April Fools on me!

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I wanted to share my pictures of our Easter with my Mom & Sibs’ but I’d have to re-size every single picture! Ugh!  Does anyone know of an easy way to create a gallery of pictures without having to re-size them first?  But if you want to see them, and you are my Facebook friend, just head over there!

I did a bit of an April Fools trick on myself a day early…

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I left my purse outside all night in the rain! Boo

Today is our first day of spring break!  Lots of relaxing and laundry (a necessary evil). Also treating the kids for hotdogs at Costco for something out of the ordinary!  Best way to have lunch for 4 under $10!

Journaling – why?

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When I journal here, I think of the line from “You’ve Got Mail” when Kathleen Kelly is emailing her anonymous friend,

 I don’t really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So goodnight, dear void.

I know that most of my writing is for myself.  I ran across this on pinterest the other day and I instantly recognized it as true for me!

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This is not to say I don’t want to hear from you! I do!  But, please don’t feel you have to participate unless you want to participate.  I’d love to hear from you, learn more about you. But I’m also ok with sending out my thoughts to the void – for it is serving it’s purpose.

So, thank you, dear void!

Trust

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In my Bible, (well, my old Bible, now I use a Bible App that I can access across various devices and has reading plans and a note section) is this quote:

What are you trusting God for,

so that when it happens you know

that only He could have done it?

I have no idea who first asked this question and I only know that some point when we lived in Portland, OR I first scribbled it in my Bible.

As I reflected on this question, I began to wonder if I can entrust Him with the big things that are too big for me.  So big I couldn’t comprehend a resolution.  So, almost as a test, I started trusting Him for some big things – things too big for me and, no surprise to most of you, He has been faithful.

I’ve trusted Him with our family.  I am a mom to five now!

I’ve trusted Him with our finances.  School debts and lots of ignorance about credit cards led to a big financial burden, but now we live in one of the most expensive states and have bought a home.  I couldn’t even dare to think it was a possibility but I trusted Him with it.

I’ve even trusted Him with the death of Joshua – that all things, even death, will be used for our good.

When things feel too big.  Too hard.  And I hear myself thinking words like “can’t” “impossible” and “it simply won’t happen” . . . I remember that I am not alone and He has been faithful before and will be faithful again.

It is so simple really!

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Today I am remembering that my activity level is directly linked to my depression. If I want to stay THIS side of happy, I need to move my body! Walking in the morning is just not enough of a workout. So, dancing restarts again tomorrow!

And, why share here?  Well, I could really use some encouragement and accountability.  Surely I’m not the only at home mom who struggles with making yourself and your needs a priority?! Anyone?  Bueller? Bueller?