Oh to have a real leader

    The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can [...]

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life is wierd

there is so much sadness in the world…our church family has been in the midst of a horrible tragedy over the last week and it has shown us the worst and the best…this world is not our ultimate home…our home is with the one who made us…thank God for that…thank God that this is not [...]

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the day my heart healed

it is hard to explain the pain of infertility to someone who hasn’t walked it…
it is all consuming…i always wanted to be a mom…from the earliest memory i have had, so it was inconceivable  to me as a young bride that i would not be able to get pregnant (at least not as a young bride…there [...]

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My song of the year

 

Your gonna miss this

Your gonna want this back

 
Your gonna wish these days

 
hadn’t gone by so fast
 
these are some good times

 

So take a good look around

 

 
 
 
You may not know it now…
but your gonna miss this

Congratulations on your CMA nomination Daddy!!!
We love you!!!

 

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perspective

i woke up this morning with a bit of a clearer perspective (thank you Lord and also thanks to Writer for doing baby monster “itchy” duty last night so i could sleep)
here is my thought…things don’t always go our way…but God is still on His throne and it is all about Him anyway…
if we shine [...]

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this feeling

all day long i have had this feeling, i couldn’t put my finger on it, but i recognized it…i remember it… but where had it come from…like a memory only more palpable…almost like a weight…then this evening it hit me…i KNOW it…i remember now…a feeling i prayed i would never feel again..a feeling i almost [...]

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fox news junkie

OH THE DAY HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR…
oldest monster is a history and presidential buff…he loves it and everything about it.Do YOU know how the electoral college works?  or who was Lincoln or Washingtons running mates? How many kids do you know that woke up this morning counting the hours down until the polls closed, [...]

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i couldn’t stop the tears

 
moms…hopefully you will understand what I am about to say…to me nothing is an individual event…all life experiences with my monsters are wrapped in one big bundle…when i see them achieve something it is like a movie of their life flashes before me…there they are…little helpless babies…toddlers…children…fast fast fast….today was no exception. i am not [...]

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