Young Love

I remember my parents making fun of me when I was little for "going out" with a boy. They would always ask, "where are you going?" I would always tell them going out doesn't mean we are going anywhere. I didn't find it very funny back then but now that I have an 8 year old, I am finding that her experience of "going out" is quite comical. About a month ago, she went on a trip with the church. She came home telling me that she was going out with this boy. However, she was already going out with someone else. I told her it wasn't right to go out with two boys at the same time. Later that night, she sent a text to the other boy that said, "we are done." I couldn't believe how cruel she was! Yesterday, she came home from church saying she was going back out with him. I asked her if she had broken up with the other boy and she said that she hadn't but she was going to text him. I don't know what we did without texting back in the day! I told her that maybe she just needed a rest from all boys for awhile and she just laughed!

Storms

When your child is away from home, you can always expect to receive a phone call when a storm comes. We had some pretty bad storms in our area last night. We came home from church, ate supper and had just gone to bed when the phone rang. I always put my cell phone on the charger in the kitchen at night. My husband said, "You better go see who it was because it might be important." Before I could even get to my phone, the house phone was ringing. He answered the phone to hear our daughter's voice on the other end of the line. She is in another state but only about 15 minutes away from us. She said, "I was just calling to check on you. We heard there were tree limbs down in your area." When your 8 yr old calls to check on you, it is quite comical! She continued talking to her daddy until he asked her is she had brushed her teeth while she was at grandma's house. Then she was done talking to him and wanted to talk to me until I asked her if she had been washing her hair while she was at grandma's house. (I knew she wasn't because she didn't take her shampoo and conditioner with her when she packed herself.) She then decided she better go and she would talk to us later. She never ceases to amaze me. She acts like she is so grown up but yet when it comes to brushing her teeth and washing her hair she acts like a 2 yr old!

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Week at grandparents

Well, I'm back at work which means my daughter is off to grandma's. Since my husband and I both work full time, our daughter spends practically the whole summer at grandma's. There are definitely advantages and disadvantages to that! It is always good for a married couple with children to have some time to themselves. So, it is an advantage because my husband and I get to spend some quality time together. However, it is a disadvantage because when our daughter comes home, she expects to get away with everything. She thinks the rules no longer apply to her. It seems like we spend the whole weekend getting her back to normal just in time for her to go back to grandma's house! I don't worry about it though because I know one day she will have kids and we will get to do the same to her! As it says in the bible, "You reap what you sow!" We do miss her while she is away. She will be going to Church Camp next week. She will greatly be missed but we are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for her. We know that she will have a great time and that God is going to do great things in her life. When I was pregnant with her, I almost lost her. I had two previous miscarriages and I was afraid of a third one। I remember calling the doctor and being told that there was a great chance that I would miscarry again. I stayed in bed and prayed all night. I asked God to spare her and I told him that if he would spare her, I would give her to him. I have tried to raise her in church and teach her right from wrong. I am glad that she belongs to Christ!

Not enough time in the day

No matter how early you get up or how late you go to bed, there never seems to be enough time in the day. This week has flown by and tomorrow will be my last day of vacation. When I take a moment to reflect on the week, I ask myself, "did I accomplish all I set out to do this week?" Unfortunately, the answer is no. I wish I could have spent more time with my daughter just listening to her concerns and wishes. Instead, it seems like the days were rushed by and she and I really had very little time to talk. Hopefully, I can take the time to sit with her and listen over the next few days. We are going to play a game of Monopoly in a little bit. She is so excited. Before she went to bed last night, she told me to wake her up the very moment I woke up so we could play. I woke up and went in her room to tell her I was up, but she looked up at me with one eye as if to say, "Can we wait a little while longer?" I told her I wasn't ready to play yet anyway! I have all the normal chores of a mother: laundry, picking up the house, etc. So my advice to you today is to spend some time with your children or a family member today and try to listen to them. Find out their dreams, wishes, cares, fears, etc... Remember, don't let the conversation turn in to what is going on with you, instead, listen to their every word. Have a blessed day!

What would little girls do without their daddies?

Have you ever noticed when something gets broken that only "Daddy" can fix it? About 20 minutes after my daughter woke up, she decided two put two darts in her dart gun instead of one. As a resullt, one got stuck! She brought it to me as if her whole world came crashing down. As you can guess, momma couldn't fix it and left it for daddy to fix! Within a few minutes of daddy being home, the gun is fixed and our daughter is on cloud nine!

2nd Day of Vacation

Today, I tried to sleep in only to wake up at 7:45 a.m. I only wish I could be like my daughter who got up at 10:45 a.m. We wish we had some spectacular place to go this week but instead I think we are just going to hang out by the pool. We did have an exciting trip to Chuck E. Cheese yesterday. My 8 year old ended up with over 3,200 tickets. She made a wise choice and cashed her tickets in for a Little Pet Shop monopoly game and a pop a gun game. After that, we went to see "The Proposal." It was a great movie but I am not sure it is exactly what you would call "kid" friendly. (These days I don't know if there is any such thing.) We came home just in time for daddy to get off work. He and my daughter played with the pop a gun game. I think they had a pretty good time. We ended the day with a bonfire in which we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and ate outside. What a great day! I am looking forward to the pool today and the joys of parenthood. You never know what life is going to bring you when you have a child!