). Why don't computers have emojis?
Anyways. in some translation of the Bible (who knows which one) Psalm 108 is the center of the Bible. There are 108 beads on a rosary. There are 108 beads on a Mala strand. For all the Yogis out there. My personal fave. 108 has always been a number that has followed our family. It started right around the time I came into the family 8 years ago. The Ross side of the family. We named our charity Mission 108. And once you know about it- you too will be followed by it. Robbie's first year playing in the MLB he played in the 108th playoff game. 108 is the best number known to man!!!!

What does Rebels For Life mean?
Rob and I both have that tattooed on us. The meaning of that has kind of developed over the years. In a way that saying chose us instead of us choosing it. Its our life motto. Anyone who knows me knows I love to sing! I would be a professional singer but there was just one small hiccup on my road to stardom. I can't sing worth a lick. Now I'm not tone deaf like Robbie likes to tell people. Because I can hear how bad I sound. I just don't care. And I also have a really bad habit of making up my own words to every song. And that is how Rebels for Life came about. I was singing the words to a song wrong. Robbie told me I was saying the wrong words. But we both liked my version better so it stuck. That is how it started but the meaning is much deeper.

 When Rob and I first started dating all these people had all this "good" advice for us. People told us things like "You have to go to college" and "You need to travel with Robbie if you want to stay together" and "You need to work while Robbie plays baseball so you don't lose your identity" and "You need marriage counseling before you get married" and all this stuff was always being thrown at us from well meaning people who had no clue what they were talking about. We didn't know what we were doing either but we wanted to figure it out on our own. And we needed to figure it out on our own. As we all do. I'm not a huge believer in giving unsolicited advice. I learned a lot about that from yoga. In yoga, you learn that all the answers we need need are already inside of us. We just need to be still. Be silent. And Be rebellious to find out what they are. Turns out those yogis have it going on because that theory lined up with what we already believed about Jesus. When we accepted Jesus he placed the Spirit of the Law in our hearts. Therefore if we were still, silent, and rebellious we could access all the knowledge we need. Being rebellious has never meant what you might think it means. To be rebellious in this world means being still. The world is constantly telling us to go harder, faster, stronger. It is telling us only one person can reach the top, chase your dreams. And all that stuff is great but without being still we wont know where we are. Being rebellious is tuning out what the world has to say and tuning in to what you have to say to yourself. Being a Christian is a bit of a rebellion. I think so. So yes. Rebels For Life has a deep and important meaning to Robbie and me!
We apply it to everything we do. It keeps us grounded.

And the last one I get asked on Twitter is: Whats up with the JR this year?
So Robbie's name is Robert Charles Ross Jr. His father is Robert Charles Ross Sr. That is how it works. Y'all keep saying why all the sudden is he going by Jr? Listen, his birth certificate says Jr. It is his legal name. He didn't just pull this out of his crapper. When he came up from the minors the announcers just called him Ross. And that is his name too. He isn't going to correct anyone for calling him Ross. If any of y'all have anything autographed from him- go look at it. He signs everything with Jr in it. He wants Ross Jr to be on his jersey and announced on the field because it is FREAKIN COOL! They wont allow it on his jersey. And one day he will have it. I hope. Its not allowed for reasons I do not have. But one day he will have it on the back of his jersey. Mark my Words.

I hope yall could keep up with my answers. I get a bit off topic sometimes but you gotta get a feeling for who I really. And now I really gotta go shave my legs and clean the house because the hubby guy is coming home tonight.
Peace and Love
HE>i
B