Journeys of one mom

I don't know how it is at your house, but here it gets pretty crazy!  We have lots going on between doctoring, therapies, medical stuff at home, 4-H clubs, family gatherings, homeschool, and THEN you add on normal every day life.  One thing we are striving to instill in our kids is how to conserve our spoons.  (Spoons represent the energy we have to spend... Google the "spoon theory" to better understand!) One way of conserving is finding ways to manage the chaos!  Setting a schedule, making goals, having lists that are defined what need done this day to prepare for another day! I have become very OCD about checklists and calendars.  I know for me, I spend my spoons fast when I'm not prepared.  What happens when your not prepared?  You manage to race around as fast as you possibly can and your scrambling to find everything you need, put together what has to go with you and then you get there and realize half of what you need... well, it's M.I.A.!!  Most rece

I haven't been a great blogger here as of late... I think some of it is because I'm tired of posting the medical.  But in all reality, that's where my life is right now and to be honest, I'm struggling in it.  So, my blog is called "journeys of one mom"... so join my journey right now! This morning I got up and started to read the Bible.  I have been really wrestling with anger lately.  Anger about what my kids are going through, anger about my own health because I want to be and do everything for my kids and lighten the load/burden my husband carries so selflessly everyday with out ever complaining!  That anger has brought me down.  It's lowered my moral, it's lowered my opinions and it's drug my moods right through the dirt!  Ever been there?  I guess you could say I have been in a pit.  As I opened my Bible today, I came to Jeremiah.  I love the book of Jeremiah! But in Chapter 10 Verse 23 it says, "I know, O Lord, that a man's li

I don't know about you, but my kids are really into frozen right now.  I hear the songs over and over.  I hear them quoting the movie and I have to admit, if the movie isn't turned on at least once a day, I fear something is INCREDIBLY wrong within my home!  Today, I was feeling quite thoughtful!  I get that way often and I usually don't voice my thoughts outside of the realms of my home as much as I'd like!  I know... SHOCKING! I have lots more to say than I really say! My thoughts here lately have been jumbled with LOADS of emotions... I heard someone sharing the other day how special needs families... families living with chronic illness often begin to feel secluded.  They see their friends pull back... for many reasons! Sometimes it's because they're overwhelmed, sometimes because they don't understand, sometimes because they can't deal with trying to work around all the "needs" you have to accommodate just to walk out of your door...