A Gracefull Place

For September 16, 2008 (I’m a day late!)

Outside my window… It is a beautiful day; sunshine and breezy, but not too cool.  The September sky is the most beautiful of all–intensely blue!

 

I am thinking… how good it is to sit here after a hectic day!

 

I am thankful for….  my girls starting to feel a tad better with their chicken pox.  That we didn’t have to go to the ER with my oldest last night, and that her throat isn’t as tight now.   And I’m VERY thankful for three sweet young ladies who were willing to come to my rescue to milk our goats this morning!  Bless you, S H & C! 

 

From the kitchen… not much!  We’re in survival mode and I’ve been calling, praying, researching, going for "relief", holding a cranky toddler….

 

I am wearing…. the same jumper as last week!  It has been washed, though!  Different blouse, too!  The goats got my other outfit filthy!

 

I am creating… a mess?

 

I am going… actually nowhere now!  I went to a larger town to get "chicken pox relief" and comfort foods, and then to our local library for movies!

 

I am reading…. a wonderful website by a kindred spirit, Belinda Letchford (from Down Under!).  Lifestyle Homeschool is a great site and I am gleaning soooo much!  She puts my heart into words!  Just what I need as I re-evaluate how we’re doing things and have felt led to focus more on relationships even in our routines.  Here are a few gems:

 

And her "motto":  "Homeschool: Live life with your kids."  

 

I’m also trying to unearth my  Passionate Housewives book to restart. 

 

I am hoping… that my girls continue to get better, that our goats don’t pass around the nasty bacterial infection a few of them got, and that we don’t have any more complications or major crises!  

 

I am hearing… the boys playing with their tricycles.   They’ve discovered that they can "hook" my old trailer (which they dubbed the camper) onto their little baskets on the back and therefore "pull" it around the house!

 

Around the house…. it’s pretty quiet other than the aforementioned boys, because the girls are all in the living room watching the Molly Movie–nothing like a good movie to help you not think about your itchy pox! 

 

One of my favorite things…. is taking a walk down a nearbly lane (not ours, but my children have dubbed it "Mommy’s lane"!).   I walk it as much to have time away, get my thoughts in order and pray as for exercise!

 

A few plans for the rest of the week:  Really, my main focus is taking care of my children.   If they get better I will continue my excavation of the kitchen bar as well as my computer desk!   And I plan to rethink our routines, as I said, to focus on relational things even in that.   To be more heart oriented than task oriented.

 

Here is a picture thought I am sharing:

 

The "Pox" Sisters! 

 

 

I think the "eye of the hurricane" has went over us, and God is still faithful.  I am so grateful for His peace that transcends my circumstances and keeps my heart in Christ Jesus as I stay my thoughts upon Him. 

 

Isaiah 26:3-4:  "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee:  because he trusteth in Thee.  Trust ye in the Lord for ever:  for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength."

 

AMEN!

 

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