I watched the musical Mamma Mia last night. I am usually not a musical kind of girl, though I love the songs, I kind of prefer that they get to the point. But I was in the mood for one...
One song had me in tears....Slipping through my fingers. I had never heard it, though I am sure that everyone else has. I have two little girls, whom I dearly love. They are young enough that I feel like I do know them, but it seems easy to be adored by my girls while they are young, but I wonder if things will change as they grow up. Will they get tired of me, resent me, or can I still be there hero. Rayana will be going back to school on Monday, and I will cry, I miss them so much when they are at school. I pray that I will not miss one important moment...the ones that are important to Rayana, not just to me. My time with them is so fleeting, and there is so much that I want to share with them. How do I teach them everything I want to, while still doing laundry and making dinner. I think I have discovered a little bit of that through this book, Managers of their Chores. I loved it, and it really opened my eyes to ways that I had been failing my kids, but I have made changes already, and they have been very receptive, even enjoying their new chores. In addition, they are learning how to be managers of their homes, and I am spending more time with them, as they do the things that I usually do with me.
Thank you God for the wisdom written in that book, and for the blessing of a song in a musical that reminds me how precious my children are and how they are truly my most important job.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
The players in my life...
I am a stay at home mother of three wonderful kids. I also do a little bit of substitute teaching in my kids schools. I have also been involved for the last year in a terrific charity called 4US. I do some bookkeeping/recordkeeping. 4US hosts a bike/run/walk/motorcycle event once a year that helps raise money to buy ultrasound machines for our local crisis pregnancy centers.
My kids are both home schooled and attend public school. I say that because I believe that their education is completely my responsibility. School is a place that we use to both to help educate our children and as a place for them to practice walking like Jesus in the real world. It is important for me to be at home with them so that I can guide them to becoming the men and women that God wants them to be.
Josiah is almost 10. He has started a new school this year in a special class for highly gifted children. It has been very good for him, as not only is he learning much more, but he is being pushed to work much harder, become more organized and to take more responsibility for himself. In addition, Josiah loves all things football and baseball. Other sports are acceptable, but these are his two loves. He reads a lot, loves Christian rap (especially DC Talk) and incredible memory. He is especially kind-hearted, so can easily get taken advantage of by his sisters.
Rayana is 7 and has just learned to read in the first grade. She now reads everything she can get her hands on. She loves to draw and sing and create things. She wants to be a singer and a mom when she grows up. She loves school, misses her friends when she is not there, and loves to learn. She is also the most dramatic one, though she is very capable of turning it on and off quickly. It is usually either the best, or the worst, day of her life.
Noelle is 4 tells everyone she is homeschooled, which is completely accurate. She goes everywhere and does everything with me, and learns lots along the way. She knows how to play the youngest card, making a list of the things she is not capable of because she is the baby, such as folding her pajamas to put away. We are working on that. She is much more shy that they others, though very smart and very creative. She can write all her letters and her favorite thing to do is to write stories, asking me how to spell all the words she needs.
My husband is a teacher. He is loyal, generous, kind, and devoted. He loves sports also, and is highly involved in sports at the high school. He has verious jobs during each sporting season, and currently supervises all home basketball games. Josiah often goes with him, and the girls and I attend a few games as well. Randy has a very bad back, with affects most aspects of our lives. He is very supportive of all my crazy ideas and is my biggest fan, which I love. He is a great husband.
My kids are both home schooled and attend public school. I say that because I believe that their education is completely my responsibility. School is a place that we use to both to help educate our children and as a place for them to practice walking like Jesus in the real world. It is important for me to be at home with them so that I can guide them to becoming the men and women that God wants them to be.
Josiah is almost 10. He has started a new school this year in a special class for highly gifted children. It has been very good for him, as not only is he learning much more, but he is being pushed to work much harder, become more organized and to take more responsibility for himself. In addition, Josiah loves all things football and baseball. Other sports are acceptable, but these are his two loves. He reads a lot, loves Christian rap (especially DC Talk) and incredible memory. He is especially kind-hearted, so can easily get taken advantage of by his sisters.
Rayana is 7 and has just learned to read in the first grade. She now reads everything she can get her hands on. She loves to draw and sing and create things. She wants to be a singer and a mom when she grows up. She loves school, misses her friends when she is not there, and loves to learn. She is also the most dramatic one, though she is very capable of turning it on and off quickly. It is usually either the best, or the worst, day of her life.
Noelle is 4 tells everyone she is homeschooled, which is completely accurate. She goes everywhere and does everything with me, and learns lots along the way. She knows how to play the youngest card, making a list of the things she is not capable of because she is the baby, such as folding her pajamas to put away. We are working on that. She is much more shy that they others, though very smart and very creative. She can write all her letters and her favorite thing to do is to write stories, asking me how to spell all the words she needs.
My husband is a teacher. He is loyal, generous, kind, and devoted. He loves sports also, and is highly involved in sports at the high school. He has verious jobs during each sporting season, and currently supervises all home basketball games. Josiah often goes with him, and the girls and I attend a few games as well. Randy has a very bad back, with affects most aspects of our lives. He is very supportive of all my crazy ideas and is my biggest fan, which I love. He is a great husband.
New Years Resolutions
Along with my long list from last year, much of which I accomplished, one of my New Years Resolutions for 2009 is to begin journalling. I know it can be important. God knows how much time I have spent reading other people's lives, but I have been inconsistent in doing it for myself. However, I want to do two things with this blog. First, capture my thoughts and processes even slightly, so that I can see who I am from the outside looking in. I hope to see progress toward my goal of becoming more like Christ. Second, I hope my kids will read this someday and recognize the struggles that are involved in motherhood, marriage, and being a Christian. I hope to find balance through this journey.
That said....it is a new year and I am not prepared for the next week, let along the next year. I have a list in my head, but I will promptly forget everything in it if I find something more interesting. I am what some have called a "Side-tracked Home Executive". I have good intentions, but am easiely distracted by all the other things that need to be done. For example, today, the kids and I need to do some weekly chores, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, laundry...but what am I doing instead? Sat down to check my email while they at some breakfast, and here I am starting a blog!
Alright, my list...weekly chores, get recycling to recycling center, clean up sewing machine ( I just sewed for the first time in years - made the cutest skirts for my girls - very twirly - big smiles!), finish my New Year's Resolutions, practice memorizing with Josiah, finish menu planning for next two weeks. If I get this all done today, I will feel like Superwoman!
That said....it is a new year and I am not prepared for the next week, let along the next year. I have a list in my head, but I will promptly forget everything in it if I find something more interesting. I am what some have called a "Side-tracked Home Executive". I have good intentions, but am easiely distracted by all the other things that need to be done. For example, today, the kids and I need to do some weekly chores, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, laundry...but what am I doing instead? Sat down to check my email while they at some breakfast, and here I am starting a blog!
Alright, my list...weekly chores, get recycling to recycling center, clean up sewing machine ( I just sewed for the first time in years - made the cutest skirts for my girls - very twirly - big smiles!), finish my New Year's Resolutions, practice memorizing with Josiah, finish menu planning for next two weeks. If I get this all done today, I will feel like Superwoman!
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