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They are weak but he is strong
Posted onOnly my love would fall asleep in a class for a sleep study. It’s been an interesting day to say the least! My pain still has the best of me, but I am hanging on to my PMA. I’m super excited about the “HLL&G”! There I go vague blogging again. But the few that need to know will know what it means. Gah! So stoked you guys!
I think possibly the brightest part of this day has been my Bitty Boo having me read/sing the same book to her over and over again. No I am not the vocalist my Hubster and my MIL are, but I will shamelessly sing to my babies! Ha ha. Watching this little fire cracker of mine dancing happily each and every time I sang for her just melts this mama’s heart! And she is trying very hard to sing along. It’s a song I have always sang to my monsters, so I am beyond happy that this is her new fave.
“You are a good mama”
Posted onEvery once in a while someone sends you that message that is fully unexpected and brightens your day in ways they can’t come close to imagining. Today it was my incredible friend, Scott. He simply posted this on my Facebook wall.
Scott & his husband, Ryan, don’t have children. I mean they have a few fur babies (that I may or may not want to sneak home with me every time I visit them) and two very new (and way creepy to me and I shall never try to smuggle from them) snakes. They are amazing Guncles to our four lil monsters. Even though I know Scott can only be around our crazy monsters in small doses, ha ha. But the fact that he took time out of his Sunday to let me know he thinks I’m a good mama. Well it’s just one of the many reasons I am so thankful to have these two fellas as some of my most near and dear friends and very easily consider them our family!
This article speaks volumes to me really. Sadly so many mamas do only take note of what a mama does wrong (as far as they are concerned). Where is the encouragement? And not just for the mamas, encourage those daddys that aren’t slackers and are an important part of their monsters lives too! You really will brighten their day!
Thanks a bunch Scott! Love ya!
Jesus!
Posted onBuggie and I are always on the hunt for our new favorite book to read. Here lately she loves reading her Bible together. I knew I would blog about it so I told her I was going to take a picture of her Bible. All of the sudden she gets really excited and ask “Are you going to send my picture to Jesus?”. Oh my goodness the innocents of this sweet little gal I simply adore her! Anyone have a cell phone number for Jesus so I can send him a text?
-Buggie, 4 years old, October 2013
Always change
Posted onI’m so blessed with such amazing friends that know my thoughts even when I don’t speak them. Sending me random inspirational messages like this means more than they will ever know. Forgiveness does take time. But prayer can heal all pain. All in God’s time. Have a blessed day! Off for a fun day with my love & our three little ladies.
Pay it forward
Posted onThis evening Budah & I went out for a little date night. He wanted to buy me a coffee so our first stop was Starbucks. After sitting there for quite some time behind someone it was our turn at the window. I reached out of my window with the cash and she handed me my coffee instead and said the folks in front of us had paid for our order! I was so shocked! Matt & I are firm believers in paying it forward. We frequently try to do kind acts to teach our children how to be caring and giving. This was the first time I experienced it from a stranger. Budah and I were so surprised. Of course I’m sure my son didn’t mind being able to put his money back in his pocket. We live in such an ugly world these days. People get in too much of a rush to be kind to others. It’s little moments like this that God shows us the kindness of a stranger and the good that is still in this crazy world. Pay it forward sometime, I promise it will be just as rewarding for you as it is for a stranger when you get to see the look of surprise and gratitude they experience or knowing you just might have brightened what could have been a very blue day for that person. It was perfect timing for me tonight and I’m so thankful I experienced it with my son. Not to mention my teenage son opted to spend his Friday evening with his mom before hanging out with friends. We must be doing something right with these monsters of ours. Feeling quite blessed tonight after a pretty emotional day.
“You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who could never pay you back”
Because nice matters
Posted onOne of my friends shared this blog on fb today. It really grabbed my attention after other events I had read about that occurred at a local high school in my hometown this morning.
I whole heartedly agree, our children will be a product of how we raise them. This particular article is more about how we teach our daughters to treat people. Sort of a think twice before you raise a mean girl. I have three daughters and one 17 year old son. Make no mistake my son can be a typical smart ass teenager like the best of them. But when he steps out of this house I have no doubt he is treating people with the respect we have taught him his entire life. He knows how to treat others. Our daughters 1, 4, and 8 years old all three have big hearts. It wouldn’t be hard for someone to break their hearts with words. I wish I could forever shelter them from the hatred of others in this world. I also know that it isn’t possible. But I do teach them to have respect for others and more importantly for themselves! We teach our children kindness. To never ever think they are better than someone else or be jealous of another. We want our children to walk humbly through life and to treat others as they would want to be treated as well. I watch some people raise their children with nothing but hatred. How can you be surprised by the adult that child will become? No one likes a mean girl. Their child is basically being set up for failure. There are some people in this world that I am thankful don’t have a daughter to raise to be this mean girl she speaks of. People don’t realize how deep words can cut. I will always instill this value in my children to be sure that all four of them remember nice matters. One kind word can change another’s entire day. 
Good morning sunshine
Posted onHubster & Budah already off to work. Buggie happily hopped on the school bus after a grumpy morning! A certain little lady obviously woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Watched Bunny practice the cup song until it was time to bring her to school. Came home and found this inspirational message waiting for me from Miss J:
I love this lady. Forgiveness is a work in progress for me. I do feel better since I wrote my forgiveness blog. I had been guilty of continuing to read the stabs being taken at me. But oddly enough I have looked at them in a new light. It really doesn’t matter what others think of me or what they say in attempt to hurt me. It changes absolutely nothing. I will continue to work on my forgiveness and put my family first as I always have. I refuse to allow another person’s passive stabs control my emotions. Which is the very reason we cut ties.
Are you ready?
Posted onThis could apply to so many things in life. I’m sure I speak for a lot of us when I say it’s so easy to make excuses or put things off. Take a leap of faith! Are you ready? Have confidence in yourself and know that you can do anything you put your mind to!
Let them be little
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