Finished!!

Phew! We just finished school for the year this morning. It amazes me that The Lord carried us through pre-K, 1st grade and toddler-school and that we all learned and grew a lot while at the same time we moved TWO times! He is amazing! We had some amazing days and some terrible days and all mixed together they provided a year of growth mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually for all of us. 

We are already looking forward to what The Lord has in store for us this fall as we tackle preschool, Kindergarten and 2nd grade! Baxter said he wondered who his teacher would be, guess we hadn't told him we'd be homeschooling again next year. He was very pleased to hear that Mommy would be his K teacher. 

Happy summer!!

Motherhood

I'm beginning to think that it would help me if Mother's Day happened multiple times a year. There is something special about having a day set aside to celebrate this central calling of my life that has a way of rejuvenating energy for the many demands motherhood calls for and provides a fresh sense of enjoyment of the precious (though sinful and ornery a lot of the time) children God has given me to love and nurture and nourish and teach and discipline and shape and enjoy. 

Thankful today to be the mommy to Owen, Baxter and Lucy. Hopeful for Gods blessing on them through me (and Matt) in the years to come!

And I am also thankful for my own Mommy who continues to love and encourage and build me up as she has the past 33 years!!

I am also praying for those whom motherhood and Mother's Day stirs up feelings of sadness and hopelessness and regret and discouragement from personal experience as a mom or with their own mom or from a longing to be a mom that has of yet gone unfulfilled. I pray that God would be a refuge to them - and a very present help in trouble.