What a day... now on to the priorities... Hot Cocoa and Marshmallows!

 

 

 

Raquel Nwokeji ---Krisselle says she misses her best friend

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  Blue BerryCottage--- awwwwwwwwwwwww. We miss you, too Krisselle! And all of you. Tomorrow will be exactly a Year to the day since we arrived here in our new home.

Job Description of a Mother

This morning, I was reflecting on my role as a Mother. 

This wonderful job requires the skills of a teacher, counselor, maid, short-order cook, nurse, party planner, financial analyst, and chauffer!   Unfortunately, the society we live in today has downplayed the importance of my role as a mom. 

  

 I was reminded of this in church, of all places!  A comment was made like, “Oh, you only work part time?  How many hours?”  Sometimes I just want to scream, “You are kidding, right?” 





 Comments like that hurt me to

 the bone.  And I only have one kid! 

Think of a stay at home mom who has several children,

who chooses to raise her children full-time and not work outside

the home. 

She works harder than anyone could ever imagine!  

 

If I want to define my role the

way God defines it, I must turn

to the only standard that really

 counts:  The Bible. 

 When those blues of

discouragement start

clouding my thoughts, I

am choosing to

that my God holds me

in the highest esteem-

 if you don’t believe

me, read Proverbs

chapter 31.  

The Last of my kale

 

 

 

Yummy breakfast burritos for supper, using up the last of my garden Kale.

Thank goodness for the Farmer's Market.

Our Blustery, Wonderful Halloween 2013

Our Front Porch on A Blustery Halloween Night,

 48 little Trick Or Treaters visiting the cottage so far.

  Little drops of rain are falling on my face as I take in the beauty and joy of this night.

 

 

  My favorite part is looking into the m...other's smiling, proud, sparkling eyes; the same the mother who painstakingly dressed her little child in the colorful costume which will remain in her memory and scrapbook forever... Right down to the little painted on whiskers.

 

It is a night I shall cherish myself for many weeks. Do you think there will be something like it in Heaven

 

The Super Hero Returns with his Halloween Booty...

"Better a Dry Crust of Toast in a Corner..."

of the kitchen than a sumptuous FEAST in the Banquet Hall of a Contemptuous Woman...

 

This is my scenic view when cooking on the stove. I made myself a little "Attitude" laminated card to read and re-read for when the deceiver attempts to get his hold on my outlook.

 Remember the warning of Jesus regarding the newly cleansed demon-possessed person in the Bible; how he was healed of a demon, but replaced it with nothing, and then 7 more new ugly demons came in and took up residence in him.

  I am keeping my "residence" full, just in case!

 Lord Willing!

 (Not that I was demon-possessed, but if you ask my husband, he might clue you in on a thing or two!)

  Read Job 25:24, another little posted scripture I posted on the sink just where I can read it when cleaning the dishes.

Jennifer Crowden Dawn you are amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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