Happy Thanksgiving.........

Well I was trying to think of something to write about.  Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I've got to be honest, this morning I was pretty bummed.  See we were all looking forward to a thanksgiving at my moms house.  The kids were very excited to see "grandma" and "papa g".  I was excited to have other people entertain my kids for five minutes.  It was a win win situation for everyone.  Well almost.......

A few days ago, due to the holidays coming up, I started to pray that God would provide me an opportunity to be a "blessing" to someone in some way.  As one thing piled on top of another and situations came up to make this thanksgiving not happen the way we expected,  I started to cry.  It wasn't suppose to happen like this. I was suppose to be in a car for 12 hours with the kids singing songs,  me breaking up fights, separating car seats, telling my husband how to drive.....awww it was going to be great.....but it didn't happen.  At all.

A few days ago I made it a house rule to recited the verse I Thessalonians 5:18, every time we started to grumble or complain. "In all things give thanks...."  I was reminded about this when all of our "plans" dissolved into nothing.  So I started to say it, through the tears.  After a while of reciting this over and over again, I stood up and said....."it isn't going to ruin my Thanksgiving"  I grabbed my oldest daughter and off to crazy Walmart we went to go buy our Thanksgiving dinner.  Without a plan or a menu we were doomed to fail, but who cares, "it wasn't going to ruin my thanksgiving!!!"  After laughing at the fact that mommy always picks out the cart that has only two wheels that work while the other two always seem to take you in circles, we found that we were done.  We had all that we needed to make dinner and we waited in line......the only line that Walmart felt they needed to have open two nights before thanksgiving. Finally we were out the door and on our way home.

Today I spent all day cooking.  Now one thing you must understand is  that I have what I call a "portion problem"  There are five people in my family, I am very restricted with what I can eat so therefore I made enough food to feed......maybe......32 people.   What I didn't realize before I got started was that God was answering my prayer.  A few days ago my husband brought to my attention of someone who wasn't going to have a Thanksgiving dinner this year.  As I was cooking this person came to mind several times.  Because I cooked so much I was able to give this person enough Thanksgiving dinner for him and his girlfriend.   

God is good all of the time.  If you want to hear God laugh tell Him your "plans"  I am so very glad that God gave us this opportunity to bless someone else this Thanksgiving.  Part of me would like to think that we were kept here just to make sure they recieved a Thanksgiving dinner, wether that be true or not it is neat to think about.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone........be thankful for what you have and make someone else thankful that they know you..........

Having babies is my Business

Okay, so let's talk for a minute about being pregnant.  With the newest annoucement of Michelle Duggar expecting baby number 20,  it has really got my blogging brain going on some thoughts.  So first, I have three kids.  When I was in the operating room getting ready to meet baby number three, one of the doctors asked me, "so are you trying to be like the Duggars here??"  Um...3.........19.....yes I can see where you would have thought that. 

When I was pregnant I was asked several, (for a lack of a better word to use here) stupid questions.  Here are just a few.  By the way, if you refrain from asking these questions or saying these statements to a pregnant woman, you will have a better chance on seeing tomorrow.....just saying.....

1.  Don't you know what causes that?????  Now I like to answer this one with, "yes and we are getting  pretty good at it don't you think!!!"

2.    Was it a mistake?   My answer for this is, "no, but that question you just asked was!!"

3.   Are you trying to be like the Duggars?    answer, "well my husbands name is Jim Bob so maybe"

4.   Are you sure there is just one in there???   answer "do you want the number for my ultra sound technician so that you all can talk it out amongst yourselves?"

5.  Your not going to make it!!!...........answer...."well then you had better go get some water to boil"

6.  How do you do it???....answer....."I didn't know I had a choice"

7.  Are you going to have anymore???   This one is usually asked as you are still in the hospital bed recovering......my answer....."would you like to be put on the committee to vote on this decision??"

8..Holy Cow your huge!!!..........um......thank you so are you,  only I am going to give birth to what's in my stomach and I don't know what you are going to do about yours....(this statement is, in my experience, usually said by men)

So lets talk about the Duggars for a minute.  I look at all if the above things that have been asked to me or said to me at one time or another and for most of them I can honestly say, it is only my business.  It is only my business, how big I get, how many kids I have, when I will go into labor, and how I am going to make it and whether or not this pregnancy was or wasn't planned.  As for the "don't you know what causes that?" question all I have to say is REALLY?????    Truth is God already knows how many kids I am going to have,  He already knows my limit. He also knows that I probably cannot handle 20 kids, but  as I look at the Duggars in amazement of their values, the number of children,  the good behavior of all of them, the stability of their marriage and their faith in God.  I have only one thing to say.  The world is full of bullies.  Kids that have no respect, for themselves or anyone around them.  I say if God has chosen this family to bring and release into the world, 20 or more, good, respectable, God fearing, helpful, full of heart, love, and kindness, polite, quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry EXAMPLES for us to learn from.  Then who are we to argue with that.  Don't criticize how many kids they have.  That is their business not yours.  And here is the big finale are you ready.......They are doing a much better job at raising their 20 then most of us are doing raising our one.  So don't judge,  instead observe them and see how we can change our ways our children and our marriges, the future of America is in trouble and only we can change that!  Raise the future with this in mind.....one day your life will be in the hands of the future you raised...........