6 boy's ages: 14 - 5

2 girls ages: 2 & 1

1 Grandpa age: young at heart

2 dogs

This is what makes a man - hardwork & teamwork. Video games & TV won't give them the satisfaction of accomplishment that good ol' sweat and job well done can. As a Mom I am concerned about not raising a man-ly man. Partly because spineless men creep me out. I want to raise a man biblically confident of his role as a husband, father and provider. Even if that means he doesn't totally understand women or he is a little rough around the edges. A man who sees a toddler & a mountain as an adventure. One who sees God's creativity and power in both. The easy part is sweeping up the dirt and keeping up with the smelly laundry. 

The hard part  is keeping myself  from stifling the man God is creating these boy's to be. I need to respect their Daddy and talk him up; he is their greatest earthly example. I need to continuously pray and ask for the eyes to understand their uniqueness and then guide them into the way they should go. I need to speak words of hope, health, encouragment and life to them on a daily basis. And yes along the way discipline when needed.

This day was good for a Mommy raising men. I know God was finding pleasure in seeing his warroirs working so hard.

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord

shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall

still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and

flourishing, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is

my Rock and there is no unrightousness in him.

Psalm 92:13-15

There is hope in your future.

Jeremiah 31:17