Mama's Cafe
• Oct. 22, 2005 - A Fun Day
At the risk of sounding incredibly
self-absorbed and selfish, I had a great time today-ALL ALONE! No
children with me, no diapers to change, no arguments to resolve.
Such fun! My wonderful husband sent me out to garage sales this
morning and later to the library to choose books for the week all by
myself. Please understand, I love my children dearly and enjoy
being together and am so glad to be home with them. Every
day... All day long.... Morning 'til evening. Now and then,
though, it is so nice to have a break from the daily routine and run
around town, stopping at garage sales and knowing that my children are
enjoying time with Dad. They benefit from it materially, as
well. Today my girls got 50 cent dress up gowns, all ruffly with
layers of pink tulle and my oldest a like-new cordoroy jumper with
horses on it. (the fancy dresses fit them both perfectly and had been
made for the couple's little girls 30 years ago for play, too.) I am so
thankful for the way the Lord provides for our clothing needs as well
as household ones through garage sales. Another example is the
new coffee maker I bought today-it is almost brand new-for $3 from a
military couple who are going overseas. Our coffee maker was
broken in our last move and we have been jimmy-rigging an old coffee
pot to make do. A blessing! Later, I took my girls with to
the cloth store while my toddler napped and Dad worked on the
computer. That was a fun time together, doing girl stuff and
teaching them about being content while faced with so many
choices. (something that I struggle with, too.) After a rather
stressful week with little ones, I am thankful for the refreshment the
Lord gave me today.
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While I find homeschooling a struggle more often than not, I am grateful to be able to be with my children every day, seeing how the Lord is growing them in knowledge. My prayer is to learn to enjoy them more, to show them how glad I am to be home with them and to be used of God to educate them in academics, homemaking and in the Word.
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• Oct. 23, 2005 - what fun
Besides Half Price books...glad you had some time to refresh and reflect.
You got some great deals to boot!