Life's Blessing #4

Our first open house was this evening...it broke my heart. My eldest daughter is almost five and so excited about her upcoming first day of school. She wanted her daddy to go with us. I am so blessed to have a husband that loves and accepts her as his own. I do get a little sad now and then thinking wow, James would have loved to see this or been there for special occasions, but Chris is so good to her and dos such a wonderful job loving her. He is such a proud father and I am so blessed to have him in our lives. Of course a continuous part of this particular blessing are our other sweet babies. They LOVE their big sister. Ah, as much as I dread the getting up super early and thinking of what she's being exposed to, etc...I'm so happy she's going to be able to meet new friends and learn new things...and is able to do so. My prayers are always with the parents with more difficulties to overcome in this regard, but God blessed them in so many different ways! God is good!!

Life's Blessing #3

My roof is leaking into my kitchen and now through the drywall in my dining room. The money we were hoping to save has been used in other "renovations" and just when I want to sit alone and cry...I remember the families from the mission field. When in Mexico on a mission a few year ago the "wealthy" family in the neighborhood had a roof over their bedroom, not the kitchen, living, or bath area...only the bedroom, which a family of 5 (and more in some cases) shared. No electricity or indoor plumbing. However, they were very upscale because they had a toilet. The water for bath, cooking, and potty were collected in large buckets around the house when it rained. The "gutters" ran into tubs in the kitchen and bathroom. They gave us toilet paper, which I knew they couldn't really afford, and let us use their restrooms. They were so pleased to share this with us. They didn't complain, they were grateful for the relief we brought. I know how blessed I am to have a home with seperate bedrooms for my children, central heat and air, electricity, kitchen appliances, indoor plumbing, and A ROOF!! Thank YOU GOD for my leaky roof (I'm still praying we get it fixed though;))

Life's Blessing #2

My kids have ground eggs into the furniture and cheerios into the floor, I haven't been able to get a thing cleaned up because every time I try someone starts to cry and needs "mama"...then they say "Mama" out of nowhere and "I LOVE YOU" Makes it all worth it!!!

Life's Blessing #1

Knowing that no matter how happy I am there is something waiting for me that exceeds any happiness  that I can comprehend here, when I get to Heaven!! It makes the sad moments more bearable! God is good!!