Say What God? Part 1

I have been avoiding exposing this secret of mine (no I am not having another baby!). If I say it out loud it means it might be true?!?! God has been at some serious work in my and my family's lives over the past year. Changes have been many and adjusting has been hard! Giving up the reigns to God and letting my husband be head of the household may have been the hardest. I still struggle but who wouldn't? We are, after all, only human. 

This past spring God laid on my heart to stop a food ministry I was in charge of at my church. I felt called to just stay at home with my girls. Focus on my family and myself for once! At the time I felt I was just being selfish. Would God REALLY say to stop something and focus on ME? My Husband? My children? Yes! I needed rest. I needed clarity. I needed to start a better relationship with Him, my husband, and my girls! That is just what I did! I started simply by going to the doctor! I realized I am a HOT MESS in regards to my physical health! Luckily I have a WONDERFUL Nurse Practitioner that new me well and would not let me give the "uh huh yep everything is GREAT," answers! She is helping put me back together! (now if the insurance would cooperate). 

I have been able to focus on my role as a wife and mother! I highly recommend the Blog,  Women Living Well. She has a FREE ebook called "Proverbs 31 Woman- One Virtue at a Time", sign up for email updates to get the book for free! 

My oldest, Lillian, started Kindergarten this year. Oh my, that was hard for this mama. I wanted to keep her close by and protect her from the world! She did not agree with that scenario! I begged her let me home-school you! I will let you cook!! She still said "no, maybe next year." Pretty sure she just said that to appease me! So let go, I let her go to school. But, riding the school bus was out of the question!! I draw the line there! We also live literally 90 seconds from school if driving. Seemed silly to me. My sweet daughter prays before school everyday! Not only for herself but her sister, her mother and people with cancer. Her first show and tell day she wanted to bring Christian books to school! Made my heart melt. She is getting a firm foundation in Christ! That pleases me and makes me chill out a bit!

Molly obeyed her mama's wish and stayed home! She let me "home-school" her too. It is beside the point that she is only TWO! She does attend preschool with a home-school co-op and I some how became the teacher assistant! It pays to be friends with the teacher I suppose. Even though my kid is the youngest and quite possibly the wildest, she is learning. She looks forward to seeing her friends and doing schoolwork! The letter B and her bumblebee have been her favorite so far.

My husband, Clyde, has been working non stop, sometimes seven days a week for multiple weeks in a row,  to provide for us. Finding the time to connect is extremely difficult and has been hard to get into a groove. We usually  pass by at dinner! The girls and I miss him and I know he misses his girls. This is just a season of life that we must endure!

 Then came summer where things really got interesting.....................to be continued!