Putting the Car in Park

Emily is on a break from school right now.  On Monday, we went to a bunch of stores and ran errands and that sort of thing.  Emily talked my ears off.  I decided that she could talk the horns off a billy goat!   She talked the entire day and she also held my hand all day long.  Ever so often, I would tell her that I needed my hand.  She was lovey-dovey with me.  I guess she just loved being with just me!  Sarah Kate was at school all day.  When Sarah Kate is around, she steals the show.  Emily is so meek and mild.  It is not very often that Emily and I are alone together.

Tuesday night some of the girls from my Sunday school class went to see October Baby.  This was my second time to see it!  I am a fan!  The movie has a great message.  GO SEE IT!
On my drive home after the movie, I was listening to Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey.  He had a guest lady on there that was talking about raising children.  I don't know who she was, but I LOVED what she had to say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She talked about how that our children really just long to spend time with us.  Just like the day I had with Emily on Monday.  She said that children don't care if you spend the whole day making a cake or brownies from scratch or if you do a fifteen minute box mix.  The children just want to have a brownie with you and talk.  They don't won't you to have to break your neck or jump through hoops to make things perfect.  They just want TIME.
I AGREE!
She went on to talk about that families don't even really talk anymore.  They are so busy RUNNING AROUND.  The kids are involved in everything and it is just causing stress on families.  I AGREE!!!!!

The speaker told a story about running one of her girls to a birthday party and they were running late, it had been a busy day and the family had not even eaten dinner.  As she was trying to get her daughter to the party, she just drew a line and said this is ridiculous and they turned around and went home!  I loved hearing that!  She talked about that moms seem to feel pressure to entertain their children and have them involved in everything.  She joked about how we need to put the car in park and just raise boring kids!

This was a message of freedom for me.

We are doing a series at church right now called "Testimony Tuesday."  It has been WONDERFUL!!!!!!  The speaker last week is an only child.  (SO am I) She struck a chord with me when she talked about that only children LOVE their friends more than their friends love them.  Only children NEED their friends.(So me!)  Only children are very loyal. ( That is me)  Because I am a loyal person, when I start something, I finish it.  When church is going on, I am there!  That is unless we have fever or are throwing up.  Ha!  It is hard for me to say no to Birthday parties and Sunday school events and girls nights and things like that BUT....sometimes the BEST thing I can do is just to REST and be home with my family.  I get worn our really easy.  I feel like I am in a rat race most of the time.

We are laying low and trying to just rest today!  I LOVE IT!