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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Pick-Me-Ups
Last week I asked Mamas to submit their favorite pick-me-ups. Here they are:
Mama Question: What can you add to this list?
- My favorite pick-me-up is Naptime!!!!! I have a few minutes to myself .... I can get a few things done, or watch one of MY shows, and eat what I want!!! Plus, it's quiet!!!!! --Sherry
- A caramel frappucino...preferably starbucks but I'll take a Mickey D's one. Makes my day when I have had a long day and my husband brings me one! --Dana
- Exercise is the best mood altering activity for me right now. If only I could manage to lose some weight...sigh... --Martha
- I just LOVE it when my son says, "Mommy, I just love you all the time!" It just makes my day and all the frustrations melt away! --Sherry
- around 3pm- cup of freshly ground coffee and one 1 or 2 pieces of realllly good chocolate.--Gini
- Homemade iced coffee!!!! --Liska
- I love seeing my adult children passing along words I told them to the third generation. --Edna Ellison (author of Mommy Pick-Me-Ups!
Mama Question: What can you add to this list?
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
"First Day of School" from MOMMY-PICK-ME-UPS
Gena sat alone in the car. A tear escaped her eye. Why is this so hard? she wondered.
Katie Beth was her first child, and the first grade year had always seemed so far in the future. But here it was, and there she went.
Gena and Katie Beth had prepared for the day with a new backpack, pencils, socks, and hair ribbons. Katie Beth was ready, and Gena thought she herself was.
But now as she sat in the car watching Katie Beth, pigtails bouncing, run up the same steps Gena had climbed as a first grader, she wasn't sure she was prepared to let her firstborn enter the world of public school.
"Lord," she prayed, "take care of Katie Beth. Provide some wonderful new friends for her. Help her pay attention in class. Let her remember that I love her and will miss her all day!"
Gena had met Katie Beth's teacher, and she seemed very nice. But would she know that Katie Beth did not like her food to touch on her plate? Would she have any idea that Katie Beth was a perfectionist, even down to the position of the bump in her socks? Would she know . . . ?
As Gena watched Katie Beth enter the building, God quietly spoke to her heart: "I am going to take care of her. She is My child too. I love her even more than you do. Trust Me to take care of her."
Gena smiled. She knew all that. But just for a moment as she relinquished her precious firstborn to the mercy of the school, she wished she could go along and be by Katie Beth's side all day! How thankful she was for God's reminder: "She is only on loan from Me to you. She is Mine, and I will be there for her through the good times and the bad . . . especially on the first day of school."
Message for Mommy: And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.--I John 4:16
Pick-me-up: Is there anything harder than letting our children go? Mothers take their responsibility of looking after their children very seriously, and that is as it should be. But as our children get older and the things we release them to seem bigger and more potentially dangerous, it gets harder.
Mothers often need to be reminded that God loves their children more than they do. God understands the heart of a mother. After all, He created it. But He also planned for mothers to train their children and help them grow into independent people who love Him.
Today ask God for an extra measure of trust as you guide your children into independence in the world and their place of peace in Him.
Creative Parenting: As you guide your child into independence, help him or her learn that true independence can be achieved only through total dependence on God. That is a lesson we learn in small steps, but mothers can help their children understand the concept probably better than anyone else because of the difficulty they experience in letting their children go.
*Being entered in the drawing to win a copy of Mommy Pick-Me-Ups is easy. All you have to do is e-mail me and tell me what picks YOU up as a Mommy. I'm sure you've got some wonderful answers! And for each pick-me-up you send me at heycarriepartridge@gmail.com, you'll be entered in the book drawing, which will be on Friday, July 30th. Then look for a post next week that will list everyone's favorite pick-me-ups!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
"Are We There Yet?" from MOMMY PICK-ME-UPS
Leah dropped into her seat in the car and breathed a sigh of relief. Why did it take so much effort to get her little family ready to go on vacation? Even the hour drive to the mountains required multiple hours of preparation.
Leah leaned her head back and closed her eyes. She had gotten everything together just in time. What a sacrifice of time and energy it had been! Whatever was forgotten they would do without--no matter what it might be! They were getting on the road now and would have four entire days in the mountains to play as a family. She pictured long walks, wading in the streams, sleeping late, and . . .
"Mom, how far is it to the mountains?" Jeremy asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"I don't know, Jeremy. Why don't you take a little nap?"
"OK."
Leah thought, That was easy. Then her mind started to focus in on the fresh mountain trout she hoped they would have for supper.
"Mom?"
What now?
"Are we there yet?" asked Lisa.
"No," said Leah. "We have another hour or so to drive. Look over there. Do you see the mountains in the distance? That's where we are going."
"But it doesn't seem like we are getting any closer."
Leah had been anticipating these questions. She was prepared. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a map and a highlighter.
"Here, Lisa, why don't you chart our progress. I'll mark where home is and where we are going. Then you can watch the road signs and look at the map to see exactly where we are."
"Good. Thanks, Mom."
Leah relaxed and began to enjoy the scenery.
Then Jeremy stirred from his nap and asked. "Mom, are we there yet?"
Message for Mommy: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.--Proverbs 3:5-6
Pick-me-up: Do you ever ask God, "Am I there yet?" Does your journey ever seem long and endless? Sometimes things seem so hard that we lose sight of the end of our journey. Heaven will be more wonderful than we can imagine. We just have to be faithful for the journey.
To help us along the way, God has given us a "road map"--His Word. Take a little extra time today to study the map. Following God's road map to your life's destination will bring you true joy.
Creative Parenting: Look for opportunities to talk to your children about their destinations in life. If they are not Christians, pray earnestly for a chance to share your faith with them. If they have already asked Jesus Christ into their lives, encourage them on their journeys. Let them see your excitement about the ultimate destination, heaven.
*Being entered in the drawing to win a copy of Mommy Pick-Me-Ups is easy. All you have to do is e-mail me and tell me what picks YOU up as a Mommy. I'm sure you've got some wonderful answers! And for each pick-me-up you send me at heycarriepartridge@gmail.com, you'll be entered in the book drawing, which will be on Friday, July 30th. Then look for a post next week that will list everyone's favorite pick-me-ups!
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