Clothes Line and Fuzzy Feelings

by admin on May 13, 2011 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, My Romance, The Pet with No comments

The first thing he did on his week off was put up a line for my laundry. Never mind that it took me asking for eleven years and it was our third home where it was put up and he kinda HAD to because our brand new drier was down for over a week, I AM THRILLED! I see it as a clear love act, since he knows I have always enjoyed hanging up the laundry in the fresh air.
Our first warm afternoon with the line in use was a special wimzical afternoon. My youngest two and I put the dog on his long leash in the yard and then we played in the sun under the laundry line. What ever it is about a clothes line that makes life feel cozy the children for sure feel it too. They couldn’t ignore the sheet dancing in the wind. Running in, then out and all around the laundry they squealed and laughed. It was all great fun.

No one wanted to leave the sweet atmosphere of our little patch of grass in the back yard. Even when our tummies started growling the children where not tempted to head for the house. I eventually gave up and brought them out a picnic. It was our first picnic of the year and there was so much wonder and joy under the laundry line that day.

(Time for a picnic lunch. ‘Oh what did you get? I gotsa chocolate sandwich.’ ‘Me to!’)

TTFN

Clothes Lines and Fuzzy Feelings

by admin on May 13, 2011 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Little Things, My Romance, The Pet with No comments

The first thing he did on his week off was put up a line for my laundry. Never mind that it took me asking for eleven years and it was our third home where it was put up and he kinda HAD to because our brand new dryer was down for over a week, I AM THRILLED! I see it as a clear love act, since he knows I have always enjoyed hanging up the laundry in the fresh air.
Our first warm afternoon with the line in use was a special whimsical afternoon. My youngest two and I put the dog on his long leash in the yard and then we played in the sun under the laundry line. What ever it is about a clothes line, that makes life feel cozy, the children for sure feel it too. They couldn’t ignore the sheets dancing in the wind. Running in, then out and all around the laundry they squealed and laughed. It was all great fun.

No one wanted to leave the sweet atmosphere of our little patch of grass in the back yard. Even when our tummies started growling the children where not tempted to head for the house. I eventually gave up and brought them out a picnic. It was our first picnic of the year and there was so much wonder and joy under the laundry line that day.

(Time for a picnic lunch. ‘Oh what did you get? I gotsa chocolate sandwich.’ ‘Me to!’)

TTFN

Confess, Serve, We Are A Body

by admin on May 12, 2011 in Feeling It (Thankful), People In My Heart with No comments
( These feet belong to my oldest boy.
Every now and then I let one of my kids stay up late and I wash there feet. The church I attended, when I was very young, practiced this. I gained so much from that experience and so wanted to share it with my children.)

Christ said if we forgive people they are forgiven. Confessing one to another is so important. Serving our brother or sister by letting them confess to us is so important…

I am less and less inclined to see my relationship with Christ as a personal one… it is and isn’t… community is also, and perhaps more, important then the personal relationship idea.

Now that I am more aware of how vital the body of Christ is to the furthering of the kingdom, how its unity is so very valuable, how it is so essential to each and every Christians growth I am concerned by what I see around me. The individual nature of our culture has for sure leaked in in this regard.

(My youngest daughters turn getting a foot washing.)

Confess one to another the good, sure… we don’t really struggle there, but also the bad… vulnerability brings about more intimate relationships and the fact is we are already intimately connected through Christ, he calls us his BODY for crying out loud, it can’t get much closer then that! We are just in so much denial about how connected we really are… we are fighting ourselves…

TTFN

Lasso The Moon

by admin on May 10, 2011 in Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Mama Heart Mushings with No comments

They often sit like this, while I put the older three to bed. Daddy and our baby boy often need some one on one time at the end of the day. The days are full of chores and necessary tasks that lead to demands, require constant supervising and all this keeps a Mommy and a Daddy in work mode. This is not the ideal atmosphere for a creative two year old. An ideal atmosphere can be found sitting on his Dad’s lap, with no rush, no instruction, just plenty of time.

Tonight Dad’s reading time was interrupted when his boy spotted the moon in the not yet dark sky.

“Daddy, da mooooooon!” Daddy confirmed it was indeed the moon. “Daddy we gotsa get da moon,” ordered his little boy! His boy was already standing up and out of Daddies lap, bouncing on the couch, pointing with great enthusiasm out the window. As if grasping for the moon he got frustrated and said “I can’t weach it!” Daddy tried and insisted he too couldn’t reach it.

Baby boy was off the couch in a split second and running around the living room. “We need a rope,” he kept yelling! At this point I was already filming his little performance with the video camera. I piped up and offered him an imaginary rope I had in my pocket. “YES,” he yelled, with a big grin he grabbed the rope and ran back to the window!

One mighty toss and he threw it, presumably, right around the moon in a lasso like fashion. I giggled while he and Daddy worked at pulling on that moon for a healthy length of time, considering a two year olds attention span. They where having such a grand time everyone had forgotten about Baby Boys bed time looming.

You pay a little attention to children playing for any real length of time and I think it almost goes without saying that there is something beautiful about kids limitless imaginations. My boy assumed there must be a way to grab the moon and play with it. As a grown woman, a mom, I know my limits… I seem to find more all the time… and because of all these limits closing in on me I am so thankful I live through a limitless God. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I will do as he requires me… I will enjoy obeying my Lord, besides my mountain of other reasons this one stands out to me tonight, he understands and created the heart of each imaginative child.

TTFN

A Strange Little Lump

by admin on May 10, 2011 in Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings with No comments
Lumps don’t like to go to bed,
even if they have the most sleepy head!
They hide about, often easy to see,
whispering wishes such as ‘you can’t see me, you can’t see me.’
They are prone to stifled giggles and wiggly toes.
A determined Mommy or Daddy are their most successful foes.

Hmmmm…. This sneaky lump is on the move.
“AHA and it has a face! OFF TO BED WITH YOU!
Don’t make me count, I am starting at TWO!”

TTFN

Why Not Surrender

by admin on May 9, 2011 in Bits Of My Personality, Feeling It (Thankful) with No comments

I am not the first impression I give… nor am I my reputation, it will disappoint me.
I am not my style or physical appearance… nor am I my image, it will disappoint me.

I am not my past (memories), my future (dreams)… nor am I my story, my plan, it will disappoint me.
I am not intellect and memories… nor am I my mind, it will disappoint me.

I am not my feelings, my highs and lows… nor am I my emotions, they will disappoint me.
I am not my victories nor my failures… my self righteousness or my sins… they all will disappoint me.

I am not this body… it will disappoint me…

…it has failed me…

TTFN

by admin on May 5, 2011 in Uncategorized with No comments

A VISION, of two roads

by admin on May 3, 2011 in Feeling It (Thankful), People In My Heart with No comments

The following is based on Christs teaching of the straight and narrow way and gate as well as it’s counterpart The Broad and varied way.. I companion this teaching with another that is stated thus wise..” There is a way that seems right unto a man but the end thereof is death.”

An open eyed vision I saw on April 23/ 2011.. I saw this as a series of scenes, which I immediately understood and was left with a certain capacity to remember what I had seen. I felt, somehow that I was to write it in pros or poetry and not to obsess about it but to begin writing with expectation that it would then begin to come together. Which I did and this is what I wrote:

A Vision of Two Great Roads

The breadth of one road was amazing to see….

One could walk it in many ways and so SEEM to be free.

It attracted very many because of it’s room

And it’s dark colored brightness without any EVIDENT gloom.

But as one travelled upon and day fell unto day

The travellers thereon could see it was crumbling away…

Then further along great potholes appeared through which many did fall..

So that everyone feared.. that soon it would happen and they would be next…

Their hearts failing for fear, being so sorely vexed.

There arose a great fighting , as they were carried along,

The weak were hurled to their deaths one by one by the strong…….

Choking smoke and the stench of burnt flesh was so strong

That many stopped walking but were swept, by the road, relentlessly along.

Smoke of torment rose up thick from the pit

And at the end of the road ALL were dropped into it .

THEN Suddenly I saw a light that was brighter than day

And a voice was heard saying.” See a more excellent Way…

Narrow and straight, hard to find though it was,

One could easily find through “The Lamb of Gods Love”.

There was no room at all, to the left or the right..

But we walked upon it, as though guided and not using our sight.

We all walked close together, for there is so little room,

Encouraging each other as our Lord lit the gloom.

Helping each other to stay in THE WAY..

Singing Gods Praises and loving each other each day.

Our Master Himself, POWERED us to hurry along..

So that we focused on JESUS and His Spirit so strong

Then all at once WE ALL HEARD IT.. so loud and so fervent

“WELCOME HOME !! ENTER IN!!! TO MY JOY. BLESSED SERVANT

Contribution from Allan Munro (My Dad) Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 3:22pm

TTFN

Faith in Marriage (Marriage Monday)

by admin on May 2, 2011 in Feeling It (Thankful), Marriage Monday, My Romance with 2 Comments

Our shared faith in Jesus Christ was one of the first connections we found. We both came from very different spiritual back grounds. If I am honest, at first I thought I had the advantage and had so much to teach Garnet but over the years we have both realized there are no advantages in the family of Christ. There are different experiences and different stages but there is NO spiritual hierarchy in this family. Thus, Garnet and I have learned so much from one another because we both came to respect one anothers spiritual walk.

We talk, oh so very often, about where we are at and what we are learning, although most of our study time and prayer time is done individually. We are so good at challenging one another and encouraging one another in our faith. There are many benefits to husbands and wives being really open to one another about their transforming process in Christ. We both reflect different parts of one God and so we have a stronger faith together.

What do I put my faith in? Oh many things everyday but most of all my faith is in Christ and that trickles down and affects all aspects of my life. With his firm foundation I find endless hope for the best in my marriage, in my family and in the Body of Christ that we are all members of.

First Monday of every month at Chrysalis

TTFN

Here (sixteen)

by admin on April 28, 2011 in Bits Of My Personality, Feeling It (Thankful) with 1 Comment

Writing is a soothing process for me. Thoughts are collected, lessons are established, memories are recorded, thus in the process all the more cherished, and feelings are unraveled, sorted so the monster is taken out of the emotions. Sometimes sitting here and trying to write a post that makes sense just helps me make sense of myself. A good writing session and looking over the completed first draft I often, at that point, find the answers I need and find which of the above things I am working out.

LATELY! I am so frazzled. The most ordinary of tasks seem like too much unless I can do them one at a time… if only I had a one track mind! If only a mothers life wasn’t multitask required!

I want so terribly to cram every thing into a compartment and that control freak in me then wants it to all STAY there neat and tidy… but there is no such thing as orderly, or neat and tidy in a mothers world… not for long anyhow…

Jittery! I feel like I can only settle it all down and just breath in my own home, when it is a quiet time and place and… well… my job is for ever requiring BUSYNESS and there is rarely a dull moment around here let alone a quiet and still place to be had.

As soon as my husband is around I want to hide… ‘HERE, take the kids!’… I want to hide among the bushes at the side of the house or in the back yard under the guise of hanging more laundry or fussing with the garden… always looking for ways to doddle and prolong reentering the world that is mine… and yet… it is mine, this is it… if I could just settle down… I would remember I am thankful and this is a blessing and this is what I signed on for and I am okay…

I am tired.

Yes he is my living water and often times I find Jesus in refreshing places in my life… but right now I have no literal quiet place to go to… so… SO THANK GOD he isn’t limited to me finding a time and place. Thank GOD he is right here, the atmosphere, I just have to breath him in… breath… no need to try to find him or to try to get away from my real world… just breath him in… THANK YOU JESUS for being HERE!

TTFN

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