Under His Wings

Sitting on a bench by a baseball field watching my son Nate's classmates deeply involved with a old fashioned game of kickball....wait old fashioned?  I'm not that old!  LOL  Anyway, watching the kids took me back to my elementary school days at Central Baptist Christian Academy.  We had many impromtu games of kickball and softball in the back field of the school or in the gym.  What wonderful memories.A few days later...watching my first grader Anna play happily with her classmates in a local park.  She also was "stop, drop and rollling" with a group from her class at the fire station and listening to a story at the library. In the next few weeks I'm looking forward to watching Elijah play on his All Star baseball team.  It will be his last year of doing that.  I've enjoyed watching him and my other 2 kids play various sports. I love being a stay at home mom.  I even thanked my husband last week for the opportunity to stay home so I c...

It has been a while since I have blogged, but now that I have some quiet time to think, I will start writing again. Yes, quiet time! It is hitting me pretty hard today that I am the mom of a KINDERGARTENER, 1st grader and 6th grader. Yes, my oldest child is in Middle School! I know I shouldn't be, but I'm really emotional today. I guess it's just the fact that my last child is in school. I guess from the birth of my daughter nearly 5 years ago until now the reality of no more children really hit me this morning for the first time. No more buddies to keep me company during the day. Sigh! To be honest here, I've been struggling with some very strong emotional stuff the past few weeks and I've been at my wits end literally. I lost perspective on my blessings. See my beautiful family below? They are truly gifts from God (as our middle son Nate's name means) I was fed up with the kids fighting, my house always being a mess and many other things. I was to...