Mother, MINE

I know how my Mother came to be.
She fell from real high, higher than a tree.

The height from which she fell
is not one I can easily tell.

You see, she is flawed.
But it is not this, I do laud.

It's the way she has risen
even within her clay prison.

Initially her fall
was from a height, oh so tall.

Heaven was her first home.
But she was always free to roam.

Her work was to be someone's angel, right from scripture.
Her turn to become the clay came and she replied, "Sure!"

And so she fell.
And I must continue to tell.

She fell to the earth.
In an age of dirth.

Though she didn't live through famine,
around her in life she faced sin.

The darkness fought to block the light.
From her mortal line of sight.

But she was not fooled.
For in her before work, she had been schooled.

And she recognized and sought the light
not one to refuse the right or fight!

Somehow, so much, she overcame.
And did not repeat all the same.

She raised up her hands
and upon them, there her progeny stands.

She still does not weaken, but grows stronger,
Even though she has more as her days grow longer.

And so; this angel, fallen, is raised!
And I feel her name to be praised!

Thank you, my angel, Mother, dear.
For being an example of dashing the fear.

Of showing the way to the Lord!
Of pushing on when you were bored.

Showing me how
to be the right kind of cow.

Nourishing from body and self,
preparing it all right off the shelf.

Homemade bread.
is what she fed.

Ground the wheat herself.
Again, not off the shelf!

No paper diapers, had she!
No ready made meals, how could it be?

She worked and she slaved
and some souls she's saved!

And throughout the ages,
even eternity, her work will marvel the sages!

Her name will be praised: her glory be sung.
Round her neck a first prize will be hung!

For a fallen angel rises.
Day by day evil despises.

Her example endures.
Her life ensures.

I'm so glad she's MINE.
Mother, so fine!

I love you, Mom... and just do you know, this one wasn't as quick as the one for Grampa that day. ;) I LOVE YOU!!!! And you ARE, truly, SO FINE!!! I know you. I see you. I love you!

Laptop

If you win, you could give it to me (if you already have one, of course)!

I Have Daughters

I have daughters, three.
They are glorious as can be.
My heart feels so full as to break;
with love, it does ache!
It started so fiercely
And I felt it to pierce me.

With each new day, I learn another way
to love: soft as a dove,
hard a nail, full as a pail,
a hald-empty glass, hoping I'll pass
this difficult test: home a nest.
I'm not a good nester, for my children do feel to pester.

I read as much as I can
to become better than I am.
But the task is so gigantic,
I begin to panic.
And I feel bogged down by the role
of Mother; to any soul.

My daily failures draw my mind.
And to myself, I am unkind.
But then there's a shrug,
and an unexpected hug,
from a little one - UNoffended.
And my heart is mended.

Her eyes look o mine
and it all must be fine.
For in the depths of her blue
I see all that is true.
She, they, are what matters.
Not any ol' tatters.
The clothes that one wears
whole or full of tears,
don't matter to THOSE eyes.
Like others above, in the skies.

The truth revealed
in those eys unsealed:
To love Motherhood is a choice.
Not only to be made once or twoice,
but every single day
and in more than one single way.

Together we step, into the future we go,
little hands holding fast, and I know
I love them and they love me,
No matter how undeserving we may be.
And so long as we are together
my heart will end, light as a feather.

Father created Motherhood as a trial.
We must walk much further than one mile.
But in every cloud, there goes a saying,
some silver may be found, but not for paying.
And, really, the silver can overwhelm the mind
of one who sees, as opposed to one who's blind.

So, let us all go
into the future and know
that our hearts will be light
when we see that which is bright
in our children's eyes
and in the sight of those in the skies.

because it's Mother's Day soon

Just for My Mom

This picture was taken from a window in the loft.

You can see, of course, the screened patio area,

but you can also see the two car garage and carport,

which extends out in front of the garage.

Oh, and the HUGE backyard... that, too. ^_^

A GREAT Blog!

I hope you will check out this blog. It's really cute. You can also find it on Facebook. If you do, push the LIKE button. He's going for publishing it as a book and the more "fans" make a "merrier" publisher. :)

We Are Officially Homeowners!

Okay, so this is a weird picture...

and from the BACK...

but it's the best I have right now.

Pretty neat, right??

It has SUCH an interesting floor plan.

It's just a REALLY unique house.

But, of course, it would have to be...

to house THIS family! ;)

A Writing Contest, But Not

I love the concept of this contest. It's a homeschoolers' writing contest that rewards the child who makes the most submissions! As most of you know, I love to write. (Look at the blog! Few pictures, MANY words. ^_^) I am, admittedly, an aspiring author. Would you have EVER guessed. ;) So, I love this contest because, as an aspiring author, I've read in so many places and put in so many different ways the basic idea, "The more an aspiring writer makes submissions, the more likely they are to become a published author." I just think this writing contest is awesome as a way to encourage excitement about submitting writing in our homeschooling kiddos! The fact that it is especially FOR homeschooling kiddos is just that much more awesome to me, as a homeschooling Mama! ^_^

Yikes! and more

"Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when Medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal priviledges to others; the Constitution of the Republic should make a Special priviledge for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom." -Benjamin Rush, MD., a signer of the Declaration of Independence and personal physician to George Washington


Ummmm... comments? I sure could spew a few! But I'll forebare, and, instead, share... and few more quotes:

"The doctor of the future will not longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will Cure and prevent diseases with nutrition." -Thomas Edison

Smart guy.

"One of the biggest tradgedies of human civilization is the precedents of chemical therapy Over nutrition. It's a substitution of artificial therapy over nature, of poisons over food, in Which we are feeding people poisons trying to correct the reactions of starvation." -Dr. Royal Lee, January 12, 1951

Yes.

"The human body heals itself and nutrition provides the resources to accomplish the task."
-Roger Williams, PhD. (1971)

Do tell.

"When you are sick of sickness, you are no longer sick. -Old Chinese Proverb

I think I'm there!

I could go on. But I'll conclude for now. If you want more, check it out.

Much of What I've been learning... in a video synopsis!

"What we're dealing with is really some kind of operating system that can be hacked using words." The precedng is a quote from the movie. It is really nearly perfect as a synopsis of the YouTube if you prefer not to invest the mere 10 minutes it would take to watch this amazingly informative YouTube. It is SO true! AWESOME stuff!!! I have been experiencing the truthfulness of these things.

More Good News and Miracles as We See 'Em

Wanna know? Wanna read? Go on... you know you DO! Click HERE and if you're not invited, comment with a request and your email addy!

Things continue to proceed well.

The nugget: even trials will be turned to good/benefit to/for those who love the Lord!

Jessie's Miracles

HERE to read about them.

If you can't get there, know that we are well and things are going well for us. And, the nugget is: ALL things work together to good for them who love the Lord. And we are experiencing the truthfulness of THAT!!!

Difficulties

If you would like to read about my day, go HERE.

If you don't have permission yet, feel free to share your email with me in a comment. I will NOT publish that comment. ^_^

Some Pictures

Check them out HERE.

If you're not on the invited list... Well, sorry.

No, seriously... let me know with email addy. I will not post the comment in which you leave it for me. You could ask one of my friends about that... but then I would be listing her address after I erased her comment in which it would've posted! Conundrums!!!

We are well and happy and life is progressing nicely! Come check us out! (See link above.) ^_^

SO SWEET!

Yesterday, at two different times, Ria spontaneously said to me, "Mama, you're looking really thin!" and then, "You really are looking thinner, Mama!" Then, later that night, as she's off to bed... she's hugging me goodnight. She repositions herself and attempts to hug be around my back. She stands up and says, "I can almost wrap my arms all the way around you! Pretty soon I'm gunna be able to!" I respond, "Yes, maybe a combination of your growing and Mama losing pounds, huh?" She said, "YES!"

SO SWEET, right? I felt it was just so wonderful I had to share. ^_^

Hope this tidbit from Tori finds you full of Joy on the day we celebrate: He is RISEN! What joy and hope there is in that TRUTH!!!!

And, if you have been invited: GO HERE to get a more detailed update of our goings on, if you'd like to know, of course. ^_^ If you have not been invited, but would like to read there, let me know here, in Favebook, or via email and I'll make you one of the "elite." ;) Just kidding, of course, about that particular choice of word.

An Apology

I'm so sorry if you've been looking for me in the blogging world.  I've been busy and feeling sort of like blogging was scarry.  I'm over it and am going to try to keep up more.  More often in my private world because of the scarry parts... but I'll try to update more there.  If you've already asked to be invited, I am in process of making you able to follow me there AND post something worth reading about!  ^_^

I DO plan to let you know if I've posted anything new in my private blog HERE.  Probably with a little taste of what the other blog will contain.  You're just SO lucky, aren't you!??  heehee  ;)