The last few weeks has been an eye opener for me as a mom, a woman, and a sister. As a mom I realised that I just don't have enough hours in the day. I mean it has been weeks since my last post. I usually check my email once a week. I mean I do all the important things well. Better than well. I am an excellent mom. Some may not agree, and it even took me a long time to realise that myself. But I am. I love my kids and they always come first. I have realised that I may not have the time to do all the things I want to do, but I have all the time in the world to do the things I am called to do. Being a mom is a ministry. It is something you are called to. Weaving integrity and character into these little lives, teaching them values that they will 'hopefully' hold dear to for the rest of their lives. What could possibly be more important? I am a mom. And that's a wonderful thing.

I have also learned that I am too hard on myself and care too much. I allow other people to drag me down, with their false ideas of who I am. Even if it is only one person, that one person's opinion can scar me. But worse, I allow it to. Rather than focusing on where my worth comes from, and all the other wonderful people in my life who truly know me. Who have taken the time and don't judge me for my faults or mistakes. But embrace me for who I am. I truly blessed to have people in my life like that. Who will pull me out of the mud. And I am even blessed to have that one person in my life who will try to pull me down, to remind me how blessed I am to have those who don't.

And for those who know me, make me feel so blessed. This week I was paid the highest compliment from my sister. She made me feel like I was her sister. So much so that it made me cry. We are sisters, not by blood, but by marriage and I am so blessed and overjoyed that she sees it that way too. Both of our lives are enriched because of that. Thank you so much TM, you have no idea how much that meant to me.

Here are a few snap shots of our life in the last month or so. No Christmas shots, no post about Kynan (yet), just our life. I guess I am too busy just enjoying life.