I am a wife to my husband of 5 years and a mother and the woman who wants to be perfect, but falls short every day. Most of all I am a daughter of the King of kings. And He has my best at heart all the time. Which is why I am doing this blog. As a mother of 3 young children I know God wants me to have joy in the midst of whining, screaming, changing diapers, loads of laundry, sleepless nights, cooking, endless dishes, dirty floors, bubble baths and hearing my name called 100's of times a day. I NEED JOY in my life like I need water and the only way for that to happen is to CHANGE what I look at. I tend to be negative so to do the opposite is to look at the positive. All the beautiful, wonderful gifts God has placed in my life.
My hope is that by being thankful I will learn how to live with Joy everyday. I will be doing the Joy Dare Collection by Ann Voskamp. She has a wonderful website for those who want to know more at ANNVOSKAMP.COM. She also has a book called 1000 gifts. I started reading it about a month ago and thought this would be a great challenge for me. My goal is to write about or photograph the 3 Gifts of the day and post them on here. A gift is simply something I am thankful for no matter how small or insignificant to someone else. This is a year long challenge. So this is what I am thankful for:
June 1st
3 Gifts Orange
1- The orange candle in the bathroom. I love the smell
2-Goldfish Crackers, my Little Lady loves to eat them all the time so they make me think of her.
3-Orange race tracks for hotwheels. These are my husbands. As strange as it may sound we have had many great times racing cars on the tracks at night and I am so glad they provide a stress release for My Love.
June 2nd
3 Gifts Funny
This one is easy, I have 3 children and they all make me laugh. Bubba is always quoting movies, Little Lady loves changing her outfits a million times a day and Little Man loves to dance to music, rocking his little hips... They are so funny! I love to watch them interact with one another.
Michelle! I soooo relate - life with 3 little ones drives me to my knees daily. There are some high highs and low lows, for sure. 1000 Gifts was incredibly encouraging and convicting to me, and this is a great one year challenge - thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAlexis, It is good to know others who are in the same boat...hard to believe we both have three kids!! How quickly life changes ;-)
DeleteMy little girl changes her clothes ten times daily too! I think the next dresser needs locks. I put her to bed, and sometimes in the morning, the lights are on, clothes are on the floor and she's wearing a princess dress sleeping in her bed :)
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