Tia Bandavanis

My name is Tia and I'm very excited to join the Realteen team. I am a fun-loving, caring, and colorful person. I begin and end everyday with a smile. There is only one man in my life and that is my 15 yr. old son John. It's been my job to raise my son from a young age through his teen years. I am a single mom and I feel as though I have done my best to help my son become a responsible young man. I was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in the Maryland and D.C. area. I moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1992. I now consider myself to be a native. I miss family dearly but find ways to visit often. My home and heart is here in Onslow County. This is pretty much due to the fact that I have raised my son here and found it to be a great place to live. I currently teach preschool at a local preschool. I have been teaching for over 20 years. I love children of all ages and could not imagine myself doing any other profession. I enjoy outings with my son to the movies, watching football, visiting local spots such as the Lynwood Park Zoo, going to the beach, and canoeing along our local rivers. I look forward to writing and reading the blogs. I feel this is a great opportunity to explore my parenting role and others. Parenting my teen son has been very rewarding and challenging. However, I have learned that being an effective parent is about learning and growing along with my son!

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Lean on Me

Hey everybody!  Soraya and I went to church Sunday and the subject was, “Lean on Me.” I had not been to church in a while because I work almost every Sunday, but I was thrilled to be there. That saying about never missing your water until the well runs dry, well I know it first hand. I really think I took going to church for granted. I never knew how much I actually missed until I was in service Sunday morning.

I’m not going to preach the service to you all, but the message was one that I wanted to share. The bottom line was that we can’t get through this world by ourselves. I have often told friends that needed my help that we are all in this together. If they need the help, I’m going to help them because there’s going to be a day when I’m going to need help as well. Like right now! I have officially been without my car for over three months. I did get it back and within a week, it tore right back up. My co-worker lives in Richlands and I called her one day to ask if I could catch a ride with her to work. She  said it would be no problem and she would help me out. When the week ended, I wanted to pay her for giving me a ride, but she refused. She said I understand what it’s like being a single parent and I have been in your shoes before.

You see, we never know who we’re going to need in life and when we’re going to need these people. If you have a chance to help somebody, do it! I guarantee, there’s going to be in a situation where you’re going to need somebody to lean on! Cuidate family and ya’ll be abundantly Blessed!

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