You are special!

While I was at Women of Faith last weekend, they shared a story that seriously gave me goose bumps. There are a few scientists who are finding that when they type a person's unique dna structure into a computer, that it makes a unique song. In other words, God designed you special with your own song inside you and no one else has the same song but you!

Stuff

We have a lot of stuff in America and our nation is so wealthy compared to other countries. I am thinking about going through our stuff and downsizing some toys, clothes etc... My kids have so much "stuff." Does anyone have any great tips on getting kids appreciate a simple life?

Give it to Me!

I wanted to write that last post on friendship because it seems like everywhere I go moms feel the same way, that it's really hard to make good mommy friends when you have kids.
I was praying about the sitation and God said, Give me your lonliness. Cast all your cares on Him... so I did. Now a week later, I have a new friend. Our younger boys are the same age and my little one is excited that he has a friend too. I think it's his first friend. :)

Friends

What is it about being a stay at home mom and making friends?
When we lived in Texas I had a great friend right when my first baby was born. She was amazing. She has twin girls and we traded off watching kids, had playdates and lots of fun. I had no idea what mommy loneliness was. Then we kind of grew apart.
Then came loneliness. And oh it was lonley. I prayed and prayed "God please bring me a good friend." After a year of praying, God answered my prayers. I met a few friends from my children's mother's day out and my best friend from college moved a few miles down the street from me.
About six months later, we found out God was leading us to MOVE away!
And although I was very excited, my going away dinner was very hard for me to stomach. I had to leave my girlfriends.
So here I am in Connecticut, praying for a friend. A girlfriend. One to call when life is nuts to laugh about the day. One to randomly plan sporadic playdates. It's been almost a year and my prayer is still in the making.
I know one thing, I will be so thankful for this future friend when she comes along!

Sweet Sayings Of A Child!

My two year old is on his own verbal path in his own time. Although he didn't speak words as quickly as his brother did, I taught him sign language as a baby and he has always been an excellent communicator. (His future wife is most likly going to LOVE this characteristic!)
I said to him the other day, I love you. To which he replied: Me like mommy. Me like Daddy. Me like God!
There is no greater joy than to hear your child speak the praises of God! Logan prays at dinner but has never spoke of God before. What a blessing his sweet words were to us!

God Saved My Husband's Life!

On Sunday afternoon, I got a phone call, the one that you think to yourself "I hope I never get a call saying something bad has happened to the ones I love!"


The call went like this, "Hi, Lori, your husband and brother in law have been in an accident. They were taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital. They think Dave is going to be okay but they are running tests on him. He wants you to go there right away." In total shock, I stammered "OKAY, I'll be right there." I was able to call the hospital and talk with my husband. He said a lady ran a stop sign off of the highway and in an instant, two cars plowed into his driver side door. He told me that he was having x-rays and tests run. I called my in-laws and had my father-in-law come over to watch the kids. My mother-in-law and I jumped straight into the car for the 50 minute drive to the hospital/24 hour clinic where my husband was admitted.


My husband seems to be in decent condition, Praise the Lord, considering what happened. The car was totaled and his door would have been crushed but it was held up by a steel frame right where he was sitting. The frame, the air bag and God's goodness, saved his life. (We highly recommend getting a Volvo if you are concerned about safety!)

The Totaled Car

In this accident we were Praising God for airbags!

We are so thankful that my husband is alive! He is doing well with the soreness of the accident and may recover completely in a few weeks!

God, thank you for protecting my husband and brother-in-law during this wreck. I am so glad to have them here to continue our journey of life.

Mom Hugs!

We moved across the country recently and I have been doing great with the move until yesterday. God has been doing a lot in our lives and I was wishing I had a close girlfriend here to share things with. (My husband has been getting an earful, but it usually comes with a massage so he sure doesn't mind!)
I was feeling very without close girlfriends today and I was praying that God would provide one while we were at our little beach by the lake. I felt God's comfort that in time, He would provide and meet this need for me. In the mean time, two jets few by and in the beautiful sky was a huge white cross! It was just the mom hug that I needed to get me through the day!
Have you had a mom hug moment from God recently? Please share!