Thank You Mom!

Thank you mom for guiding me in the way of The Lord. 

Thank you for raising me up in a home that loved The Lord. 

I truly believe that everyday we are to appreciate your parents. However, now that I am a mom, I just can truly see how much appreciation should be given. 

Thank you mom for loving me on those ugly days! 

Thank you mom for loving me on the pretty days!

Thank you for making me feel so special in everything at all times. 

Thank you for never missing one of my activities. 

You have sacrificed so much for me. I now know of that sacrificial love. 

Thank you making sure I had clean clothes. 

Without you mom, I wouldn't be who I am today. 

You have taught me how to be a mom to my kids. I have learned from you! You are the best! 

Thank you for showing me that family comes first! 

Thank you for making me sit and practice the piano!

Your job wasn't easy. It wasn't always fun. You had to take the blunt of some things. You did all of this because you love me so much! Thank you for all of it! 

Thank you for not making me worry growing up. 

Thank you for being an even better Gigi! 

You are such a beautiful person. 

Thank you for making me laugh when I didn't want to!

Thank you for doing silly things that made some great memories! 

You simply amaze me with your strength. 

Emotional strength, physical strength, and overall strength. 

You have such an amazing testimony of what God has done with you and your health! You truly lift me up with what The Lord has done for you. 

Thank you for EVERYTHING!!! 

I have so much more to thank you for..

I love you so much!!! 

Many Blessings To YOU!! 

Been Awhile...

I haven't been doing my blog thing for a few months... I have several reason why I haven't, and I have several reasons why I wish I was. 

I have all these blogs I subscribe to and people I follow on Pinterest and Facebook of the blogs. They make life seem so glorious. There isn't any ups and downs. They're all ups. There isn't any kicking and screaming days from their children or food fights. I have really been struggling with this altered reality of their life and my life.

 

I have stopped reading their blogs...

I have stopped following them on Facebook...

I have stopped following them on Instagram and even Pinterest... 

All the information pooling in from clean house and chore charts for kids, along with the perfect homeschool schedule and the eager learners that don't put up a fight of when school should start. I began to get VERY overwhelmed and burned out. 

I started to question if my kids are learning everything they should be every single day. I started questioning if my house was up to standards. Even if I should be having my children do chores...

None of the blogs, photos on Instagram, the amazing posts on Pinterest and Facebook ever talked about what their real life was. 

Life is...and can be messy! 

My house is messy...

My organizational skills are way out of whack right now...

My kids do school, when I poke and prod  them to start... 

I always have laundry waiting to be washed...

There are MUCH more things that are messy. 

I was needing a refreshing break from all the incoming altered material coming in that I was reading and comparing. 

I know for sure their lives have to be messy at some point as well. We are all messy at certain times in our lives and it comes in waves. 

I may have all what I listed above but I have a God who LOVES messy people. He welcomes all the garbage that comes with life. He is eager to build me up and make me not quite so messy inside. That is what I have been reflecting on. 

Who cares if I have laundry waiting on me or the dishes ready to move from the sink to the dishwasher. 

Who cares if we start school at noon instead of 9am. 

Who cares our children don't have a chore chart all color coded and in a neat binder. To be honest, our children have zero chores!

All that matters is:

Our children are loved by their Heavenly Father who has put everything out there for them! And that they learn to love The Lord with all their heart and all their strength.

Along with they know that we love them and they never have to worry about food, money, or the house. And family is always first! 

We have been ever so blessed with wonderful gifted children. 

I have come to realize that it is okay that I'm messy because Christ has came to clean me up. 

I have also realized not to compare my home and what we do in school to those who have the false reality. 

Thanks for taking the time to read my previous posts and this current one!

Blogging truly is a great output of my mind. And it means a lot that I have people who love and support me and my family!!

Many Blessings To YOU!!!