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Okay, so another week got away from me! I never did come back and post. It’s been kinda crazy around here. Doctor visits, VBS prep, Toddler chasing, playing phone tag with an electrician, baby stuff…
We have also been talking about projects. You know the kind, things that you need/want to do to your home but they will take longer than a weekend. Right now Kevin is finishing fencing in our yard. Sam has a habit of running down the driveway and laughing when we tell him to stop or we chase him down. We live on a busy street. Not to mention that I don’t want him playing in the driveway. SO we are finishing the fence. I don’t know why the previous owners tore out the fence, it is only the section of fence that goes from the house to the garage. Anyway, that should be done by the end of the weekend.
For Father’s day we are going to my sister’s house and having a cookout and swimming. Sam should enjoy it, he loves swimming. Her pool is 3ft at the shallow end and 8 ft at the deep end. Sam usually just plays on the steps. He gets his life jacket on and Kevin and I take turns sitting on the steps with him. Once in a while he will get brave and want to be in the deeper water but not very often. It should be a fun day.
Have you ever had one of those days where you felt like you had a lot to say but nothing will come out? That is how I feel today. I have been here several times but nothing is coming out. So I guess I will wait until tomorrow for a full post. I have been SUPER busy lately with vacation catch up and appointments. I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging or even staying in touch with friends. Sorry if I have been absent. I miss you!
Friday Felicities are things that make you happy. It was started by Natalie Rose York. She made so many people happy in her short life. Tomorrow she will celebrate her first anniversary in Heaven and we, who are still here on earth, will be mourning the anniversary of our first year without her. Happy Heavenversary Nattie! We miss you but know we will see you again.
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Felicities are things that make you happy ~ Nattie Rose York
I have been thinking about Mother’s Day today and what it means to me and I decided to share a bit here about what God is speaking to my heart.
For 5 years Kevin and I tried unsuccessfully to have a baby. For the first couple of years I went to church on Mother’s Day and watched as each mother was handed a flower and thanked for all she does. I would go home with a hollow feeling in my heart because it hurt so badly. I would cry for hours. For the last 3 years of the waiting time, I skipped church on Mother’s Day. I would go to my mom’s and celebrate her. Each year she would give me a special mother’s day gift and say “Someday you will be a mother, this is for then.”
Then we adopted Samuel, the pain of infertility was numbed by the joy of having my little boy. I got to celebrate my first Mother’s Day as a mother. I bought flowers for the church to pass out to all women, not just the mother’s but all women. I didn’t want any woman to suffer the heartbreak that I did. I told them “Someday you will be a mother, this is for then.”
I lost my Mother in August of 2006. My heart was again broken (sometimes still feels that way). Last year I celebrated my first Mother’s Day without my mom. My mother-in-law sent me a card which she signed “With Love from Your Mother in Heaven and Carol Jane, your Mother-in-Law” That really touched me deeply. I remembered all the Mother’s Day gifts that my mother had given me in the past and I could almost hear her saying “someday I won’t be here with you, this is for then”
This past February, I watched as Matthew’s Birthmom saw him for the very first time, she said hello and she said goodbye all in the short hour that she was with us. I saw the love in her eyes. I watched as she undressed him and looked him over and kissed each finger and toe, then lovingly redressed him and kissed his sweet head. I imagined she was saying “Someday you will wonder if your birthmother loved you, this is for then”
This weekend as you celebrate Mother’s day, keep in mind that someone you love longs to have a baby but can’t, someone you love has lost their mother and is broken hearted without her and someone you love has brought a baby into this world and given the greatest gift to bring joy to another mother. Remember them. Thank them. Love them. Give them a gift or card. But do not overlook them.
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Let’s see, a beginning…
I moved my blog because I wasn’t happy with the tech support or lack thereof at my old blogging site. SO here I am with a fresh start. I really debated about moving my old posts but in the end I decided that I really could use a fresh start. It is spring, a time of new beginnings. I am happy to say that God has been really giving me some fresh perspectives on myself and my little world lately.
I am about to start a ministry to women who are hurting in some way at my church. Sometimes a listening ear and someone to pray with you makes all the difference and I have felt God calling me to that for some time now. I have finally decided to listen. (yes, I am slow sometimes).
So it is a new beginning for me in more ways than one.
