“Military homecoming videos are all over the internet. With the holidays coming they seem to explode in number. The videos are beautiful, heart-warming, and I can’t watch them.”
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Military Life
Getting a Glimpse into a First Responder or Soldier’s Reality
“I watched people walk by the door of the classroom through the window. I remembered the times I had sat in front of a TV thanking God my kids weren’t old enough to go to College after watching the reporting of a mass shooting at one.” Read more. . .
Making the Right Decisions and the War of 1776
While I’ve always loved reading about the Revolutionary War, what I feel this book did a really good job of doing, was presenting the mental struggles that these people had to be going through and the consequences of the choices they made. Read more…
The Best Job In The World
I recently contemplated going back to work after a break of 10 years and have sent out a few resumes. Someone who was helping me with my search recently asked, “What would your perfect job be?” That stumped me for a minute. What was my perfect job? And then it hit me. I’ve had my perfect job for the last 11 years. I just never realized it.
All my life I’ve wanted to be a Mom. I have two kids and would have liked a few more but that wasn’t the cards I was dealt. I’ve been extremely blessed that most of the time since my children were born I’ve been able to be a stay-at-home Mom.
But my Motherhood has not come easy, or without lots of trials as Motherhood often does. There have been times when we’ve had to make life-changing decisions about one of our children. My husband has deployed to Iraq and has spent a lot of our married life apart from us due to the military or other work. There are all the sleepless nights (and I like my sleep!), endless messes, endless headaches, never a private moment once your first child leaves your womb. That is what Motherhood is.
But Motherhood is also those sweet tender moments cuddling that sweet babe. Kissing those kissable cheeks. Watching them as they experience the wonder of the world is magical. Watching them become more and more independent as the years go on makes you simultaneously want to celebrate their accomplishments and their needing you less, and make you want to cry.
The job I have had for the last 11 years has been the hardest job I’ve ever held. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. My kids are my world.
It’s time to start a new chapter in my life, likely it still won’t be working outside the home due to the issues we experience with our son and autism. But it’s time to shift focus a little. I will forever be grateful that I have had this opportunity to be just, “An Ordinary Mom”.
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Perfection Pending: Mortal Life Standing In the Way
“The answers I have found are not simple or easy. But what I have determined is that God didn’t send us here to just have a blessed life… I may not be perfect, but I do believe I am enough.”
The Land of the Free
Because working and getting to know each other and building up families is the only way to break down race boundaries and prejudice.
Tender Mercies
Tender mercies of the Lord have been my salvation time and time again. So many times my needs prayed and unprayed for are answered by angels here every day.
