In May of 2006 we sold our first home. We were in dire need of a larger one since we had 5 children. The last week of May we were in the process of moving our belongings into storage and getting ready to remodel the home we were purchasing, when out of the clear blue-- the line appeared! I remember taking Michael breakfast that Monday morning after I had taken the kids to school and taking the test. He came out to the van and said " What's wrong", I looked at him and said, " I took a pregnancy test".. He just smiled and said "well you must be pregnant since you are telling me that you took the test" but then he said the sweetest thing that made all the difference. 'Honey, we have never been more prepared in our whole lives. It will be fine. God will take care of us." Michael has a great since of humor, he claims it is peeing on the stick that gets you pregnant! (lol) But, talk about stress, we were moving in with my husbands parents for four ...
"Take it easy.." the chipper college age cashier said as he handed me the receipt at Ingles. I smiled back and left the store with that in mind. I have not heard that phrase in a while and I wondered if his parents raised him listening to the Eagles. It brought a smile to my face and made me want to adopt that phrase to everyone I see. Hey, take it easy! Life isn't easy, is it? Every day has a new challenge along with what has lingered from the day or even the month before. It is not easy raising children, especially in this society. It is not easy running a small business or getting up for work each day to pay the bills so we can have a decent quality of life. It is not easy to go to school to better our education. It is not easy managing a health crisis or the uncertainty of relationships that seem so fragile. It certainly is not easy to lose weight or kick an addiction habit. Life is just not easy. We think of our English definition of Easy: causing or involving litt...
Addison is always doing something that she isn't suppose to. Not just a couple of times a day, like every minute of the day. This weekend she has successfully added new artwork to the hallway, Brady's room, dining room and the den. Not to mention I now have to buy a pack of magic erasers to get crayon off of the floor in the church nursery and the walls. Yes I have extravagant artwork in my house that I did not pay a dime for, all created by a two year old who thinks the entire house is her pallet . Yesterday she got into my makeup bag. She came into the den with black smeared all over both eyes. She had opened my mascara and was so proud of herself.. "look mommy, I painted my eyes!" ...my Addison I never know what she is going to get into. I guess God is trying to keep me young :) -pg
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