Spice of Life

I am a HUGE Caedmon's Call fan.  One of their songs really speaks to me and pretty much every time I hear it, I cry.  It's such a good reminder that I should probably listen to it everyday. Moms and Dads of small children can relate to this and I hope that this will encourage you today as it did for me.  Read the words of this song.  Could it be that everything is Sacred? This house is a good mess it’s the proof of life no way would I trade jobs but it don’t pay overtime I’ll get to the laundry I don’t know when I’m saying a prayer tonight cause tomorrow it starts again Could it be that everything is sacred? and all this time everything I’ve dreamed of has been right before my eyes The children are sleeping but they’re running through my mind the sun makes them happy and the music makes them unwind My cup runneth over and I worry about the stain teach me to run to You like they run to me for every little thing When I forget to drink from...

This morning started off interesting...Zoe was annoying her brother (not unusual) and I hear from their room, "I'm gonna kill you!"  Even though I'm an only child, I know siblings say things like this to each other and don't actually mean it.  But a five year old screaming it at his 3 year old sister?  NOT acceptable.  I went straight in there and sat him down with me on his bed.  He says with tears brimming, "do you know why I'm crying?  Because Zoe makes me mad!  I hate the screaming!"  I respond, "do you know why I'm crying?  Because you said you want to kill your sister."  He looks at me with wide eyes and realizes that what he said was not okay.  I talked to him about how I get really angry when she screams too, it makes me crazy!  I recognized that she annoys him a lot and makes him mad but no matter what, he can't say things like that because it's very serious.  Most of the time those two are having a blast together...

I don't have many memories from my childhood.  A few here and there and most involve my cousin who might as well be my sister.  Neither of us have siblings and are only three months apart so yes, we're basically sisters.  I'm really thankful that I have her because it was tough back then.  Being at my Mom's house during the week, going to my Dad's on the weekend.  I remember being a pretty serious kid, divorce does that to you.  Maybe that's why I have such a hard time now that I have my own kids, just chilling out and letting them be kids . There's always a sink full of dirty dishes.  Maybe it will stay empty for like 5 minutes, but seriously, it's never ending.  There's always laundry that has to be done, dinner that needs to be prepped, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.  My problem is I can't just let it be.  It's like a disease, maybe a partially good disease, but bad in that it distracts me from what really matters.  When my son ...

Some people marry their high school sweetheart.  Some people are friends for many many years, they eventually fall in love and get married.  I have the pleasure of being married to my best friend.  I wouldn't say I married my best friend, but he became my best friend. I grew up with divorce and witnessed a lot of dysfunctional relationships.  Growing up in the church I was unsure how to approach dating and marriage.  I jumped on the "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" bandwagon like many of my friends, but that didn't last long.  I had one boyfriend in high school and a few complicated friendships with boys.  I went to a Christian college, where there was A LOT of pressure to find "the right one".  Before I even moved into the dorms people were already setting me up in hypothetical relationships.  I had a few major crushes but didn't really get into anything serious for the first year, which was good because heck, I was there to get a degree not an "...