I'm linking up today with other working moms on Kelly's Korner for Show Us Your Life. I think it will be great to find other blogs of working moms and network with them. I've been a SAHM, I've worked from home and now I am working away from the home. I tried for the first 2 years to find my place, I spent countless hours praying and talking with Allen about what was exactly right for our family. I am thankful that he was so so supportive. I wanted to stay home? Well, go for it. I wanted to start a business? Have at it. I wanted to go back to work? Do what makes YOU happy. It's hard for me to accurately put into words what I need to say regarding staying home and working. I don't think … [Read more...]

There are definite times in my life when I feel like God flat out tells me "No" and while I can't see it right away, there is always a lesson to be learned.  Sometimes my plans, my goals, my dreams, my expectations move way too fast. I've already told you that I am the only girl on either side of my family and coupled with the fact that there are 6 years between my brother and I makes for some rather interesting  inbeded character traits. It's a mix of I-thought-I-was-an-only-child reality shock, oldest-child mentatility and "our only baby girl" syndrome. What I'm really trying to say (and what I don't really want to say) is sometimes, er often times I get a case of what … [Read more...]

If I could sum up the common theme for last years blog post is would be: Time, please slow down. There are times when I don't want things to change anymore. I don't want time to pass so quickly. I don't want to start a new season. Times when I wish life came with a pause button. I'm a big believer in living in the moment, this moment. Not waiting for bigger and better things but enjoying the things that are right before me. Doesn't mean I always do this but I am always aware of this. When Allen wanted a baby so badly and I didn't want us to change it wasn't because I didn't think I could love a baby or because I wasn't ready to be a mother. It was simply because I knew it meant that us … [Read more...]