Live Out Loud - Adventures of a mom

When the wind blows, you either go against it or with it. Sometimes, the wind doesn't really blow that hard, and I can ignore it, or choose to pause from life to just feel it. How I respond, however, doesn't frazzled Mr. Wind...He will just continue to blow....and move...and dance My life's 'winds' have been blowing (I guess they always have, but I have taken noticed lately)...and I have decided to fly with it This "live it out loud mama" is 'back to work'....the kind of work that pays money and sees you going outside the house every day for a certain amount of time. And it has been so challenging! It's been an interesting ride.  And this week I had a chance to pause and reflect on all that has happened in the last year. It all started last year, as the kids began their journey into elementary school.  The question in front of me was rather interesting: What are you going to do with all that free time  while the ki

"So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith."  Galatians 6:9-10 (MSG) ********** "Mom, can we do another lemonade stand?" (I have no time...I have no time....) "But mom, WHEN are we going have another lemonade stand?" (What do you mean WHEN? - Did I say we are having one?) "Mom, we can have it in the porch this year" (I was thinking we'd downsize...we are expanding???) ******* It was summer and the kids were itching to do another fundraiser to raise funds for the Vocational School in Niger we've been supporting. The difference this year?  I started going back to work and summer did not look the same anymore.  For one, I felt stretch and was constantly feeling out