Sweet little E

This morning Little E came to me very seriously and asked "Mommy, where's grandma Ha Ha's present?"
I replied "Sweetie, Grandma Ha Ha died and is in Heaven with Jesus this year, she doesn't need a present from us."
This must have been the first time she realised Grandma Ha Ha was really, truly gone. She started to cry as I reminded her that it was ok, she'd been so sick and now she was all better with Jesus. Then very bravely she looked at me and said "I have other grandmas, right?" To which we thanked Jesus for other Grandmas and that Grandma Ha Ha loved Him and was with Him in Heaven.
What a blessing to know Grandma was saved - that I could tell little E that her grandma is with Jesus, and has no need for gifts, because she's perfectly content at her Savior's feet.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest

you sorrow as others who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

For this we sayto you by the word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.

For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaen with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.

And the dead in Christ will rise first. The we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Ladies Against Feminism

I have found a wonderful website!
Ladies Against Feminism
This site totally rings true with me!
10 years ago when I was graduating from HS and going off to college, I had a very small desire to have a family, and a very LARGE desire to have a great career. The Christian university did little to squelch the desire for career and little to encourage the desire for family.
But upon getting engaged, graduating from college and being offered "the opportunity of a lifetime" (so called by the boss offering it to me) all I could think of was a friend of my mother who had gotten the "opportunity of a lifetime" while I was in high school. She moved 2 states away from her husband and 3 children, bought a house and they were supposed to follow when the house back home sold. They never moved out and she never moved back and a family was divided because the wife was so concerned about advancing her career. Perhaps an extreme example, but it stuck in my head and when offered that job it was all I could do to shout NO WAY! I was going to marry the love of my life and my career could wait. Somehow I knew basing our lives around my job was not how God would want it to be.
Praise the Lord, He has done many a miracle in my life to bring me to the point I am at now where I can say I love that web site. It's all about going back to the Biblical roles of men and women. Encouraging girls to be - ahhh! Homemakers! Dare we even speak of it! And encouraging men to be yes, Leaders of their homes! Radical for even those in the church.
I love being radical.
I love that the Lord calls us to be different for His sake. I love Titus 2. I also love my husband and my children and desire to serve them and see them grow in their love for the Lord.
I'm just totally on a rush after reading a great book (which I cannot mention, because it's actually a christmas gift...so commentary will come after christmas) and then finding all the articles on this website.

When I first had my dear daughter I was excited but so concerned - I did not want her to grow up like I did, an emotional wanderer and leaning toward feminist ideals. I wanted her to be a viruous woman who could fight the culture and grow up loving the Lord. I had no idea where to turn and now I'm finding so many resources that say exactly what I was looking for. I'm just so thankful and I look forward to teaching my little ones these things.
So anyways...check it out.
You'll love it or hate it.

btw - I'm posting a new lillypie ticker...for anyone who may not know yet :o)

She makes me laugh...

Little E is just full of it this week!
This morning she kept talking about the "underware parade" and how she watched it - it was a "different parade, you know, the underware one." Sorry, E, I have no idea, where did you watch an underware parade?
"On TV at grandma D's house - and all kinds of different people were in their underware!"
She is talking about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and the Rockettes and other such dancers/batton twirlers in their "underware" too funny!

Yesterday after leaving her for "rest time" I heard the thump, thump of little feet getting out of bed and when I went to check on her she said, "I was just looking out the window at God's wonderful creation!"

Not feeling so hot this morning, I was laying down on the couch and she brought me one of her "special" chocolates from poppop - "Here is a chocolate mommy, it will help you feel better."
*she says "choc-o-late" very enunciated, I have her say it just so I can laugh~

Z, on the other hand is being a stinker this week. He is refusing to drink from a cup more than a few sips a day. So he gets 2 bowls of milky, soupy cereal fed to him and 1 bowl of watery applesauce. If anyone has had this problem (he won't take a bottle either, only wants mom...) what in the world did you do? Though yesterday we had ham and mac and I think the salt drove him to drink at least 1/2 a cup on his own.

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