I think we have seen more changes this year than any of the total 7 years we have been together as a family. And change is not always bad, but it can be a little interesting.
Meanwhile, parenting is still parenting. Always promising to challenge me and never missing a beat. My infant is now a big girl and my big girls are now toddlers and my toddler is now a preschooler and my preschooler is somewhere between kindergarten and grown independent young man. And I'm 36!
I thank God for another year in him because at 36, my own mother had lost all hope for herself and had already given up her kids to what looked like a better life for them. It wasn't, but like I said, she had lost all hope for herself. And not to sound ungrateful for my life when I say it wasn't a better life, it just wasn't what she thought it would have been for us. But it was best. It was best because of who I am today. I am a child of the Most High God. My life was already planned out! He used the foster homes and group homes. He used the failed relationships. I have learned in my walk with Christ that our circumstances are not only temporary but are purposeful.
So while some days I may feel like it's me against the kids and they are winning, I know that's not the case and I can take it. I know that God himself has called me to be a mom. And with each passing, challenging, ever changing day, God's word promises to strengthen me, for each circumstance.
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