Desperate

Lately, I have been struggling with an issue in my life. It is big. It is ugly. And it doesn't seem to be changing. 

I have cried out to the Lord while seeking solutions. I have prayed while trying to fix it. 

This morning, I realized something. 

I am broken. This is something, I just can't fix. I can fix my daughter's dirty diaper and I can fix a bad recipe, but I can't fix this. 

I think that is where God wants me right now. He wants me to stop trying on my own. Although I have been praying, I have been seeking my own answers. 

So here I am. No answers. No solutions. Just desperate for my Abba Father in Heaven to fix it. 

And I believe He will. 

I just need to pray for the patience to wait on His timing! 

If you have any words of wisdom or advice, please share. Prayers are always good, too.

Becky at Tales of Beauty For Ashes

Sarah at Fontenot Four  

Kelly at Exceptionalistic
Falen at Upward Not Inward

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A trail of clues

Today, Gracie fed herself. 

I came into the kitchen to this:

Where's Gracie?

 

Not here...

Where is she??

 Mystery solved...Gracie does not like edamame.

Marriage Myth #2 - Marriage will make you happy

Last week, I talked about Marriage Myth #1: Marriage will be easy

  

Marriage Myth #2: Marriage will make you happy. 

Of course, we all hope this to be true. Disney teaches us that we deserve a happily ever after. 

Fact: Marriage has not made me a happier person. 

Don't get me wrong, I have oodles of happiness in my life. I am in love with my husband. I have a beautiful daughter. But, marriage did not make me happy.

Folks, if you haven't understood this yet, then please take it in now: Marriage is HARD. 

When two people live together and walk through life together, there will be times of happiness and times of great heartache. 

I am not the first person to suggest this concept, I believe the first One was the Almighty God when He invented marriage:

Marriage isn't meant to make you happy. Marriage is meant to make you holy. 

Through the hard times, you grow. Through the arguments, you (hopefully) grow. Through the sorrow, you grow. Hopefully, you learn to lean on your Savior even more. 

Fact: Marriage has not made me a happier person, but it has made me more holy. 

Praise God. 

Weigh in: What do you think? What is the purpose of marriage? Is it to make people happy?  

  

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Vacation Food

One thing that is very important on vacation...food. 

Since it is my birthday month, I have oodles of coupons for my birthday. We lived it up on day one of our vacation

 with free food from all over. See the places we went? YUM!

We also brought our own basil for the calzones and the caprese.

Even Gracie got a little calzone!

We also had fajitas and fresh guacamole! 

(Unfortunately, we didn't eat it all, and the guacamole wasn't so fresh when we got home two days later...)

What are some staple meals you make for vacation?

Vacation to Hot Springs, Arkansas

We just got back from a quick vacation to Arkansas. 

 We stayed at a quaint little cabin in Hot Springs. 

I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the cabin! It really only would have been one picture, that cabin was VERY small. It reminded me of a hunting cabin in East Texas.

We took walks. 

 

We played games (anyone know what game this is?)

 

We looked at flowers.

 

We played in the water (we being Greg). 

I have noticed a pattern here:

At our vacay in Branson last fall...

In Seattle during our Honeymoon #3...

 

Happy Ten Month Birthday!

My Little Love,

This month, you are celebrating ten months of life. I know that in the blink of an eye, you will be celebrating ten years of life. I am flabbergasted at how time flies. 

You delight my heart, and bring so much joy to your daddy. I am amazed at how you can make even the most cranky looking people smile like the Cheshire Cat. 

You are crawling like crazy, and you got some speed on you, too! When you are on ground you don't enjoy (grass, pavement, etc), you morph into a bear crawl. You stick your little cloth diapered booty way up in the air and crawl. It makes me laugh. 

You are a smart little thing. Yesterday, you were in your walker and you tried to climb out to get into the dishwasher. I fixed it so you couldn't, then you backed up into the dishwasher so you could reach the forbidden objects. 

You are a little toot. When you are finished eating, you show me by throwing your food on the floor. It would be funny, if I wasn't the one cleaning it up! I look forward to the day you are able to help me, then you can drop food as much as you want! 

You are my sunshine. I love waking you up in the morning and rocking you to sleep each night. Life has become so much richer with you a part of it. 

We love you, little one! 

Love,

Mommy and Daddy