Magic Moments

Yesterday we managed to dodge the rainstorms just about perfectly and spent about an hour picking strawberries. An hour of picking means we have about 3 buckets full and that is about all I have the patience and time to deal with. Yesterday's mini trip made me remember how much I NEED to get out of town more often. I need to remember there is life outside of this town and enjoy the quiet of the country and enjoy the more urban feel of a bigger city which is why we stopped in Charleston at Pies and Pints for Pizza and Beer. :) We picked strawberries at the same place last year. It's a cute little place nestled in between the hills and as per usual it had that "easy West Virginia laid back style" (read: unorganized) that you have to appreciate or you'll go crazy. (Note: I'm going crazy).We had a great day and this week is a bit more quiet. Soccer is over. AWANA is NOT over and that is also making me crazy. We've been done with school for awhile and the boy...

There are times when I wonder if we've made the right choices. And days like today when I'm wondering about the future and how things are going to stack up, I wonder if maybe I should have sent the kids to school so that I could go to work and my coveted counseling license would be complete. But then I remember how I LOVE having a front row seat watching my kids learn. I don't know if I'll always have that, but for now and the foreseeable future I'm going to soak up watching them learn and grow everyday. Aiden started with a soccer academy about 8 months ago. And just this soccer season we're seeing the fruits of all his hard work. His coach said last week that his skills have improved by leaps and bounds. We've noticed it too!!!  His coach said that Aiden is one of his best students because he listens to instruction and dedicates himself to practice. He said that the best kid on the team hates playing against Aiden because it's so hard and Aiden gives ...

I'm logging this story here because I don't want to forget. This morning I was thinking to myself that right now it seems as if there are a list of things we've been praying about forever and the answers are slow in coming. Sometimes I worry about my kids' faith because I fear they don't see enough answered prayers and I fall short of making them aware of the workings of God that happen everyday that we don't acknowledge. Every breath, every provision, everything we have and are is a gift. That in and of itself is an answer to our prayers for provision and health everyday. Over this past year there has been heart ache and I've struggled to tell my kids that someone they loved died despite our prayers of healing. I was afraid they would think less of God, put less trust in him, and have less faith in prayer. Maybe it was more that I was experiencing those things rather than them because their childlike faith seemed unscathed. So, this is the summary of our lo...