Y’all, I have been waiting for today for the past two weeks! Today my kids went back to school. haha! Okay, just kidding…. I’ve been waiting one week. {wink} I have LOVED spending time with my kiddos over the two week Christmas break, but I have not gotten a lot of work done lately. My…
Happy Friday, y’all! Today is my sweet Adam’s birthday! He is eleven years old and one of the most loving little boys I have ever known! He is compassionate, kind, and so respectful. His teacher told me at his conference that all of the 5th grade teachers wish their students were more like Adam….
Every year, Mother’s Day is hard for me. I miss my mom so much I can hardly stand it. I was blessed to have the most amazing Mom a girl could ever dream of. IMG_3464
She was brilliant, beautiful, loving, funny, compassionate, a servant, self-less, inspiring, and beyond comparison.IMG_3483
There was one thing in life I always knew for sure, and that was that my mom loved me. She taught me about Jesus Christ. She loved Him, knew Him, lived for Him, and is now with Him.
I often think about all that Mom taught me growing up, and I try to think, “What would Mom do in this situation?” I try my best to honor her in the way that I live my life now.
When my dad remarried, it wasn’t easy. Even though he was marrying a wonderful lady, Janet, it was still hard. I wanted to kick and scream and close my eyes so I could wake up and find that Mom was still alive and things would go back to normal.
But it wasn’t.
And I thought, how would Mom want me to handle this situation? And without a doubt, I knew that she would want me to be happy for Dad, to love Janet, and to glorify God with my actions. So that is what I have tried to do, in honor of my mom.
Because without a single doubt, when my mom got cancer, I KNOW that she prayed that God would take care of my Dad and her children after she was gone. Janet is an answer to my mom’s prayer.
Though Mom would love to still be alive, watching her grandchildren grow and growing old with Dad, if she couldn’t be here, I know she would want someone in her place to take care of Dad and love on her children and grandchildren.
Mom, God has answered your prayers.
Janet is a gift to our family.
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Do you remember when I traveled with Compassion International to Nicaragua last year?
It was one of the most amazing experiences that I have ever had and one that I will never forget.
Now, in just 4 days, Compassion is headed to Uganda, and I am going with them.
Today, I wanted to show you my real Christmas Home Tour. The pictures of what my house really looks like behind my back when I am taking pictures like this one… Why am I showing you these pictures? Well, I don’t really know. Maybe just because I want my readers to know that I…