Sending Smiles Across Miles

Can you handle new routines?  I know it is hard and can totally ruin your day.  Our new routine is meal time.  Diet has started, yes that can ruin a day all by itself. So how to handle this.  Of course, cry is always a consideration.  Let's face it, tears get nothing done.  They will make you tired, I guess that can qualify as getting something done.  But, then again, naps do not count.  Yes, we need them occasionally.  Sorry, of track, moving on. We could complain.  But who to?  Would they really listen?  Will they ever want to talk to us again?  Does it make us look strong?  Better question:  Does it accomplish the new routine any faster? The next time your routine changes, I would like for you to consider this: What would be your choice if given? Your new routine or: Walk across the desert Have a day or more without food or even consider: Die for a friend. My point is, what feels like a true crisis, may only be a minor inconvenience, when we

Do you take care of His blessings? Are you able to identify His blessings? Identifing your spouse, children, extended family and friends are easy to see as blessings.  But what about your home?  This is where I tend to fall.  I know my home is a blessing, but don't tend to take care of it as I should.  I know I should find laundry as a blessing, that means I have a family.  I should find dishes as a blessing, that means we have food.  But there are so many other fun things to do, crafting, sleeping, talking to friends and of course posting on my blog. So am I on here just to degrade myself on my downfalls.  No.  I am here today to say that I have been in our home for 7 years and I finally have my kitchen in running order.  Everything has its place.  My husband now says he needs a map, so that he can help keep it this way.  Did I do this on my own.  Well, not completely.  A dear friends encouragment along with FLYlady. Now for a commercial-- Tired of living in C

Have you ever wondered, "Am I living God's plan for my life"?  Then pondered, "If I am did He really plan for me to have bad things happen in my life"?  You are definately not alone.  So many have had these same questions.  I have always been careful what I pray for.  As they say, be careful, you just might get it.  Praying for patience, sure, but you will have to earn it.  God is our Father, and as a parent, allows us to live our lives, allows us to make mistakes, loves us all the time, gets disappointed in us, but is always there.  Sometimes you have to fall, in order to walk.  We pray for days to pass, to get past a hurdle.  Rather than sharing our fears and concerns with God, allowing Him to comfort us with His grace.  Imagine yourself, crawling into His lap, letting Him cradle you, caress your hair, let you cry, tell you He loves you, and this is a time in your life that you need to grow, so that what comes next will not be as hard.  Sound familiar?  Ye

I think every parent has said this at one time or another.  And it is true.  Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world.  Of course, we all think we are going to be better parents than our own parents.  We go through the, I am never going to raise my voice, I am never going to spank my child, then we all grow our parents finger and wonder, where did it come from.  We realize that there is a difference between a spanking and a beating.  We wonder if anything we do is right or wrong.  We laugh, we cry, we hold them, we let them spread their wings, we allow them to fall, we allow them to pick themselves up.  All because we love them so much.  Let's face it.  We are all human.  We will all do our best with what we know.  We will make mistakes and so will our children.  I read somewhere once, God couldn't control Adam and Eve, what makes you think you can control your children?  It is so true.  And when it comes down to it, we don't want full control any more than