Zeke's upset because I'm making him sit down and work on his homework. He just informed me "You're the worst mom in this house!"
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Monday, July 23, 2012
I just survived taking 6 children to the orthodontist. Taylor had an appointment at 8:30am to put in spacers and take a mold of her mouth for her expander. Brittney needed to go because one of the wires on her bottom braces broke while she was at camp last week. The rest of the kids were there because I couldn't leave them at home.
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Riley took goggles that didn't belong to him while he was at the pool yesterday. That's the second time in a week (that I am aware of) that he's taken something that didn't belong to him. So now he gets to be with an adult most of the time. By default, that's me. Which makes him very crabby because he wants to be independent.
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Anthony had another huge meltdown this morning. Screaming that everyone hates him, saying he was going to kill me, threatening to hit the wall and break another window, being very verbally agressive, etc. I was trying to get everyone ready to be at the ortho appointment and it was really difficult to get everyone going and still try to manage Anthony's behavior. It all started because I asked him not to play his harmonica in the house.
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Zeke was up early yesterday for church, had a Special Olympics softball camp in the afternoon and then was invited to a band concert in the park. He was super tired this morning. So it took forever for him to get dressed and get his braces on, which I couldn't help him with because I was dealing with Anthony. Then the whole time we sat in the waiting room at the orthodontist, he was loudly telling anyone within earshot that I was mean, he didn't have to listen to me because I wasn't his mom, he hated it there, our family was bad, and anything else he could think of. My personal favorite was when he put his fingers in his ears and starting yelling at the top of his lungs, "Na na na na na na. I can't hear you!"
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Sophia was tired and is two years old so I just needed to keep her entertained and out of the water jug and cups that were in the corner of the waiting room.
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I told another mom who was also waiting at the orthodontist that I need a vacation from summer vacation!
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Riley took goggles that didn't belong to him while he was at the pool yesterday. That's the second time in a week (that I am aware of) that he's taken something that didn't belong to him. So now he gets to be with an adult most of the time. By default, that's me. Which makes him very crabby because he wants to be independent.
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Anthony had another huge meltdown this morning. Screaming that everyone hates him, saying he was going to kill me, threatening to hit the wall and break another window, being very verbally agressive, etc. I was trying to get everyone ready to be at the ortho appointment and it was really difficult to get everyone going and still try to manage Anthony's behavior. It all started because I asked him not to play his harmonica in the house.
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Zeke was up early yesterday for church, had a Special Olympics softball camp in the afternoon and then was invited to a band concert in the park. He was super tired this morning. So it took forever for him to get dressed and get his braces on, which I couldn't help him with because I was dealing with Anthony. Then the whole time we sat in the waiting room at the orthodontist, he was loudly telling anyone within earshot that I was mean, he didn't have to listen to me because I wasn't his mom, he hated it there, our family was bad, and anything else he could think of. My personal favorite was when he put his fingers in his ears and starting yelling at the top of his lungs, "Na na na na na na. I can't hear you!"
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Sophia was tired and is two years old so I just needed to keep her entertained and out of the water jug and cups that were in the corner of the waiting room.
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I told another mom who was also waiting at the orthodontist that I need a vacation from summer vacation!
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Matthew 14:1
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Pastor Scott Maurer:
The only way to stop "worrying about tomorrow" is to release the false idols of this life through the grieving process of really saying "not my will, but yours." "Not my will but yours" is giving up idols or expectations in which we place false hope.
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I really had to confront this in myself during our recent CPS investigation. I was ready to do everything and anything I needed do to keep my family intact. I rallied our support system, I called in our lawyer, I was planning a public media blitz to show the real story, etc. But no matter what I did or thought of doing, we were still stuck in the same awful situation and I still felt miserable.
Have I mentioned that I absolutely hate the feeling of not being in control of a situation? So every so often, I'm placed back into a situation in which I have to really decide if I'm going to keep fighting it or if I'm truly able to say, "not my will but yours."
Apparently this time it took me about three weeks to finally turn to God and say "I'm tired. There's nothing I can do that You can't do better. I'm handing the whole thing to you. You handle it as you see fit.
Within two days, we finally had the phone call that let me know the investigation was over and the case was closed. Thank you God!!! But I can honestly say that I was in a place of peace no matter what the outcome. Even if it didn't go the way I hoped, God still has an ultimate plan that is so much bigger and better than my little one.
Sometimes God does not take away our trials, but He can diminish our sorrow during those times if we turn to him.
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End of my sermon for today :)
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Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Pastor Scott Maurer:
The only way to stop "worrying about tomorrow" is to release the false idols of this life through the grieving process of really saying "not my will, but yours." "Not my will but yours" is giving up idols or expectations in which we place false hope.
.
I really had to confront this in myself during our recent CPS investigation. I was ready to do everything and anything I needed do to keep my family intact. I rallied our support system, I called in our lawyer, I was planning a public media blitz to show the real story, etc. But no matter what I did or thought of doing, we were still stuck in the same awful situation and I still felt miserable.
Have I mentioned that I absolutely hate the feeling of not being in control of a situation? So every so often, I'm placed back into a situation in which I have to really decide if I'm going to keep fighting it or if I'm truly able to say, "not my will but yours."
Apparently this time it took me about three weeks to finally turn to God and say "I'm tired. There's nothing I can do that You can't do better. I'm handing the whole thing to you. You handle it as you see fit.
Within two days, we finally had the phone call that let me know the investigation was over and the case was closed. Thank you God!!! But I can honestly say that I was in a place of peace no matter what the outcome. Even if it didn't go the way I hoped, God still has an ultimate plan that is so much bigger and better than my little one.
Sometimes God does not take away our trials, but He can diminish our sorrow during those times if we turn to him.
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End of my sermon for today :)
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
This is modeled after the children's book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I'm not sure who wrote this originally but it's so true! It also explains why I never get to finish my entire cup of coffee.
IF YOU GIVE A MOM A MUFFIN
If you give a mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
She'll pour herself some.
Her three year old will spill the coffee.
She'll wipe it up.
Wiping the floor, she will find dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer,
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper.
She will get out a pound of hamburger.
She'll look for her cookbook. (101 Things to Make With a Pound of Hamburger)
The cookbook is under a pile of mail.
She'll see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow
She will look for the checkbook.
The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old.
While she is changing the two year old the phone will ring.
Her five year old will answer and hang up.
She'll remember that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
She will pour herself some.
And chances are,
If she has a cup of coffee,
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.
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