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The Subway

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Yesterday afternoon, while at work, I found this gift card discreetly tucked into the side pocket of my backpack. I have no clue who it is from, but that doesn’t matter. This is what God does. Yes, some person or persons had me in their thoughts, which I am so grateful for, but God put me there. God put this wonderful person and me together. He knew that we would need each other and love on each other because that is what He wants us to do. Especially in the past few months I have come into work to find little happies like this and I couldn’t be more grateful. Yes, I thank those people who have taken me in as one of their own, but I thank God more. God created these people and me. God brought us together like family. God blessed them so that they could “pay it forward”. When we show love for each other, we aren’t showing our love, we are showing God’s love. Never be afraid of sharing God’s love with each other.

“We love because he first loved us.” –1 John 4:19

Time Flies

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Me and the little went and got hair cuts last night and let me tell you something, you don’t realized how much of a difference a haircut makes in a person. Me, not so much, just an inch off the bottom. Him on the other hand, went from 3 years old to 10 in about 5 minutes. Where did my little boy go?! My computer screen at work has a picture of him from last year and people can already tell a difference. His features are becoming more defined, he is actually making well put together sentences and everything!

It’s so funny to think how impatient we are with everything else. We wan’t the rewards instantly. We focus so much on making things happen now instead of later that we don’t realize what else is going by. If you hate the weather, you pray for the next season to come. Bored of the current sport, you’re ready for the next season to come. You like the holidays better than summer, you pray for the year to go by fast. Waiting on a job, or are in school, you can’t wait for the days to pass by. You are in the middle of potty training and you think “I can’t wait for them to get this down and I don’t have to buy diapers or wipe butts anymore.” But, with all this wishing that time would go by faster, you’re missing the littles in some of their best years. Suddenly, they aren’t afraid of sitting in the hairdresser’s chair alone. They are actually talking to people and having their own opinions. They are growing before your eyes and you can’t slow it down.

Starting today, we need to wish for things to slow down. Now days we get in such a hurry for everything to happen that we are missing the things that we aren’t ready to end. Our littles are only little for so long, then they are teenagers that are embarrassed by you, then adults and bringing their own littles into the world. Don’t worry about what is next, let God handle that. You just worry about your right here, right now.

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”
–Proverbs 27:1

Frustration to Anger

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Single motherhood is full of frustrations. Whether potty training, dealing with attitudes as a teen (or toddler!!) or just being a little overworked and exhausted, frustration is just right around the corner. It’s normal. One thing to remember is to not let your frustration boil over into anger. Anger is ugly and it makes you ugly. So, remember that sometimes you need to take a step back and breath. While you’re breathing, say a little prayer. Once you let the frustration boil over you start to lash out. It tends to be a little too easy to lash out at your kids too. They are there, in your face, all the time. I can’t change clothes with privacy anymore. My little one likes to stand just outside the door, which if I close the door he knocks on it and asks if I’m done, until I’m done. With our little mini-selves in our face all the time, they tend to get the brunt of our crankiness.

Remember, anger isn’t the answer. It can come up on you like bad seafood, but you just have to chew it back! Don’t let it spill over into other people’s, especially your little’s, lives. Don’t cause them frustration and anger just because things aren’t going the exact way you wanted. Just take a minute and ask for peace sister.

19 “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” — James 1:19-20