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Ohhh Toddlers!

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Toddler years are some of the most interesting years of your life. And I don’t mean for the toddler.

In example, every now and then my son will come crawl into bed with me in the middle of the night. He doesn’t usually wake me up either. I don’t even know he is there until I somewhat wake up to roll over and there he is.

Now, he has been potty-trained for a few months now. He doesn’t need a pull-up anymore. But, there are still accidents every now and then. Ok, fine, that is part of having a toddler. The part I have a problem with is….most of his nighttime accidents seem to happen in MY bed.

Not his bed where the mattress is made for with accidents in mind. Where the wet spot doesn’t absorb into the mattress. Nope. My bed. My queen sized pillow top mattress that is NOT waterproof!

On another note, toddler years are interesting because you never know what you might find them doing.

One of my mom’s favorite events was one day we are sitting in the living room. The boy has his own little recliner and a table he eats on. He was eating cereal, and I look over and he has a Fred, from Scooby Doo, in his cereal. A toy Fred. So, with her being on her phone all she knows is that she randomly hears me say “Get Fred out of your cereal!”

Then there is what he was doing last night.

Here he is doing what looks like a normal thing. Eating some yogurt.

However, upon further inspection you find, he is doing a normal thing abnormally.

That is right, my son was using the handle end of a spoon to eat his yogurt. As you can see he knows the right way to use a spoon since that is how he started his yogurt and how he finished. But somewhere in between he chose to do things a little differently.

Oh the joy of toddlers!

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”
— Psalm 127:3

Life’s A Puzzle

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In life there will be times when things don’t seem to be going. Going good, going bad, or going anywhere. If you’re anything like me you get a little impatient. Stubborn too. We try to do things our way and sometimes, we get a little lost in our thoughts and then one day we realize, we have strayed from the path. Now, you find yourself wondering which direction you came from. So, you spin in circles. This is where the puzzle is.

In a moment it’s like someone laid out one of those big floor puzzles for kids. They put all the pieces face up and in the right spots, just didn’t connect them. Now, they put a blind fold on you and randomly turn/flip all the pieces. Still in the same spot, but not the right position. With that blindfold on, you have to put the puzzle together. Doing this on our own is impossible. You might, maybe, eventually, get it together. Instead, we need to stop and listen. You might find that the person laying it all out for you is God and He is telling you what to do. He is giving you all the right directions. Constantly instructing you on how to put this puzzle together. You may not be able to see Him, but if you stop and listen, you WILL hear Him.

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” –Psalm 32:8

Don’t Fret

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Going through hard times makes it difficult to be positive and worry free. But remember, God will bring you through whatever trials you face. It is too easy to see the negative in everything these days. Sometimes, that is all we see. It is alright to see possible bad outcomes of a situation, just don’t dwell on them. You never know what could be just around the corner!

Not going to lie, I just this morning almost gave myself a lot of stress over nothing. Instead of seeing things in the true order they happened, I just saw the bad spots not noticing the good spot at the top of the list. The top of that list is the only thing that matters right now but I was too focused on the stuff under it to even notice. Sometimes we need to just slow down, take a breath, and see the whole picture, not just part of it. Seeing only the negative spots is what can cause you to lose a tiny bit of faith. We don’t need to lose any of our faith.

(Let’s be real honest, it was my bank account transactions that got me a little nervous this morning.)

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” –Psalm 23:1

Becoming Mommy

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I first became a mom 3 years ago to a wonderful little boy. However, my journey started before he was born. I remember finding out I was pregnant and my heart sank. I wasn’t ready to have a baby. All my life I was the one who thought that not having kids wasn’t the worst thing on the planet. If I ever did have kids I just knew I would at least be married, and have a good steady job. But, no, here I was living with a guy in his mom’s basement. Needless to say, this guy was no catch of the day. I was actually scared of him. My head was already looking for ways out of the relationship without admitting to my family I was wrong, and without him slashing my tires, as he threatened to do on more than one occasion. Then, the two pink lines showed up. A smart person would wise up and leave, I, however, was not making the wisest decisions at the time. Obviously. So, I decide to try and stick it out. The guy seemed excited about the new addition, so I, of course, thought he would change. This is where all reason flew out of my mind. I mean what man has ever changed, for the better, because of an unexpected baby. He did change, for the worse. Before, he was just verbally aggressive. Now he was just mean, but I was stubborn and thought I was stuck and this is what I deserved.

I stuck it out for about 3 months before something in my brain finally clicked and I just admitted to myself this wasn’t good. I reached out to my mother and she was at my side in a heartbeat. (That is one thing about my family, I have messed up and made mistake after mistake but they are still there for me.) The February before my son was born I actually had to get an order of protection against him. I moved back in with my mom and got my butt back in church. I say I got myself back into church but I was just going through the motions. Saying the right things, nodding my head, putting on the smile, but I still wasn’t living the good life. On July 4, my son was born, I got to watch fireworks from my hospital room.

Six weeks later I went back to work and went back to my old ways. I still put on the smile and went through the motions all the while partaking in some questionable past times with an “unavailable” person. See, going through the motions. I was still struggling with money, hated my job. I was just all together unwell. It was almost two years of bouncing from one crappy job to the next that a small door opened up. The church was looking for a new secretary. I started about a month later in May. Something about starting this new job changed me. I started actually seeing my errors and started truly paying attention in Sunday services. Every Sunday I got this feeling that this preacher, who was still getting to know me, was talking straight to me. I can see now it wasn’t the preacher, It was God. He was like yelling at me “GIRL!!!! Wake up!! Open your eyes!!!!” This new job was God’s way of saying “Hey! I got you. I have more planned for you.” Boy did he ever!! In the following spring I actually started back to school. I working towards a degree y’all!! I was also taking steps towards a new ministry at the church. A single mom’s ministry. I was on my way to starting a whole new life. My depression was under control. I was actually able to start paying off debts from my young and dumb days. Everything was falling into place. This wasn’t my doing though. I had finally turned everything over to God. I truly let Him in and let Him take the reins. I started listening to Him and doing all that I could to honor Him. God is good y’all! I now know what I am supposed to be doing, how I’m supposed to be using the gifts that God gave me. I now know, as long as I’m doing His work, I have nothing to fear. God is taking care of me and my son. He always has and always will.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.“
Psalm 34:18