It's A Wonderful Life

I have had some new insight in the last few days about children. Life can get tough with kids and I have put a large portion of the responsibility of raising my children on my own shoulders. In my mind it has all been up to me if they succeed or not. Sadly that train of thought has hindered my ability to have all the Joy in the journey. I have admired those that can just be happy no matter the circumstances and wanted that gift for myself. I am now finding ways to feel that joy more fully. One new insight is that our Father in Heaven is really raising our children, we are just His hands. That new knowledge has relieved a burden. My children's success is not up to me. I can lead and guide but ultimately our Father is the true parent and our children have the ability to choose what they do in life. I have also been told that our pain in our children's poor choices is evidence of our love for them. The more I think about that the more I see it is true. Now comes the moments t...

Believe me, I have thought about blogging for quite a while. It makes it hard that my home computer won't let me post so I have to use Doug's laptop.  That means I don't have use of a computer until after the kids go to bed.  I would love to say that I am just too tired to blog by then, because I usually am, but at this point in life there is so much going on that I don't even have time at 1:00 in the morning. :) We are most likely still trying to get things done. The responsibilities of the parents of this household have blossomed into something I could never have imagined.  It's a good thing that God wouldn't let me see a glimmer of life today, I think I would have run as fast as possible. So to catch up, Tyler, our oldest son is engaged to be married to a great girl. We have a wedding on August 15, reception in Kentucky August 18, and a reception at our home on August 24. For this reception in our back yard we are finally getting rid of two very problem a...