Valentine Ideas

 I can't believe that I am ALREADY thinking about Valentine's Day, but it will be here before I know it. I absolutely LOVE Valentine's Day and I really want to make my family feel extra special and extra loved, so I have been wasting a lot of time on Pinterest

searching for just the right way to say I Love You to my           3 favorite boys. Here are some ideas I found. 
Feel free to use any of them you like.

  Valentine, you're all write!

 I "wheelie" like you!

 Fruit labels

 Magnifying glass

 You Rock!

You make my heart bounce!

Have a Happy Day!

Shanna

Christmas Programs & Tree Climbing

With all the Christmas fun to be had, I have to say that the Christmas programs and musicals are my favorite. The boys had their school programs this week and they were Oh So Cute!





After their programs and parties, we went to see Me-Maw and take her some goodies (doesn't everyone like to get goodies this time of year?)



and those Boys just had to be Boys and try out her Cherry Tree! Oh what a WoNdErFuL time of the year! LOVE it!!

John Waller • As for Me and My House

John Waller • As for Me and My House

Stop Talking About It Mama!

Let me start off by saying that my son Corban has a fear of needles. His isn’t afraid like my being afraid of snakes or spiders, instead, his fear is debilitating. He is so afraid that he has to be held down and he yells for someone to help him. He is articulate enough to explain his fear. He tells his dad and me, as well as the nurses, that he is afraid because he knows it will hurt. He always says “Give me just a minute" and “It’s going to hurt so bad!” This just crushes me. I think I end up crying harder than he does.

Well, when we took him to the ER Friday night (he had pneumonia, strep, and sepsis), he had to have an IV…terrible, I know. Well, we weren’t lucky enough for that IV to last because it slipped after a couple of days and they had to put a new one in. So, the battle began again. As the nurses were working on him, I was holding him and turning his face to mine…I could see the overwhelming fear in his eyes, so I was saying “Give your fears to Jesus baby.” Yeah, right! Corban looked at me and said “Stop talking about it mama! You’re making me think about it.”

Right in the middle of the chaos I heard the Lord say “See, this is what I have been trying to tell YOU.” Humbled, I told Corban that he was right and, after the procedure was over, I sat down and began to examine myself and let the Holy Spirit reveal some things to me. Funny, when you sit still and listen, (and stop trying to analyze everything), God will show you so many things. This is not always an easy thing to do, but it is imperative in order to grow. This is what He showed me: I always give God my fears and needs, but I keep giving them to Him over and over again. I end up doing just what Corban said. I think about it. Instead of giving it to God and letting Him deal with it, I “talk” about it and analyze it. What a lack of faith I have had. I should just trust that God will work in the situation and stop begging Him for it. I’m afraid that this kind of behavior has robbed me of my joy. I say “robbed”, but I really mean that I gave it away. Having the Holy Spirit living inside of me means that I have joy, I only have to choose to walk in it. Jesus is my source of joy and happiness, not this old world.

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