Best Friends and Snow Days

Best Friends and Snow Days

"She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet."

~ Proverbs 21:31 (NKJV)

You know the scare you get when your phone rings in the middle of the night? Well, this morning at 4:45am, I was sound asleep in bed next to my husband when I got that scare. Did something happen to one of our parents? No. What about my adult step-son who lives with us and hadn't come home last night? No. My sister? No...It was the school where my son attends kindergarten. We were hit with a winter storm last night, and school was cancelled for the day. This evening was supposed to be the school Christmas program, and my heart sank. I know how excited my little boy was for this evening, and I worried that he would be upset. (I have to admit, I was looking forward to it, too. I think it's so cute to see the little ones on-stage.)

I crawled back into bed to sleep until everyone else in the house to wake up (and get warm again...it was COLD this morning!) Around 7:15am, my 5- and 3-year olds came to our bedroom door and asked if they could get in bed with us. I love to cuddle with my babies, so of course we let them. When daylight started peaking through our window blinds, the 5-year old asked why I wasn't getting his things ready for school. I broke the news to him, expecting to see sadness in his face. Instead, he giggled and dove under the quilt, shouting, "Yay! I get to stay home with my best friends today!" I told him that his friends wouldn't be coming to our house because the roads were really bad, so they had to stay at their own houses today and explained that their show for tonight was cancelled for the same reason. He looked at me and said, "No, Mommy, You guys are my best friends.And don't worry about the program, Mommy. I can sing all my songs for you guys. Besides, I don't know all those other mommies and daddies that were gonna' come and see me tonight."  Now who wouldn't smile at that??

Bring on tomorrow!

I Can Face Tomorrow

"It is God who arms me with strength,
      And makes my way perfect.
  He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
         And sets me on my high places."
~ Psalm 18: 32-33

Every day. Every single day. No matter what kind of mood I am in, or how down I feel, every day I can find a reason to smile. A reason to look forward to tomorrow. Whether it be something one of my kids does, something on television, something I read, or even something as simple as the way the sunlight hits a certain tree. If I just take the time to look at the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, I can find so many reasons to smile.

This is my first blog. Hopefully the first of many. One of my favorite songs is an old hymn called Because He Lives.  The chorus of that song starts "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow...".  I am going to write about some of the many things that make me realize that I really can face tomorrow.

Yesterday, one of the nicest people I have ever known went home to spend eternity with the Lord. I was sitting at my kitchen table with my son, painting Christmas ornaments, when I got the call from my mom that she had passed. I began to cry, my mind racing with memories of the times that I had spent with her, and thinking of how her children and grandchildren must be hurting. Then it hit me. She was a woman that found good in everyone she met, and was loved by all who knew her. She was a christian, and a pillar in our church.  She was ready to go, and everyone that knew her knows that she is now in Heaven with her parents and her husband, looking down on us all. That is reason enough for me to smile.

Bring on tomorrow!