Wasn't that a song?

Oh - wait....that's "Breaking up is hard to do."

So it should be a song. I'm not going to write it though.

I had a nice long blog entry all typed out and inserted.

But then I re-read it and didn't like it.

So I deleted it.

Now that it's gone, I'm not sure how far back into my reaches of my brain I need to go to find a blog entry.

All I know is that if I tried it with an ink-pen, I'd be up all night. And Hubby won't be home until late tomorrow...so I have to sleep.  

He need's a name. "hubby" suits him, Doug suits him better...but in the moniker driven world of blogging - he needs a handle. If he were a load of laundry he'd be a gray load. Some fellas at work call him "The Professor". That might work -as it suits him. He could be the Laundry Professor. Definitely not nutty...I'll have to try out "The Professor" a few times and see how it sounds. For the sake of brevity, though, he might just end up being Doug.

I went away for the weekend (last weekend - not this weekend. I'm home this weekend. Obviously, for here I sit. Boy, I'm smart!!). I was helping on a women's "retreat". Not really a retreat - more of a get-away..and even more like church camp for adults. (Men have their own weekend)

And I got to see God move in lives and hearts of His women. I got to see freedom just come into someone's heart - it was beautiful.

I also got to hear a bit more of Him whispering to me.

He's whispering to me loudly, actually. Through the voice of the older woman in my life - but also in the books that I'm reading.

Lay down your self...

Flesh...

life...

Take up your cross daily - and follow me.

Homeschooling is much like this for me. It really is for kingdom purposes that I homeschool. Not my own agenda - but for Kingdom purposes.

On my return home Sunday Evening, after watching God move, I was surprised by the level of emotions that I felt. Mini-E was sitting with Daddy....J-man came running to me with open arms "Mommmmmy!!". G & Mini-Me greeted me with cheers and kisses. I was nearly in tears then - but then Mini-E just stared at me (her tooth was very pronounced by now) with a shocked look. So I got down on her level (on my tummy) and said Hi...she reached out with her hands and grabbed my hair and touched my nose and grinned. I guess she had decided it really was me. I was teary eyed big time.

And then J-man jumped on my back and hollered "Gidd-up" (his language for "giddy-up" and "horse"). It was both funny and a mood killer.

It was good to be home.

While Mini-E is teething and J-man wants to be in the midst of it all - I have to keep reminding myself - Kingdom purposes.

Besides - it's less stress to dress for for home than it is to dress four to go out to drop two off at school.