Today was a holiday here in New Brunswick and what a beautiful day it was!!  How I thank the Lord for the seasons and the changes each one brings.  So like the seasons of our life. 

For some of you, school has already begun but for us we still have a few weeks to go.  The month of August is a busy one for us, so that will make the month go by that much faster.  I am not really ready for school but I'm getting there.

I found another poem on mothering that I found to be quite nice. 

A Mother  by Vivian French Dennis

A mother

snuggles her baby

steadies her toddler

safeguards her preschooler

studies with her grade-schooler

suffers with her teenager

sends out her adult child to repeat the cycle begun by her,

her mother, and her mother before her.

And all this time the wise mother

prays and searches for wisdom

to build her house and not tear it down

to protect and not smother

to discipline and not discourage

to teach and not preach

to guide and not push

to keep on loving even when her child

repeats her mistakes

and those of her mother

and her mother before her.