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Y’all! How I’ve missed you! And all of your comments on my last post reaffirm how much I love this whole bloggin’ thing. To think that I write a post after almost 3 months and YOU NOTICED!
Thanks for all of the sweet comments. It means so much.
Keep your eye out for me reemerging from the woodwork some more.
I’ll keep this brief because otherwise it might be another 3 months until I write again… (I can’t believe that I haven’t written on here for so long.)
It’s not that I haven’t been writing. But I’ve been writing on a private blog of my own, sorting through things (Isn’t that why I always end up writing?) I just haven’t known how or what to write about what is going on with me.
Briefly: I’ve been in MD, at my parent’s, with the children, since the beginning of July. I’m looking for work. My husband and I are separated. He has since moved up here, so the children are spending every other week with one of us.
I won’t be writing much more about it on here, unless it is something that I can write about in a way that is respectful to Sean and the children. Obviously, it’s a personal matter, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not willing to talk about it, so if you are wanting to ask, feel free to email me.
Hopefully, now that I’ve tossed that out here I won’t feel the need to avoid writing on here. I just haven’t know how to deal with it in a public way. The easy way out would have been to just continue writing on here and pretending that nothing was wrong. But that isn’t how I work.
There is nothing like watching children worshipping. Completely uninhibited. Arms up. Singing off key at the top of their lungs.
I’m so grateful that our kids were able to attend our churches VBS this past week.
615 school-aged children
$3300 (!!!!) given in offerings to build FOUR wells in India (their goal was $1500)
50 children making a decision to follow Christ
Their eternity is now on a totally different course. Forever changed.
For more info: I’ve written a post on how to pray for your children, with resources listed.
When I was a teenager, I came across a letter that my dad had written to my mom when I was born. He was overseas when I was born, deployed to Korea. So the first time we met face-to-face, I was around 6 months.
At the time I discovered this letter, I was an awkward, self-conscious teenager with plum hair and white lipstick.
The feelings that swept over me as I read that letter stay with me to this day, and I’m sure that they have carried me through many hard times, as they built me up at that time, and surely sparked something that help reprogram me out of my teenage whatever it was…
My parents were great at letting us know we were loved. Except for the New Years Day dinner my 9th grade year, they rarely fussed over my eclectic-ness. I know it drove them nuts that I wore clothes with holes in them and that I never ironed. Even still, there was a part of me – that part of a child who wonders how someone could ever love someone like them – that knew there must be some strings attached.
Reading this letter I realized that there were none. Seeing in ink, on that aged piece of paper, my father's words, words of complete and utter joy, I knew without a doubt that I had always been and would always be: loved.
I’ve tucked that letter away into a safe place. But even if I never see it again, it was burned onto the memory of mind.
Beyond this - know that your words have an impact. Spoken or written. For better or worse - they are out there.
Make them count, so that they make a difference.
Ribbons are so much fun to decorate with. They are inexpensive and can add a big punch for the cost. That is my kind of decorating!
This is a project that is perfect for springtime or summer, and so easy to make. With windows open for fresh air, the ribbons will be blowing in the breeze. The perfect effect for your princesses' room.
< You'll need a tension rod and about 10 yards each of five different ribbons (the amount will vary depending on window size).
< Cut the ribbons a few inches longer than you need in order to reach the sill, then tie each length onto the rod in a necktie knot.
< Alternate colors or patterns.
< Trim to fit.
(these are sewn onto a piece of sheer fabric)
You could also do as I did, and trim the ribbons in more of a valance length. Vary the lengths. This isn't about precision!
These are so sweet to look at. Go ahead and make one. Let me know if you do.
(basic directions and photo from Good Housekeeping)
(this was originally posted by me at Blissfully Domestic)
Reasons you should attend:
1) It's all online - attend in your pjs and morning breath
2) It is totally affordable ($12.95 for the entire week! hel-lo!!!!)
3) You can listen at your leisure - all sessions will be available to listen to afterwards if you are out swimming with the kids at the time of the actual session
4) I'm speaking (on Social Media)
5) You will surely be blessed.
(This is the second time in a week that I have published a post with the wrong date, causing it to not show up when I thought it did)
*edited because the conference is now tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the start of “A Woman Inspired” online conference. Anyone who is able to attend will surely be blessed by the speakers (including, hopefully, my talk)
I promised free tickets to FIVE lucky winners. Those winners are:
Congrats ladies! Please email me at lookingtowardsheaven (at) gmail (dot) com so that I can get you connected with the important people involved in taking care of such things.
