Even my husband doesn't give me flowers!  But the sweet and wonderful ladies of co-op gave me a send-off after our last mom's room meeting that included not only these lovely flowers, but a shower of cards and gifts, too.  And this weekend at our Spring Program, Cathy gave me a lovely gift, but more importantly, lovely parting words.  Oh, how I've loved this group of ladies!  Oh, how I've loved the mom's room ministry!  God couldn't have placed a more perfect situation in front of me and because of that, I went to every meeting full of excitement and thankfulness.

Why did I step away from it you ask?  After all, I've known for years that God was preparing my heart for women's ministry.  I've prayed for years that He would open wide the doors for me to use my talents.  I was given the opportunity to not only be in a unique sort of women's ministry, but was able to teach about teaching (my passion) and encourage homeschoolers (another passion) at the same time. 

Why?  Well, God and I haven't gotten to the full answer to that question yet.  But, one thing I know for sure, He has never failed me yet and I don't expect He will this time either.  If asking me to leave a ministry like the mom's room means He has even more perfect work for me to do, then I will go forth gladly.  Gladly, but still with a heavy heart.  At least for now.  I love my friends from co-op as much as I love the job I had at co-op.  If nothing else, it's simply hard to walk away from something that's been a wonderful part of your life for five years. 

But, I go knowing that the Lord's work is more important than my wants.  I go knowing that friends can still be friends even if I don't see them every week.  I go knowing that the doors won't be locked if I need to go back.  I go knowing that the Lord will soon enough reveal to me the answer of "Why?"

To hopefully lighten up the tone of this post, here are some pictures from our Spring Program.  It's a wonderful night of performances, pictures and food.  :)