Monday, June 25, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Leaving
I will leave in 90 minutes. From here, I will pick up my husband from work and then off we will go to Pennsylvania to pick up my first and second born children. They have been gone for three weeks with their grandparents. What a hard three weeks it has been. You may be wondering what I have been doing with my days while they've been gone. A bathroom has been completely gutted, tiled, painted, and replumbed, 75 quarts of applesauce have been canned, a house has been organized, a 8 month old baby has been played with a lot, and a husband and wife have had lots of one on one conversations. It has been a blessed week of production but I am reminded again of how exceedingly blessed I am by my children. As Caleb and I were working on the bathroom, he said "can you imagine how our house would look if we didn't have kids?" (obviously not implying that he wished we didn't) That statement got me thinking. This structure that we live in is always rotting, something will always need fixing, and something will always need cleaning. It is SO passing! My children are not. They are eternal. Their little souls are forever and priceless.
When I got laid off, I started my stay-at-home-mom venture full time for the first time. I knew that was what God wanted me to do, I knew it was important but I didn't really really know how important. We got rid of our second car, we erased our entertainment $ envelope from our budget, and become more happy about hand-me-downs. But I don't want to be all self righteous about our decision to raise our family like this and totally trust God with the number of children He gives us. There have been many times that I wished I had that thing or more $ for entertainment or maybe a bigger car as I pack all three car seats in the back. Thank goodness there is grace for those moments. And gentle reminders of His blessings for obedience.
As my family grows, the number of rude comments, ugly stares, and unspoken disapprovals will increase. But the reward is worth it.
When I got laid off, I started my stay-at-home-mom venture full time for the first time. I knew that was what God wanted me to do, I knew it was important but I didn't really really know how important. We got rid of our second car, we erased our entertainment $ envelope from our budget, and become more happy about hand-me-downs. But I don't want to be all self righteous about our decision to raise our family like this and totally trust God with the number of children He gives us. There have been many times that I wished I had that thing or more $ for entertainment or maybe a bigger car as I pack all three car seats in the back. Thank goodness there is grace for those moments. And gentle reminders of His blessings for obedience.
As my family grows, the number of rude comments, ugly stares, and unspoken disapprovals will increase. But the reward is worth it.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Quiet
The house is very quiet. 65 minutes ago, my husband ran into our room to ask me if he could go to Sears to pick up some random tool. After I said "Yup!", he was off to beat the closing hours.
My two girls are gone. They are staying with their nanny in New York for a couple weeks. Oh how we miss them! Their little brother misses them so. I kept super super busy today to try to make up for the quietness. Even after doing all the laundry, mowing the yard, weeding the garden, canning 36 jars of applesauce, and upacking a weeks worth of stuff, I just can't ignore the fact that my sweet little cherished ones are gone. But I'm glad that they are spending time with their grandparents.
Tomorrow brings more stuff. Like more canning, and some visiting with a friend, and some cleaning. I just wish there will be two more little people to snuggle with.
My two girls are gone. They are staying with their nanny in New York for a couple weeks. Oh how we miss them! Their little brother misses them so. I kept super super busy today to try to make up for the quietness. Even after doing all the laundry, mowing the yard, weeding the garden, canning 36 jars of applesauce, and upacking a weeks worth of stuff, I just can't ignore the fact that my sweet little cherished ones are gone. But I'm glad that they are spending time with their grandparents.
Tomorrow brings more stuff. Like more canning, and some visiting with a friend, and some cleaning. I just wish there will be two more little people to snuggle with.
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