I have so much to be thankful for! I feel so blessed to have the love of my family and spending time together. Holidays are fabulous...to grow together, learn together, explore together, laugh together, dream together and be in the same vehicle for a longer than normal time together!!! You know what I mean, when one kid is having a rotten time sitting still...but out of the blue, a burst of laughter is heard thru out the van, I look back and there my oldest reaching over and tickling the youngest. Shouts of joy are replacing the annoying whine and the stress level of the ride has decreased much! Ahhhh....music to my ears.
I also have noticed that many of our travel destinations or washrooms on the way...had automatic toilets. Beautiful concept! Cleaner and in many ways the best thing since flushed toilets...(ok, you can roll your eyes). But the problem was this was my kids worst fear...being flushed. The first toilet my kids were at, flushed prematurely, and scared them silly...poor things! So with all the tears, this momma had to put out all the stops. Candy didn't work, bribing stuff didn't matter, they would just refuse but we needed them to go now...so we could continue our trek...they were the reason we had stopped in the first place..." I need to go POTTY!" So here is momma singing every song on her mental list and only when they noticed my stress level decreasing, they would feel safe enough...make that brave enough to get their task done to continue our adventure. I'm not a singer nor do I feel confident to just sing in front of people...but it had to happen. My kiddos were able to feel safe and willing when their momma showed them that it really was okay.
We had a blast together. Waterparks, arcades, parks, some school supply shopping and ending with spending time with dear friends...my hubby's friends that he used to sing with. We laughed until our sided ached, talked about where we are at in life and of course, His vision beyond!
I am in awe of God's goodness and how He has been with our family and guiding us to this point in our journey! I am excited to trust in Him as He directs our family and decisions. My prayer is that throughout this journey, He will hear my songs of joy and with my whole being be able hear me sing... "It's good to be alive..."
7 comments:
Great to hear that your hoiday's are going so well. I'm next, we'll be gone on Sunday. I can't wait.
Oh my gosh, I have had those same scary potty issues! My daughter used to be terrified of those automatic flushing ones -- she still doesn't like them!
Oh my goodness! You are BACK!! I have not talked to you all week.... I miss our hour long conversations! ;)
That is funny about the toilets... in a not funny sort of way....
Looking forward to catching up with you! :)
Those crazy toilets! And that song, It's good to be Alive, man, I haven't heard that since Abundant Springs '95. I feel a tad old....anyways, enjoy your holidays spending glorious moments with your family.
it IS good to be alive, isn't it?
as for the toilets...joelle ALWAYS wants me to wait until she's out of the stall before flushing in a public rest room -- even if it's just a quiet flush like at home. if she were to sit on one of those automatic flushers...she would freak out too!!! but i love them!!
you are blessed.
:)
Understand about the auto flushers--LOL! If you put your hand over the sensor they won't flush...my little girl jumps off and says okay mommy now! She is so scared of it! 1st time she jumped off mid-stream--lovely.
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