I don't know where to start, so much is running thru my head & heart the last few weeks. Emotions, hormones, whatever it is...it's heavy. First jumping off point...I read through a lot of my old post. I didn't hardly remember the girl who wrote those. I spoke with such conviction & steadfastness (is that a word?). So many of my post lately have been quick updates, I don't know why. Maybe because of all the issues I have been dealing with or maybe blog block? Who knows but I miss talking to you guys, even if you can't talk back except in comments! I promise to try to get back in touch soon!
I do know that one reason I haven't been talking here as much is because I have found a group of women in my church that I talk too. They are such dear women to me. Another staff wife & I, Lesley, got together more than a year ago & started our momMEtime group. We saw (& felt) such a need for stay at home moms (SAHM), because let's face it, it's a lonely job to be home all day with only kids to talk too. We first started out with playgroups twice a month last summer, we loved getting to know more & more Mom's in the church through these. When fall got closer we decided to start meeting at the church once a month for a time of devotion & fellowship on the 1st week of the month & still do playgroups on the 3rd week of the month.
We cried over the loss of a child & we rejoiced when Lesley found out she was pregnant after 13 yrs of trying! :) This group & these women have done wonders for my soul, for my heart! We have come together as Mothers & as women. We share each others burdens & take care of each other when one is sick. Many of these women provided dinners when we lost our sweet 3rd child last Nov, again in March for surgery, & even again now they have provided meals for 2 weeks for my family! I can't even begin to explain how much that has meant to me. To my family. Knowing that we would have meals in front of us, when I couldn't hardly stand for more than 5 min. I could never begin to thank them enough. But when several of them have babies soon, we will rally & do the same for them. Because that's what girlfriends do. I forgot what it was like to have a great group of girlfriends.
When David & I moved here I knew one person...Sheila. When I left FL, I left a fantastic group of girlfriends that were stuck together & there for each other through it all. It was so hard to only know one person. God brought us together knowing we would need each other & boy have we. Sheila is my best friend & I could never have made it through the last 7 yrs without her friendship. And as much as I love Sheila, unfortunately, she does have other friends...I guess the world can't always revolve around me...blah blah blah.... I have so yearned for that group of girlfriends again, of course it's a different dynamic than it was before, but still that group of ladies that were there for each other no matter what. And with out knowing it, with out realizing it, I stopped looked around & realize I have that again! These women are amazing daughters of the King who teach me something new all the time. I love them all dearly & am so thankful for my girlfriends!
I do know that one reason I haven't been talking here as much is because I have found a group of women in my church that I talk too. They are such dear women to me. Another staff wife & I, Lesley, got together more than a year ago & started our momMEtime group. We saw (& felt) such a need for stay at home moms (SAHM), because let's face it, it's a lonely job to be home all day with only kids to talk too. We first started out with playgroups twice a month last summer, we loved getting to know more & more Mom's in the church through these. When fall got closer we decided to start meeting at the church once a month for a time of devotion & fellowship on the 1st week of the month & still do playgroups on the 3rd week of the month.
We cried over the loss of a child & we rejoiced when Lesley found out she was pregnant after 13 yrs of trying! :) This group & these women have done wonders for my soul, for my heart! We have come together as Mothers & as women. We share each others burdens & take care of each other when one is sick. Many of these women provided dinners when we lost our sweet 3rd child last Nov, again in March for surgery, & even again now they have provided meals for 2 weeks for my family! I can't even begin to explain how much that has meant to me. To my family. Knowing that we would have meals in front of us, when I couldn't hardly stand for more than 5 min. I could never begin to thank them enough. But when several of them have babies soon, we will rally & do the same for them. Because that's what girlfriends do. I forgot what it was like to have a great group of girlfriends.
When David & I moved here I knew one person...Sheila. When I left FL, I left a fantastic group of girlfriends that were stuck together & there for each other through it all. It was so hard to only know one person. God brought us together knowing we would need each other & boy have we. Sheila is my best friend & I could never have made it through the last 7 yrs without her friendship. And as much as I love Sheila, unfortunately, she does have other friends...I guess the world can't always revolve around me...blah blah blah.... I have so yearned for that group of girlfriends again, of course it's a different dynamic than it was before, but still that group of ladies that were there for each other no matter what. And with out knowing it, with out realizing it, I stopped looked around & realize I have that again! These women are amazing daughters of the King who teach me something new all the time. I love them all dearly & am so thankful for my girlfriends!
