My Father's Daughter

{photo credit Ann Voskamp via Incourage }  I'm linking this here for my friends who haven't read it yet. Perfect list as September peeks around the corner. These words jump out and speak to my spirit,  words like: # 1. Life is not an emergency.  Life’s a gift.  Just. Slow. Down. And # 7. A pail with a pinhole loses as much as the pail pushed right over   A minute dawdled here, a minute scrolling there — they can add up to your life.  And # 10. Love is patient.  Parenting’s this gentle way of bending over in humility to help the scraped child up because we intimately know it takes a lifetime to learn how to walk with Him Click here to read the whole beautiful list----> 10 Ways To Be A Happier Mom

It's been a while since I posted. A whole season has just about slipped by. I have been writing, in my head and things I haven't published. This summer has been...all muddled and messy. I'm realizing, for someone who thinks she doesn't like schedules, I sure do fall apart when we don't have one. The weather was tough for summer fun here in the northeast. Rainy and cool for most of the season. That made spending all our time and boys' big energy at the pool a little difficult. My sister had major spinal surgery and her kids needed some tending to; my bother's son needed a decent babysitter. I got all wild and crazy and decided to Be the Gift for my 34th birthday last week, {because I wasn't stretched just about thin enough as that week rolled around!}. Earlier this month I stopped cold and looked at myself and I was more than slightly disgusted.  I was wondering just how long my voice has sounded that angry, frustrated, harsh. When I realized that i