I am grateful for prayers in the night.

There are a few issues that have been rattling around in my head lately.  One issue is having my oldest son enter junior high.  For me this is huge, I know it shouldn't be but it is.  So a couple of nights ago I woke up in the middle of the night with my mind racing:

"Will he find all his classes?"

"Will he remember how to use a lock with a combination?"

"Will he lose his combination?"

"Will he get along with the person he is sharing a locker with?"

"Will he be embarrassed showering after gym class?"

"Will he be teased or bullied?"

"Will he feel alone?"

"Will he make friends?"

My mind was a firestorm of worries.  So in the silence of the night I climbed onto my knees and asked the Lord to carry my concerns.  I pleaded with the Lord every silly and paranoid thought a mother could have for her child.  Then I released it to Him, and like magic I felt an overwhelming sense of peace fill me and remind me that the Lord loves my son, even more than I do, and ultimately everything will be okay.

I am grateful for your patience.

I am not a writer, so please continue to bear with me as I fumble my way through this blog.

I am grateful for the Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.

 

I learned so much from Corrie's story about hope, gratitude, sacrifice, faith, forgiveness, love, humility, revelation, patience and empathy. I can't help but look at life and it's challenges differently now. I love books that feature REAL stories with REAL heroes.

"Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings.

It's something we make inside ourselves."

I am grateful that I am able to be a stay-at-home mother.

I can't believe that I haven't written about this sooner because I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mother, and especially that my loving husband full heartily supports me in this decision. It is a decision that I have made willingly because I know my greatest work in this life is to be a mother. I take this role very seriously, and I  hopefully will be able to sit before my Father in Heaven one day and have Him say, "Well done."

I am grateful for my dish washin' husband.

Every night my husband, without fail, will get up from the kitchen table and proceed to clean up after dinner. I don't think he will ever know how much this simple act of kindness means to me.

I am grateful for forehead thermometers, fever reducing medications and netflix.

Infirmary Day 9 and Counting ...

 

We are dropping like flies around here.

For the past 9 days,
5 out of my 6 kids have been sick with fevers, sore throats
and the dreaded pink eye.

I am certainly learning the art of medicating and entertaining.

I am grateful for my mom.

I just got off the phone with her. I am so grateful for our relationship. That we are able to share spiritual thoughts, trials and triumphs. I love to talk with her about our Heavenly Father and our Savior, and the journey of this life. She has amazing insight and I love her.