What's in a Quote?

OK so even though my daughter is 18 and considered a legal adult its good to know that she is still a kid at heart. See she was offered a place to live right near college. We were so thrilled. She is now living with a friend from high school and her friends grandmother. She gets her own room that has a beautiful window and a wonderful bookshelf filled with all kinds of fabulous books. In fact the house has many books. Leandra was was thrilled to pieces about all the books so much so that she transformed right before me from college student to little girl by stating " Its like being Belle living in the Beast castle" ( from the movie Beauty and the Beast) Words that brought great joy to this mothers heart.
Alright on to the second quote this one is from Brookelynn. Everyone keeps asking "How do you like kindergarten?, do you like your teacher? What did you learn today ?"Well come to find out Brookelynn is so tired after school that she has very little to say about anything. So when we ran into a friend of mine yesterday and she asked the questions Brookelynn had an answer to one of them...when asked "did you learn anything today?" She answered with a very sure answer of " Nothing,, nothing I can remember"to which both myself and my friend just had to laugh. So here's to kids and what comes out of their mouths.....Oh and to us to remember to watch what we say...because you just never know who could be listening...

Nothing is ever dull around here

OK so as life would have it in this house there is never a dull moment.
When I picked up a certain 4Th grader who shall at this time remain nameless because I still don't have full permission to speak directly about the young lad...Hey you like that we will just call him the young lad. So anyways I digress that's probably from all the puke fumes running through my house. Yep you guessed it the young lad arrived home shortly after 3:30 and began the puke brigade. Oh happy day.... what a happy day. Well its just a matter of time now before the rest of the motley crew come down with the same involuntary muscle spasms. Oh wait what is this I hear in the distant the sound of muscles spasming... wish us well...

How to be extraordianry......

Here's to being extraordinary.... When I looked up the word in the dictionary the meaning of extraordinary is this...being beyond what is usual, exceptional, noteworthy, remarkable.
I also as of late came across a verse in the bible which states.."As the mountains surround Jerusalem so the Lord surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore"psalm125:2 This statement has been so evident to me this week. I have had so many of you call and write asking me if I was OK. I have had breakfast with a friend I have been encouraged, I have shared stories, laughed and cried with some of you. For me this week of first has been extraordinary....not only did we started college and Jr. high we started kindergarten... (I would also say that we started fourth grade but I don't have permission to speak of such an event) So with that know that kindergarten has been good and so as you know who in you know what grade...
So how do we attain being extraordinary, we call and tell someone we care, share a smile or a hug at just the right time, give time that isn't spent on us but instead on someone else, laugh, love. Extraordinary is going beyond what is usual beyond what is for us but making it for someone else. Thank you to all my noteworthy friends........I have been surrounded......

First day of everything

At some point in the weeks to come all of us who have school aged children will be sending them off again and some for the first time, to that wonderful institute called school. Last night we said goodbye to Leandra although she was just driving to Glendale to stay over with my mom. This morning she stepped out into the big world of college. Realizing that her days are forever different from this day to the next. We sat on my bed last night and she cried telling me "that this was harder then she realized, not being able to see her usual suspects(otherwise known as her friends)on a daily basis. I tried to comfort her and encourage her that although high school holds a great place(yet slightly demented) for all of us I shared that the years of kindergarten through senior year are formative for who she will become but now is where she will define who is she is going to be. I know that her footsteps through life will be held by what God has in store for her. Here's to you Tinkerbell 1Tim 4;12 Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
But as it goes in my house not all things happen just one at a time so for another first Luke went off to Jr. High this morning. He is our strong but truly sensitive guy so Jr. high will make or break him and I believe it will make him while it breaks me..... I never thought it but I got all choked up this morning as he drove off with his best friend. So has I can reflected and looked forward to what Leandra will share for her first day I write emphatically for therapy for how and what Luke's day will hold for him. I know without doubt and write with complete joy that God has been at work this summer with Luke because for the first time since kindergarten Luke was looking forward to starting school. The unknown which usually grips Luke with fear had him excited and slightly anxious for the first day. So here's to you "cool hand" Mt.5:16 In the same way , let your light shine before man, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven.
To all veterans and especially to all you first timers how then do we keep up the good fight for raising our children, letting them go, building their confidence yet keeping them grounded(and for some literally grounded)instilling what we all so hope is success for their futures, we call each other, we share stories for the newbies, we hold hands, maybe even cry but most importantly we pray and keep up the faith for our children. And if any of your households are like mine you always remember to laugh......

A trial is not just a trial

As of lately I have come to find great solace in the book of James 1:2-4
We are to consider it pure joy when we face trials of various kinds. Most of us would rather find an easy way to maturity in Christ because lets face it as life has it we have enough going on without having to face trials. But what if we didn't face the trials would we really be able to consider it pure joy ;things of this life that we go through daily. Maybe. But for me as a mother of four I have learned to welcome the trials because they lend themselves to opportunities to share the love of the Lord with my children. I am able to live out my faith. Sometimes are harder then others but all the while learning to consider it pure joy when I face trials of various kinds. I can't think of anything better. OK that's not all true I could think of things better but where would they get me how would they affect my family and would I really be any better off. Probably not, so for now I will go with what the Lord is revealing to me through His word and will go with the fact that three of the four kids that I have are in for serious trials right about now....because door slamming is just not OK... lol

I want to be somebody new!

We can all say that we have wished at times to be someone different or be somewhere different. But what would I really do if I was someone different or somewhere different? The what ifs of the world can do some real damage. We were created by the Lord for His purpose so who am I to question being someone else or somewhere else. When really if I truly surrender daily my life my thoughts my ways to Gods ways I would be someone else I could truly go somewhere else. By God's design I can be transformed from who I am and I can go where He sends me. So for today I choose to go where God will send me and I will choose to follow His ways. I pray that I make a difference today for the sake of the kingdom for the sake of the children that the Lord has in trusted me with and I will keep the eyes of my heart open to what He may wish for me to see and serve Him in today. May you be blessed by what God is doing already in your life only today I pray that you recognize it and thank Him.