Archive for November, 2014

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  Small things for which to be thankful

  I have learned many lessons about being thankful throughout my lifetime and I know I’ve got a lot left to go.  I’ve learned to be thankful when I didn’t feel like it.  I’ve learned to be thankful when times are …

  Posted: November 26th, 2014 ˑ  Comments Closed
  Filled under: General, Mom Thoughts
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  The light in my kitchen

  I have a light over my kitchen sink.  It’s a long fluorescent bulb and since we bought our house 10 years ago, we have never once changed the bulb.  We have changed every other light bulb multiple times in a …

  Posted: November 18th, 2014 ˑ  Comments Closed
  Filled under: Mom Thoughts, Spiritual lessons
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  WC Book Club: Nov. 2014

  I told you a few months ago about how I’m doing my best to hang on to pieces of me where I can because I realized how fleeting and short my days of hard core motherhood are.  Part of that …

  Posted: November 13th, 2014 ˑ  Comments Closed
  Filled under: WC Book Club
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  You are not forgotten

  Today (Sunday) had a rocky start, but it ended up transforming my worldview just when I needed it most.  God likes to do that, I’ve found.  And He doesn’t disappoint.

  It was a bit like wrangling greased pigs to get …

  Posted: November 9th, 2014 ˑ  Comments Closed
  Filled under: Spiritual lessons
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  The tediousness of motherhood

  Sometimes life is tedious. Sometimes motherhood is tedious.  I can’t tell you how many times I wash the same dishes, fold the same clothes, put away the same toys, do the same bedtime rituals, prepare the same snacks and read …

  Posted: November 5th, 2014 ˑ  Comments Closed
  Filled under: Mom Thoughts