June 27, 2011
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monday morning
It’s a rare quiet moment on a Monday morning, somewhere between pleaseohplease would you guys just leave each other alone and no-you-may-not-have-another-freezie-before lunch. Washer is humming. The youngest 4 were actually *playing church* very nicely a few minutes ago. Their singing and preaching was music to my ears after so much getting up on the wrong side of bed attitude this morning.
I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now and in all the ups and downs of this place where I say my little piece I keep coming back. It is good that life keeps me so busy. I would come a lot more often but there just isn’t time.
I usually like Mondays. (apologies to those of you who don’t) This morning I resolved:
*to think straight enough to call my children by their correct names. (i.e. not calling Tori by her little sister’s nickname, which is Tillie)
*to smile if it rains again
*to help Andre & Natalia practice riding bike
*to see that all of the laundry is washed & put away by this evening
*to stop comparing myself to other bloggers (i.e. reading Dorcas Smucker’s poignant and humorous posts and thinking “I’m just not even going to try writing again.”) I realize this is a recurring issue when I post. Thanks for bearing with me.
*to stave off the melancholy I feel about it being June 27 and already on the countdown to shorter days
*to put away the leaves that make our table 13 feet long that we had in for guests at lunch yesterday before the end of the week.
*to LISTEN when someone says, “Mom”……. (I’ve been getting a lot of: “MOM, you’re not answering me” and “Mom, why don’t you listen?” and it breaks my heart.) How easily I zone out, ensconced in in my own thoughts.
*not to roll my eyes when the fresh batch of cookies is half gone by the end of the day
*to trust. Just to take Him at His word. I find myself trying to understand God, moving Him down to a level where I ‘get’ what He does. It doesn’t work-ever! Because the “foolish” plan of God is far wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is far stronger than the greatest of human strength. (I Cor. 1:25)
I want to blog about our trip to Idaho before that news is stale but I don’t know if it will happen. I started a post called “A child left to himself” and I hope I can finish it soon.
I love summertime.
It rained something like 8 inches in the past week, which I didn’t particularly enjoy. But complaining doesn’t help at all. Dan has made a lot of progress in teaching me that. So has being a mom. I can’t stand whining and complaining in my children and they love to catch me at it, so I am treading carefully when it comes to complaints.
The horse Teddy Bear had a new baby.
Happy Monday and a God-led week to each of you.
Comments (9)
first of all…yay on the new colt!! i saw some in the field on the way home from Collingwood this week and squeeled they were sooo tiny!!! what a blessing new life is on the farm eh?
and 2ndly your comments about trying to figure out God really struck home with me. yesterday our church sermon was on Gideon and the faith it took to enter into battle with the Midianites in the plan that God had, and not man’s plan. it was quite a crazy scene when you look at that battle..and yet God didn’t even need Gideon and his men, he just let them be part of what he was capable of…i also like that he made it clear that it was HIM at work doing the impossible so that they wouldn’t be tempted to claim it as their own victory and continue to be disobedient to him. so often i find myself claiming things as by my own might…and yet how little do i know.
hoping that if you do get rain it isn’t quite as destructive as its been in other provinces the past couple months. i cant believe it…sask had a drought for sooo long and now they are getting flooded like crazy. just so glad that HE is in control in all of this.
thank you for sharing glimpses into your days. say the pictures from your trip on facebook but havent’ taken a glimpse at them yet. i will have to!! look forward to your post
Thanks, Luci! I love all your resolutions! It’s nice to know that there are other moms out there that aren’t always perfect. To me it looks like you have a lovely family so you must be doing something right! (Diedrick told me just this morning that he thinks that Natalia is pretty and that he loves her! Oh boy, I thought we didn’t have to talk about stuff like that for another 16 yrs.!!) I’ve felt like I’m over my head the last couple of weeks. It feels like I’m always struggling to stay on top of things when it comes to child training and being the Mom that I KNOW I’m SUPPOSED to be! Your honesty is always an inspiration! Hope you have a great week!
*to stave off the melancholy about the 27th of june…. I AM WITH YOU on that. i just told my friends thursday night, when people were trying to cheer me up on facebook and said i should be glad it’s not snowing, it actually made me feel sick just to see that word, because i KNOW it is just around the corner. it is almost july…..and then it is august…and then it frosts in september and then we know what happens in october…………AKKKKK!
i can hardly believe you have blogged a year. i am glad you have!
I’m with Lisa. I know I’m in VA. I know I should be grateful not to live in MT, or worse, Canada. But it’s still way too much winter for me. I was looking for a picture for a friend this morning and stumbled through my September photos. Suddenly I was feeling waves of nausea and panic and claustrophobia and I realized that in two months I will be staring the onset of winter in the face. And I cannot tolerate it. So I’ll go stick my head in the sand again.
@mytoesareblue - Yes, some of the provinces are experiencing pretty serious flooding. I hope, too, that we don’t get it here….
My trip photos are not very conclusive or good.
But it was a wonderful time.
@DarleneByler - Nice to hear from you. Diedrick’s comment is hilarious. I thought it was especially funny because I don’t think he and Natalia even played together very much last weekend. Just keep on with mothering–not that there’s another option.
I’m sure you’re doing a good job. Blessings!
@mlt10202002 - It’s funny….I thought about the same thing when I read the comments on your Facebook status.
Please don’t say the word SNOW!! Don’t you think Arizona sounds fine? Seriously, I would be happy to move south any day. But it is not to be.
@smilesbymiles - Sticking my head in the sand here too. It’s funny. My 11 year old daughter was reading over my shoulder when I read your comment, and she just caught “or worse, Canada” in your comment. She immediately bristled patriotically at that one.
I just LoVe heat and sunshine too. Laughed at your description of your feelings about the onset of winter–but I feel the same way.
i always think that on summer solstice…oh great. now the days are getting shorter.
kinda sounds like we have some kindred spirits here on that! i’ll need to find out where the sand is that michelle is sticking her head in. somewhere in the caribbean maybe? we could all meet up there…
i’m for reading about idaho and that “child” posts when you get to ‘em!
happy summer days!
and btw, thanks for YOUR encouragement in your comment.
Cute colt!
I, too, am trying to learn to not whine & complain.
Somehow it seems so much worse when my girls do it, and then I am reminded all to well of where they hear it! 
And yeah, we could’ve complained about rain, too. But then I hear about those places that have flooded & realize it could be so much worse here!
Happy rest of the week to you!
I wanted to come say “HI” and found out for some odd reason I was never subscribed to you, I have quite a few subscribers that hardly ever blog, and I guess I had assumed you were one of them!! Now I see you are not! Yeah!
Anyway, sister Julia mentioned you, I guess you met recently? So I decided to come visit. I enjoy your blog and the thoughts you have shared here.
So many times I try to pull God down to a level where I can understand Him too – only to find out how BIG, Powerful, and Amazing He really is. And yet how touchable and close at the same time.
Now I have to go search for Dorcus Smucker’s blog…..;)
@seekinHISwisdom - Thanks for your comment. I read your blog often, but have always been a bit shy of you FFE girls. I know–I’m insecure.
Julia is a sweetie. Somehow we got on the subject of blogging and when she said her sister blogs on xanga I asked her what your xanga name was. And then I said I kind of ‘knew’ you but you wouldn’t know me. Thanks for stopping to say hi.
About Dorcas–she also writes some sweet books. Ordinary Days is one of them.