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Our new normal……

Posted on January 12, 2013December 4, 2014 by Mary

This post has been a long, LONG TIME COMING! I’m sorry i haven’t been around much!

I love to blog and write and all this great stuff but, i am also a Pastor’s wife and mom to four amazing kiddos! One of those kiddos we just recently discovered has some form of autism. We are in the process of filling out mountains of paperwork, getting past medical records, and just trying to cope until we can get some help for out little guy.

He is such a joy and we love him deeply as we do our other kids but Weasel is different. Most people don’t see it. They just think he’s disobedient or high maintenance. We have people telling us we don’t discipline him enough. And we have people who won’t follow our instructions, and raise their voices at him…then after i spend 20 minutes calming him so his little hands and feet stop shaking so much i have to deal with questions like…”mommy why don’t people like me?” Yes we are still dealing with repercussions of that weekend.

He is a runner. When he gets overwhelmed he takes off. We have modified our house. We will install a fence, one he can’t climb.

I plan on blogging more about all of this but despite all of this God is here with us. Through the verbal tics, the frustrated yells (of weasel, not hubby and I), through the tears of watching our son struggle through life. God is here. He understands, He loves, He comforts. He never ever leaves!

Please pray for our family. Pray especially for our older children even though they are older , they are still young enough to not really comprehend.
Tornado prays nearly every day that weasel would become normal. Ahhh out of the mouth of babes! Oh if God would only make it so!

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The Year without Monkey Bread

Posted on January 2, 2013December 4, 2014 by Mary

(Otherwise titled “when life hands you a puke bucket!)

Yep that pretty much sums up our Christmas break. I was pretty bummed to say the least. No Christmas Eve service. No Christmas dinner. No Monkey Bread or Christmas breakfast. Not even all the presents had been finished.

But despite all of that, we were together, we were warm and sheltered from crazy snow storms, and we were relaxed. We are going on two weeks of this now and pretty much everyone is better except for me. My stomach takes a little longer especially eating dairy when I am sick but my focus is better. I hate being sick, but I am grateful for it because I might have missed some pretty amazing moments….AND I don’t think I would have started reading my daughters first chapter book with her. Well at least I am reading it to her!

This Christmas season was not just riddled with sickness, there have been some other major trials too. I will write more about that over the coming weeks.

But for now i will leave you with a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Peaceful morning

Posted on December 21, 2012December 4, 2014 by Mary

So this morning I got my kids up, and got them off to school. We are just beginning our snow storm this weekend. They were excited and really were not focusing well, but their joy was contagious. Hubby is moving stuff around outside so we can host our yearly deacons Christmas Party tonight. The dishwasher is running, i have two other munchkins in various places in my house. And i finally got to sit on the couch and enjoy my cup of coffee!

My living room is full of comfy places to sit and anywhere I choose to sit i have an amazing view as the snow collects on the trees mountains, and grass. I know we are in for a doozy just by the sky. The sky is not gray, but just as white as the snow.

The Christmas tree in plugged in and I have Newsboys radio playing on Pandora. (I needed some peppy music this morning as I finished up Projects for tonight). The events of the last few weeks whirling through my head. My kids and Christmas constantly whirling around in my head like the falling snow outside.

I am grateful for so many blessings, my husband, my kids, our church, our home…..SALVATION…..PEACE.

In the Bible snow represents purity or being clean. When I think of clean in the Bible, I am reminded that usually it required blood being shed,. In the old testament and the gospels that was animals and then culminated in the final sacrifice of Jesus. As I think of that blood shed, i think of twenty little children who will be celebrating Jesus’ birthday with him the Christmas. As hard as life is here on this earth, these children are experiencing true peace like no other. As a parent of four kids….7,6,5 and 2. I cringe and shudder at my own words, just because I can’t imagine! I know truth but it is still hard! Each day i have to give my family over to God. It got a little harder a week ago today, but I still must!

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Peace in the Dentist Chair

Posted on December 7, 2012December 4, 2014 by Mary

It almost makes me want to giggle! Let me start of by saying: I HATE DENTISTS! I have had some horrible experiences with gum hacking hygienists, dentists who complain that American dentists don’t have any clue what they are doing, and filthy offices.

Well today I met a dentist that is not necessarily perfect BUT REAL.
After a very extensive series of x-rays, the dentist came in to talk to me, rather quickly. No waiting is a great thing!

The dentist was funny, to say the least, which is very relaxing. Two things stuck out besides the very neat and clean office….
1. His dogs have free reign.
2. He didn’t wear shoes.

I was happy and totally relaxed. Even when he told me I had an abscessed tooth. I have full confidence in this dentist. He came highly recommended. So after my round of antibiotics I will be sitting back in that chair next Thursday but with a new sense of peace!

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