Blessings Beyond Measure

So, today I have been reviewing those blessings in my life. So much has been restored to me.

I have a wonderful sweetheart who is the most gentle soul I have ever known. It's not every woman that has a man who will come into her life, take on eight children, and even choose to have more. Andrew is the answer to so many prayers. Every tear I cried while I tried to make it alone was worth it just to have this incredible man fill in the gaps left in my soul when tragedy struck our family almost six years ago.

I have a new beautiful home that takes the place of the one I left to get a fresh start. It's filled with all of the good things from my past, and all the things that make it "ours". Andrew, once again, took my dreams and fulfilled them by just doing the right thing. He gave me a home to make, when for so long, I was just making do with what I could make happen.

I have myself back. I don't have to fight alone against the world any longer. I thank God the most for that. The journey was absolute hell. There is no nice way to put it.

I have a future that is bright and wonderful that I can look forward to now. I will still look back on the good things with fondness, and the bad things to learn lessons from, hopefully being a wiser woman. Every day I will give thanks with a gratefull heart that God has restored the years the locusts have eaten. (Joel 2 25-32)

Everything that was taken from me in one second has been restored. I am so eternally thankful. Today is a good day. A day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice in it.

Blessings

A New School Year

This is our thirteenth year of homeschooling. What a journey, and what a blessing. I have so enjoyed spending my days keeping home and schooling my children. There isn't a day that goes by that I am not thankfull I made the decision to continue after my husband passed almost six years ago.

The years before were much easier. I didn't have to worry about how to aquire curriculum, because he always made sure I had what it took to get what we needed. It was easier because every once in a great while he would remember to tell me what a wonderful job I was doing. It was also easier because I had someone to answer to more directly than just my God.

During those years of hardship, I learned a lot about myself, and a lot about others. It's been a long hard journey for this precious family of mine. I learned what my weakness' were, and my strengths. Letting my family down in so many ways, and doing the best job I could do while trying to recover physically and emotionally. I learned what a wonderful gracious forgiving God we have. I am so grateful that when we fail, He is still there when we try to stand again.

So, as this beautiful family of mine starts its thirteenth year of the most wonderous journey, I can only be thankfull that my God is a good God. He never let's me down, even though I may feel abandoned. He is always there to carry me.

I look forward to busy days full of school work, homemaking, and field trips (our favorite part). The children look forward to the new things they will learned that they helped me pick, to ballet lessons, to Tae kwon do lessons, piano, guitar, flute, and to paper routes at 4 AM in the morning. I am not so sure about that one, but thirteen year old boys are always brainstorming about ways to make money for the many gadgets they want.