Pausing...

There's usually at least one moment a day

when I just have to stop & reflect...

just pause and give such thanks for

my three precious babies.  Sometimes

it's a quick "Thank you, Lord" and

sometimes I'm so overwhelmed with

gratitude that I just have to cry. 

I.am.a.blessed.Mommy.

The other night, after the H's were

 already asleep Walker and I were

talking and he said, "Remember how

I told you we won our soccer game

at recess?  Well, I think it's because I

 suggested that we pray before the game."

Say what, Brother Walker?!?

I thought it the cutest thing and even

more so I was just impressed with his

confidence in the Lord to make this

suggestion outside before a pick-up

soccer game at recess! His little buddy,

 Matthew, volunteered to say the prayer:)

I need to pray every single day over

their little lives that they keep on praying!!!

No matter where,

no matter when,

no matter how old,

no matter the reason!!!

Press the PAUSE button!!!

This sweet kid is growing up too fast:(

I was going through Hadlee's papers in her

backpack the other day and came across this

picture she had drawn:

a boy, a girl and the word LOVE.

Say what Sister Soul?!? 

Hadlee was already asleep so I couldn't

ask her any questions about it, but

of course I took it straight to T-daddy. 

He didn't think it quite as cute as I did!

UNLESS that boy in the picture was

meant to be him;)  I really think it

might be Walker???  In fact, I overheard

her tell Walker the other day that she

might date him someday.  He was QUICK

to inform her that dating your brother

is totally against the law!!!!!!!

 

Regardless...press the pause stop button

LITERALLY on this one!!!;)

She's my little angel!

Recently this little love of my life

has been saying THE sweetest

thing to me..."Mommy, I need you."

I hear it all the time.  He kisses me

all the time, too.  This kid really does

melt my ever-lovin' heart. 

"I need you"

Could it get any sweeter than that?

Sometimes it's to help him put on

his new Nike coat that he wants to

wear 24/7 or to assist him in getting on

the two pairs of pants he likes to wear

(at the same time all day long) 

or to put on his one baseball glove....

but best of all,

it's mostly that he just wants me near him.

Cheek to cheek a lot of the time...

 snuggling ('nuggling!) and loving.

 

Pause.Pause.Pause.

He's my precious baby boy...

I have A LOT to pause about!!!!!!!!

***I wrote this post on Thursday, December 13th

and set it to post later.  On Friday the 14th,

I spent almost the entire day at the kids'

school helping with an auction.  I had no

clue the horror that a school in Connecticut

had faced that very day when a gunman

came in and shot twenty precious, innocent

little children and six school workers.  After

we got home that afternoon, I hit Facebook

to wish Robin a happy birthday and

started seeing the posts about this event.

I couldn't turn on the television because

of the kids, but my tears couldn't stop

falling.  Every worry in my life

immediately seemed insignificant and stupid.

I just can't grasp what happened.

There are truly no words....

only heartfelt, faithful and earnest

prayers for these families. 

Here I am with my first grader

and fourth grader that afternoon

in one of the happiest, safest places

I know...South Bosque Elementary.

I just can't fathom or understand what

has happened to these poor families in CT :(

We took the kids to see Santa that night.

After we got home,

we told the kids about the tragedy. 

I hated telling them about how

evil sometimes exists in this world.

 

Today, I hold my babies tighter, love them

even more and pray more fervently.

 

I also plan to PAUSE a lot more...

 Praying for the families in Connecticut...

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pair anymore, for the former things have passed away." 

Revelation 21:4