2008 in Review

2008 has come and gone already.  It sure seemed to go by quickly…sometimes a little too quickly!
January
The year started out with me beginning to work on Power Lab VBS (Ah Ha!).  I was also homeschooling Michael.  We were pretty on top of our schooling and things were going pretty smoothly at the time.  I was [...]

My Newspaper Theif

A few weeks ago, Michael came home from school and I noticed that his backpack was pretty full.  Here’s how the conversation went…
Me: “Michael, what’s in your bag?”
Michael: “Newspapers, Mr. Stewart wants us to collect newspapers so we can recycle them.”
Me: Thinking this is a great idea…but we don’t subscribe to any newspaper subscriptions. “Ok, [...]

Not soon enough!

School can’t come quickly enough!  This week has been the worst week of summer!  My 4 boys have driven me absolutely nuts every day this week…and it’s only Wednesday!!
I’ve been supporting a headache each day from all the yelling, fighting, and screaming…mostly from mommy!  Then after I lose it, I feel so horrible!  Sad that [...]

Rest for my weary soul

The alarm never sounded. It was just a watch, but I couldn’t get past the fear! I tried to sleep but was awakened numerous times with an overwhelming sence of fear. The same fear I once had…one that I had thought I had overcome. Apparently that fear still lingers.
It’s an irrational [...]

Grief

Unfortunately, most people would like to just get through the grief as quickly as possible. Grief is a process…one that takes time. How much? Well, that depends on the person going through the grief. Some people process it quicker than others. Some get stuck on one step of the grief [...]

All dried up

Do you ever feel like you’ve come to a place where you are all dried up?
Where you have given all you can give and you don’t have anything left?
That’s where I am now…Dry! Nothing left! Exhausted from trying to muster up some sort of energy to give to others…I just don’t have any [...]

Friendship

friend·ship (frěnd’shĭp’)

n.

The quality or condition of being friends.
A friendly relationship: formed many new friendships over the summer.
Friendliness; good will: a policy of friendship toward other nations.

I have never been one to have a problem with making friends. I have had many friends over the years, but if you ask me who my friends are [...]

Anger…

Don’t sin by letting anger control over you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Psalms 4:4-5

I came across this today in my reading. It struck me. I have been harboring some anger. And because of the anger, I’ve sinned. I need to remember when things start spinning out of [...]

This sounds so pathetic!!

So over the past few months, I’ve been pondering how I’ve been treated as a friend. I’ve realized that I have more online friends than real life friends. It’s a sad reality that I am faced with. I’ve posted before how I’ve been treated with my real life friends and it’s not [...]

Rebellion

Michael has done nothing but Rebel against everything to do with school work! I can’t say anything to him without him yelling or arguing with me. I give him an assignment and all he does it tell me that he doesn’t have to do it or he’s doing this instead. I’m just [...]