When we first moved here we had a vehicle break down, but you wouldn’t know it because we didn’t miss a beat- you see the only three people we knew at that point stepped in without hesitation. The first person gave us a ride to where we were going, the second person gave us a loaner vehicle to use ‘as long as we needed it’ and the third…
Finding beauty in the mundane is a funny thing because once you start looking for beauty it fills your heart with so much gratitude that you end up seeing even more beauty and the cycle continues leaving you with a full heart ready to ‘run’ again…
I am usually flying solo without the daddybear when I am driving our 15 passenger van that we call the vanbus with our 8 kids. The thought of that may give you anxiety and I won’t lie and tell you that we are calm and collected all the time in the vanbus, but more often than not it is one of my favorite times to be with my kids…
I have found that having a few really really good friends- you know- the ‘know where the body is hidden’ kind of friends is far superior to a hundred ‘lets go out’ kind of friends. I am not saying that you can’t still be friends with all hundred of those people, but maybe they will be acquaintances more than friends at this stage of life. And that’s okay…
I have been called mommy for almost 12 years. It is rare that a week goes by and someone does not tell me how wonderful, thoughtful, well behaved, etc. one of my children is. I do not know what it is like to raise a teenager yet (send advice!) and I know everyone’s walk in motherhood is different and these tips may not apply to every child or situation…
You see for the last 3 years we have lived in a 1 bedroom house. With 10 people. 😳 And yes, we are very much looking forward to the day we get to move into our new bigger house, BUT there are a few things that I will actually miss about this small house and I believe our family has grown closer together through living in such a small area…
