heavenly...

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012

heavenly...

Psalm 118:23

Today was a good day!  In fact it was better than a good day.  I got up after a good rest and headed to

Elkhardt to church with mom & dad.  The scripture reading for today was ....you guessed it,

Pslam 118:24.

I need to remember that! Not just today, but everyday, no matter what the day may bring.

It really is all about perspective.

From church, we went to Arby's for lunch.  We sat there and talked for a long time.  It was good.  I

was telling them about my day with the boys yesterday.  Getting Andrew glasses, getting ice cream, 

getting some new clothes for both boys, and generally just enjoying being together.  That's two

weekends in a row that I'm been with the boys.  Last weekend for Gracie & David's graduation, and 

this weekend just because.  It's times like this when memories are made. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Gracie and David are safely in NJ for the week and head down to the shore tomorrow, Lohryn & Kaitlyn are in a better place, Ellie is good, and basically, life is good.  Actually ,better than good

I say heavenly just about sums it up!  The weather, beautiful, the kids; great, the ice cream...well,

like I said, heavenly!

What my Mother's Day was made of....

What Mother's Day is made of....

Sweet little Ellie girl

David and Gracie

My Mother's Day was made of smiles, and tears (of happiness), baby hugs and big kid hugs, and hugs from my 80 year old daddy who told me happy mother's day first thing this morning on the top of a mountain in a log cabin.  My mother's day was made of memories and being able to celebrate with my own mom.  As I type this, I realize we had 4 generations of mama's around the table today.  That makes me realize just how very lucky I am! My Mother's Day was made by watching my baby girl walk across the stage at VA TECH to get her BS degree with honors in Marketing, and her beloved, David get his degree in Aero Space Engineering.  My Mother's Day was made by the baby talk of little El and by the adults doing the baby talk to make her laugh. My Mother's Day was made by chubby little legs and squeals of sheer delight over....nothing.  My Mother's Day was made by long mountain streams, mooing cows, and mountain ranges in every shade of green imaginable.  My Mother's Day was made by having breakfast with David's mom and auties from NJ. My Mother's Day was made by opening up a little gift bag and finding that my kids all went in and got me a Nook, knowing how much I love to read.  In short.....My Mother's Day was made..period!

my five biggest accomplishments!

Kate, Grace and Lohryn

Way to go guys!

Good ole VT campus

a country lane in Craig Co where we stayed

Nurses Day

This week has been designated as Nurses Week.  I've been feeling the love!  Bensley had a Chinese buffet and I do mean buffet yesterday.  I'm sharing my week with Teacher Appreciation week, so a good time was had by all! Today at MCES, Bridget and I were treated to Caesar's Italian goodness.  I could get used to all this love! Mostly, I am so happy that I get to go to a job everyday that I love!

why must it be so hard?

just wondering today why some things must always be so hard?  i'm not averse to hard work, that's not it. i just stand in wonder of why there are no simple answers. it's but 2pm, and already my day looks like this...
5:30 awake when thomas' first alarm goes off
5:45 really awake when thomas' second alarm goes off
6:28 UP because thomas didn't hear any of his alarms
6:52 headed out the door to take thomas to school
7:22 stop @ Panera for me:) gotta have some java
7:47 pulled into gates, followed for two miles by one of chesterfield's finest
7:48 spilled above, desperately needed jave getting out of the car
7:48 being grateful i wore brown pants today...nobody will see coffee spill, but can't do much about the smell
8:00 phone ringing already...
8:10 noticed attendance packets on counter..did a good deed and placed them in teacher mailboxes...realized later i placed them in the wrong boxes, but my intentions were good!  who knew they went below the teacher's name and not above?
8:30 kids arriving.
8:45 shelia here:)
9:00 pledge of allegiance..i spent my time trying to locate the flag...it had fallen down
10:00 finished up mgn's graduation announcements. called her to get mailing list. she could care less...she's OVER it all
11:00 called michelle to check on ms. joyce. verdict: torn meniscus {r} knee...i nailed it!
11:15 called robin morgan to talk for 8th time about kids with superficial mrsa...
11:30 child in clinic for lice check...none found
11:37 heard nina tell child "you're disgusting me" hard to  hear an admin talking to a sp ed kid like that...what to do?
11:41 call from andrew. he's sick, won't go to the md. said that he and thomas could ride to pearisburg with keith and shari. also asked keith about getting eob from mgn's last dental visist.
12:01 too many "accidents" to count
12:03 to library to check email. printed off important info.....discovered printer broken
12:30 back to office, teacher, student and parent all over my desk...
12:45 reviewed file of above mentioned Sp Ed child, still mulling over admin's comments to her
1:00 found mgn's missing ring!  texted her to tell her...
1:12 finally ate soup (cold) back to library to look up addresses for susan and terry
1:17 called back to office for phone call from michelle
1:27 to teacher's lounge to get a soda..diverted by teacher showing me her face and dry skin asking if it was cancer
1:32 stopped again by staff member asking me why her arm hurt
1:42 finally got soda
1:45 checked email again and replied to the ones i needed to
1:50 back to office to try to finish lunch...
1:58 first bathroom break of the day..oh what a relief!
2:04 blog entry
2:05 back to office!
I can only HOPE that the rest of the day doesnt' have so  much WHY!!!

Where I've been....where I'm going...

I've been dormant for awhile..a long while.  I've been busy with the mundane and not so mundane things of life. I have managed to keep up with the important things; a blog for Ellie to document her first year, of course the things I must do to maintain a house and job. Otherwise, I've appeared dormant.  I have been doing an amazing amount of introspection.  It has just in the last few days dawned on me that I am: a 50 year old divorced woman, the daughter of two elderly parents, and the mom of five amazing kids who are in various stages of "leaving (& or ? returning) to the nest.  In a matter of a mere few days, my baby girl will graduate from college and soon after, my baby boy will graduate from High School.  I've decided to some degree, that now it's "my time" now what that will look like, I'm not entirely sure. Not sure where it will be, how it will feel or how it will play out, but for sure, I know that it's my time. It doesn't sound like much to see those words, but it actually makes my heart beat a little faster when I type them. For me to decide even this much is huge, really big and so for today, without hesitation, I can say, it's time to think about ME

Just something to think about...

Just something to think about....

Sometimes I think 
What will people say of me 
When I'm only just a memory 
When I'm home where my soul belongs 

Was I love 
When no one else would show up 
Was I Jesus to the least of those 
Was my worship more than just a song 

I want to live like that 
And give it all I have 
So that everything I say and do 
Points to You 

If love is who I am 
Then this is where I'll stand 
Recklessly abandoned 
Never holding back 

I want to live like that 
I want to live like that 

Am I proof 
That You are who you say You are 
That grace can really change a heart 
Do I live like Your love is true 

People pass 
And even if they don't know my name 
Is there evidence that I've been changed 
When they see me, do they see You 

I want to live like that 
And give it all I have 
So that everything I say and do 
Points to You 

by Sidewalk Prophets