Today.com did a survey of 26,000 moms asking their deepest darkest secrets (about parenting). The confessions were all over the board from giving their child medication so they can have peace and quiet to being lonely. Being a mom can be overwhelming, lonely, and full of fearful anxiety. Knowing that all moms have feelings like these can bring perspective. Many of these secrets come from guilty feelings that we are not doing all we should for our children. There is great…
I was in New York this weekend visiting my daughter and heard the story of Horatio Spafford in church (Redeemer). He is the author of the song It Is Well With My Soul. Perhaps you know his story, but after years of singing the song I did not. And like seeing a painting change before your eyes with a slight shift in your position, hearing the story behind the song has forever shifted the meaning of it in my mind.…
So if you read my last post you know that I was speculating that God was trying to tell me something about my mood in the black and blue sky. And I think I got it! So today this was my reward in the sky. The validation of hope. I am like Noah. We had the flood, days of homelessness, dark skies and confusion, and now after 40 days (ok it’s really only 35) of confusion we have landed in a condo…
It has been awhile since I updated you on our housing status post flood. Today marks one month exactly and I am happy to report that we are no longer homeless. We are not in our home but we have found a place to rent for the next 6-8 months. It’s a condo on the Bayshore (we live in Tampa). Today after work my daughter begged me to take a walk with her along the Bayshore. I didn’t want to…
I was sitting at a ball game chatting with a mom I didn’t know well. We got into what “we do” and I explained that I work at iMOM. She questioned me about the program and said, “Wow, you must be a really good mom!” Ugh. Sigh. Piercing inadequacy. It made me kind of want to throw up. I am not a really good mom; I am not even close. In fact, I will go to the grave wondering why…
When we bought our “forever” 1920’s house and spent a year renovating it I remember thinking, “It’s a shame I won’t ever do this again because I know so much more now that I have walked through the entire process.” Now that my oldest child is 27 I am thinking the same thing, “It’s a shame I won’t ever do this again because I know so much more now that I have walked through the entire process!” I did make…
So, if you know me you know that we are still living in a hotel due to a flood in our house. It is week 3 and we are a bit…tired. That being said, life goes on. That also being said I have an excuse for anything and everything in life that I don’t want to go on. Quite easily it can roll off my tongue like this: “I am going to have to cancel, we had a flood” or…