Sick, sick, sick!

Well, we made it thru last year without getting the flu...but not so lucky this year. Luke, on the right came home Friday exhausted and not feeling well. He also had a fever...he NEVER has a fever!

Noah was a little sick yesterday, kinda like the start to a cold. After playing in a basketball game and leading his team to a win...he came home with a HIGH fever...he always has high fevers. He never complained earlier in the day because, he wanted to play in that game...I sure hope he didn't share this with the rest of his team.

Needless to say, they were both pitiful this morning. Without even running a test...the dr. said they had the flu.

As frustrating as medicine and technology can be; I am thankful for the drs. and medicine that we have today. Years ago and even sometimes today people die from something that just needs the special meds.

They are both sleeping the day away...I need to be productive and make lesson plans just in case I need to miss work if Hope or Nate get this nasty thing...but instead, I am posting about these 2 boys I love. Still working on letting my present be present.

"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes." Matthew 6:34 (message)

My ONE Thing....NOW!!!!!

Ok, so in my last post I shared my one thing this year and my word to remind me of it....my husband said for me to change it to NOW....easier to remember and less confusing. So, now ~ the present, either way....I want to slow down enough to live my purpose...my purpose right now; not the game I have to take kids to later or the mtg I have tomorrow ~ but focus on whatever is before me right now!
After I actually put my word into writing I started hearing and seeing things that were confirmation that is my direction and what God wants to do in me this year.
I had a little test of my new focus yesterday morning...my oldest had a bad start to the day and usually I would have been full of lectures of what he could have done to prevent the events of the morning; BUT remembering that I always regret that because once I lecture the kids go to school with a bad start and feeling like crap because Mom just doesn't understand and always nags, nags, nags.....
I focused on the present and how I wanted his day to get better and that we could talk later about what caused the problems of the morning.
YEA for me and for Luke.......this was a BIG hurdle I overcame! His day continued to be bad....but without the headache of a lecture 1st thing in the morning!
Live you life....NOW not on the to do list or the problem from yesterday or the one coming tomorrow....be present in the present so you can live your purpose, whatever it is!

I'm back!

Where in the world have I been???? How does anyone go 7 months and not post???


They are either someone that does't care about blogging. Or someone that is sick. Or someone that is SUPER BUSY!!!! That's the one for me!! What have I been up to? Well, I finished a short-term assignment as a Grant Manager for Wake Tech. My kids finished 3rd, 5th, 7th & 9th grades. They had a nice summer and have started....you guessed it; 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th grade. I returned to just teaching for the 1st time in almost 2 years. I had a wonderful semester back

I could blame these growing kids as the reason for not posting...but in reality, they are the reason I started this blog.
So, I take full responsibility.

A new year is here and I resolve to do some things a new way!!! Hopefully you'll hold me accountable to this. I just read something from another site that has helped me find my "word" for this year ~ The present .... not as in a gift, but this present time, in the moment.

• I am resolving to slow down this year!
• I want to be slow enough to live my purpose
• A life resolved to Christ is one that allows the natural movement of the Spirit to control its pace.

(these are thoughts from a wonderful new site a friend posted on facebook; Internet Cafe Devotions.)

At first I thought my focus was to self-control...and that is definitely a need I have and it will take self-control to live in the moment and not be fretting over where I need to be in an hour or who needs to go where and when.

But I need to keep this ever before me that if I fully live in the moment I'm in I will give value and love and attention to whomever or whatever I'm with or involved in.

I remember as a kid when my mom would read the newspaper and she wouldn't hear me when I talked to her. I hated that. I don't want to be that mom and I am afraid I have become her. Outside of the mom thing....I have a real longing to share with others that there is so much more to this life than the struggles and challenges we deal with or that the joys pale in comparison with eternity with God. When I miss living in the moment and start thinking about my to-do list...I miss this opportunity.

Lord, help me be present in the present...."Don't worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own." Matthew 6:34

HERE'S TO A NEW YEAR AND LIVING IN THE PRESENT!!!!!

Next time I'll share some cute stories from the kids!