I'm a homeschool mom of 3 daughters. My aim in life is to glorify God by loving and serving my family, grow personally in my walk with Him, and being a Titus 2 woman to those younger than me. This blog is to share what God is doing in my life and in the life of our homeschool.
Princess is 9 years old . She was born a princess and continues to hold the title. She loves all things girlie and is talented in all things crafty.
Pixie is 7 and a half. She has a passion for truth, loves rocks and shells and has a huge collection of them.
Peanut is 5. She is fun loving, happy all the time and can make anybody laugh.
Hello- we are back from our Thanksgiving trip. We had a wonderful time seeing family and the kids did so great with the traveling. They don't know it yet but we decided to take them to DQ for a desert tonight because they traveled so well.
I am so thankful for God's faithfulness to me. My last post expressed concerns on how I would be able to put on my new self while in an "old" situation. I was amazed at how well I was able to let go of the things that usually "bug" me. I was amazed at how I was able to not respond to criticism of me or of how I was raising my children. I'm learning that getting into a discussion about it is not fruitful, and that keeping quiet is the best way to handle it. But most importantly I learned that I could keep quiet and not let my frustrations brew inside of me so that it would explode at a later time. I was amazed at how I was able to have grace with everyone and that my relationships stayed in tact. This was the best trip we have ever had to my family's house and I am so thankful.
Thank you all so much for praying for me. I know that being covered in prayer really helped in making this trip succcessful. God is Good!!!!
Yay! I'm glad you're back home and so thankful you had a wonderful trip. Way to go on letting it all go!
I posted a comment on my geocache post for you, but I put it there in case someone else wants to know.
I'd love to see you when you come to Bend! I live in the opposite direction of Gilchrist, Prineville is Northeast of Bend, about 45 mins. away and Gilchrist is about due south of Bend, about an hour away. We go to Bend all the time.
I am so happy that you had such a nice visit with family!!! It's amazing when you start off with a feeling of dread, and then God gives you wisdom, peace and grace throughout your visit. I hope that this is the first of many positive and fun trips home for you.
I know it can be difficult at times. But you are sooo right...it's best to not discuss those things which you already know will bring strife and disagreement. It makes me think back to the last time we visited my husband's mother...it was Mother's Day 2002. She has always been a difficult person to be around or like...it was a time that dh and I both dreaded. But I remember leaving our last visit with her actually smiling! We both commented on how we actually enjoyed our visit with her-- enjoyed! That never happened before!!!
Little did we know that would be the last time we would see her. She died unexpectedly at the age of 54 a couple of weeks later. We are SO THANKFUL that God gave us a positive and fun visit with her...and we even took pictures (which we never did!) that actually came out beautiful...the kind you enlarge and frame! I couldn't imagine how terrible we would feel if our last visit with her was full of anger and discontentment. God is SO good to us!
Anyhoo, all this to say that your efforts on being a peacemaker and keeping ties with your family will be a blessing to you in the end. And your countenance and example around them will surely bring you closer. You never know when your last visit will be so always make the best of it...even when it's difficult.
