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Finding Joy in the Busy
I’m juggling those proverbial balls again. I have so much going on my brain can’t seem to rest. There was a time in my life though when nothing was happening. That was a sad and lonely time for me, and I look back on it with so much thankfulness. I am thankful that now, I am so busy. When I wasn’t a mom. I longed to be a mom. The Day We Brought Home our Little Man Now that I am a mom. I take great joy in serving the LORD with gladness. I find joy in knowing that God has called me to “train up” my Little Man. I…
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Marriage Moment: Taking the Words Right Out of His Mouth
It’s My Marriage Moment again. I like to take a moment to encourage the institution of Marriage the way that God intended it. Marriage is a truly wonderful blessing and I hope that many more people will grow to find it as precious as I do. Tonight, finally, the air cooled off. Beloved loves to sit on the back porch in the late evening and just relax but lately it’s been too hot. Tonight however he went out. I followed closely behind craving that time alone with my spouse. I wanted to reconnect and have just a few minutes to talk. You do remember that before kids you used to…
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Summer Imagination
I realize a lot of homeschool moms have already started back to school. That’s not me. I loved summer as a kid. I loved swimming in our above ground pool in the back yard, from first thing in the morning until well after dark my sisters, brother and I would swim until we were exhausted. I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia, Blair Mountain to be exact. We lived up a holler (hollow for all you northerners), we hiked on the mountain behind our house, pretending to be pioneers or coal miners or indians, we let our imaginations lead us on adventure after adventure. We spent summers riding…
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Marriage Moment: Giving Back the Authority
It’s my Marriage Moment again. Each week I am sharing a thought about marriage, to help encourage, uplift and perhaps help folks to reconsider their idea of what marriage is and is not. I recently saw a Yahoo feed that said that the new trend in engagments is for the woman to give the man an engagement ring, instead of waiting around for him to ask her. I sort of chuckled to myself as I thought ‘That figures.’ I really do not find humor in this latest “Trend.” To me, it figures because for about 1/2 the past century women have been going around touting their “Rights.” Women have claimed…
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Happy Birthday USA
In 1776 America declared it’s independence from British rule. The people of this great country decided they had had enough. They decided they wanted the freedom to determine their own course in life. They wanted the freedom to live life the way they thought was best and they wanted that freedom for their future generations. They were so determined that they were willing to fight and die for the right to freedom. Today as we celebrate this country’s birth, I wanted to reflect on my own families history in this country. I have been doing research on http://www.ancestry.com/ and have found some wonderful information. To this point nearly every line I have traced, I…
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Marriage Moment: Symbol of Love
This symbol of love starts out with the excitement of anticipation. Every girl, at least every girl I know, dreams of the day when her guy drops to one knee and declares his love for her by asking her to marry him. It is dreamed of for years before the guy is ever found. It is the stuff of fairy tales and at the center of the story is the ring, the engagement ring. For some girls, it’s about how big the stone is, or how valuable the piece is. That isn’t true for all girls though. For me, I was simply thankful that the man I loved also loved me…
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Marriage Moment: Happy Ever After
A few months ago, Beloved and I were at a wedding reception. The DJ had everyone who was married go out on the dance floor. Then he asked them to leave the dance floor based upon the number of years they were married. “If you’ve been married for less than a year leave the floor.” Then he continued to increase the number of years. The goal being the last couple on the floor would be the couple who had been married the longest. Beloved and I were one of the last 5 couples on the floor. We being at the 20 year mark. Once we left, there were only 4 couples…
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I Love Being a Mom
I prayed for many a year for the honor of becoming a mom. Now that I am, I look around at other mothers and wonder why they complain so much. Sometimes I get down right mad. I try not to, I try to be patient and understanding. I try to realize that every woman faces motherhood from their own unique perspective and that my perspective isn’t the only one. I try, I really do! The reality is motherhood is HARD work. It is long hours of never ending work. From long nights that never seem to end when a little one is screaming from an ear infection, to early morning…
