For the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of having two extra children in my home. Yes, that would make 7 children for more than just a few hours. In fact, it was more in a lot of ways. More clothes to wash and fold, more food to prepare, more shoes to trip over, more hugs of comfort Continue Reading →
I had a good laugh today while I was reading my Bible. I’ve been trying and trying to think of some real life correlation to write about it in its context, but I can’t seem to come up with anything. However, I just had to share this scripture with you anyway. I was reading in Numbers 11:14-15. Moses is speaking Continue Reading →
Sometimes I feel like I am banging my head against the wall. Sometimes I feel like my efforts to teach one child in particular is a wasted effort and I question if she’ll ever get it. I confess that as a result of this daily head banging, I can lose my cool. Many people have told me that I am Continue Reading →
Lately my brain has felt like mush. We’ve recently added a new family member to our car along this journey and I feel like I’ve been catapulted right back to the newborn phase. Our new member is 4 years old so it’s not like I’m up all night nursing a baby, but there are a lot of similarities–right down to Continue Reading →
As I was meditating on my previous post, I had these scriptures come to mind. They are verses that encourage me often and I thought I’d share them with you in order to encourage you to press on even when you don’t see the fruit of your hard work. Galatians 6:9 – “Let us not become weary in doing good, Continue Reading →
As I stood at the counter in my kitchen in my nice warm house and I looked out the window into my wintry backyard at my bare fruit trees, I had this thought. Just like caring for fruit trees is a lot of work, so is parenting. Parenting is certainly not for sissies. It is definitely not for those faint Continue Reading →
Prayer. It is such a simple thing, but greatly underestimated. People say, “I feel so helpless because all I can do is pray.” I used to say that too, but now I realize that prayer is the most powerful thing that I can do. It is the most powerful tool that I have as a parent, but yet I think Continue Reading →
I went to a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting tonight and this is what I heard while I was there. One of my closest friends said something like this, “The part-time job I do outside of our home is working with greeting cards, not people. My girls don’t exactly affirm the job I am doing as their mother. Where do Continue Reading →
“Her children will rise up and call her blessed.” – Proverbs 31:28a Woo hoo! I have reached the moment that every mother longs for. Today, out of nowhere, my 7 year-old son came to me and said, “Mommy, I just wanted to tell you that I think you are the best mommy in the whole world.” Can you believe that? Continue Reading →