Our lives are no doubt busy! School is in full swing. Both boys are playing soccer. Jack is starting Cub Scouts. AWANA has begun again at church. Chris and I are both in Bible Studies. Margaret is just going with the flow!!
Life is good....hard,but good!.....and I can honestly say....I'm starting to like it up here....I know....several reading this including my husband just gasped out loud......it's NOT the south. My heart will ALWAYS be rooted in Louisiana!! I miss my family TERRIBLY....I could do without the cold and snow up here, but I could do without the intense heat and humidity down there!! We've found such a great group of friends in our Sunday School Class.....that's answered prayer right there!! We really didn't have that so much down there...There is good and bad about EVERY place....do you choose to find the bad or the good? Do you dwell on the negative? Are you the world's best pity-party thrower? I wasn't brought up that way!! I have my down days and struggles, but I'm NOT a whiner and have little to do with those who do!! My Mom is the MOST positive woman I know!! She finds the good and funny in everything and I love that about her!!! That's the way we strive to be with our 3 as well!! There is no perfect life....or situation....or marriage....or children.....but you just press on, suck it up, & let God deal with it!!
Fall is in the air and I LOVE fall!! I love how God subtly begins the changing hues of the leaves at the tree tops....Have you ever noticed that? It causes us to look up! That's no accident!! If the leaves haven't yet begun to change where you are....keep looking up!! Watch for it! God gives us that gift no matter where we live!!
Well, clock is ticking and we've got places to be, but I'm so thankful I'm right where God wants me! There's no other place I'd rather be!
Dear Mom,
I'm so sorry for all of those times that I repeatedly said "Mom....mom.....mom....mom while you were on the phone. For not understanding that your hand wave was not a "hello", but more of a shooing gesture.....For whining and begging for things hoping that you would give in, so I'd go away!! I'm also sorry for following you into the bathroom....only to lie down on the floor to finish my conversation.....for not realizing that you were sitting for a reason, and not because you wanted to hear me sing and talk!!
Today, I was reminded of all of those times.....more like a De Ja Vu' except I was the mom and the child was a little blond haired boy! Yes, while I was on the phone today my name was said numerous times in a row along with "can I have a snack pleeeaaasssseeeeeee?" Yes, when I went to the bathroom today the door knob was twisting in time to a song being hummed! A matchbox car was rolled underneath the door frame.....then I was asked to pass it back.....
Today, it was payback...and I knew it....and I can only hope that one day this sweet little blond haired boy will have a de ja vu' and be paid back too!
Love,
Amy
First Day of PreK+.....
First thing this morning Thatcher said "I'm happy because I can't wait to go to school!" What soothing words to a mama who just wants them to be happy!! He really was excited! He had a great day and told me all about it! He got the usual first day treatment of lunch at Burger King and chocolate chip cookies! Of course, he gets out at 11:15 and was ready to go pick up Jack who doesn't get out until 3:56!! So, my shadow and I got a bit of a break from each other this morning, but after noon we were sewn back to the hips!! ;0) I love him though!!
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