It’s raining, and the house is quiet - everyone is still sleeping.
I think back to what I’d consider easier days, when there were no money issues, or worries about where life was going to take us – there wasn’t a reason to worry about those things then – we just thought things would always be the same… Time flew by, the kids were little, and my life was filled with elementary events and keeping a big house in order. I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t want to go back to that. I was younger, I had more energy, I was fit, my kids were toddlers and their problems were little ones…
Now my kids are older – my daughter turns 15 this week, and my son has been driving for 5 months. My kids are bigger than me. A second girl this year at their schools committed suicide this past week. I can’t imagine the heartache that family feels, or if what that girl felt was any different than what my kids have felt at times…. I told my son ‘please don’t ever feel that THAT is an option when life gets bad’ and he replied ‘oh mom, don’t worry, I like myself too much’.
Thank you Lord!
I love my kids. I am so grateful that God blessed me with motherhood. I couldn’t imagine my life without them. After church we are heading to my moms, to wish her a happy day. I am taking her picture frames back to her – she dropped them off to me ‘gold’ and hoped I could update the finishes for her
I wish I’d have taken a before photo. They are so pretty in person , I can’t wait to give them to her. I used, if you can believe, CeCe Smoky Mountain Gray which is like a blue gray, and did a little crackling, added some silver tones, and a dark wax
I’m actually going to finish a piece of furniture in a similar combo this week, I love it so much
I love my mom. I hope we can be to my kids, what my parents have been to us.
To all you Mom’s out there, God bless you! Happy Mother’s Day!
- then one last stop at Meijer for groceries, by time we got home it was almost 10pm.
