A Martin Minute

Moments of fun & laughter. Moments of tears. Moments of fear. Moments of joy. All these moments are times when we need to remind ourselves - GOD IS SOVEREIGN! As I sat at the hospital today I sat with some of my original gang I cried.  God placed me in this family in HIS omniscient plan we are where we are supposed to be.  The hospital waiting room was not on our radar, but on HIS.  It was there we prayed & cried & laughed & counted our Mom as one of our top blessings. Prayers - the C word is scary. Prayers - for doctor's steady hands & wisdom. Prayers & rejoicing - the lymph nodes are clear. Prayers of thankfulness for putting me with this bunch. There are times people thought my parents were crazy for having 6 kiddos.  (I get funny reactions sometimes when I tell people I have 4.)  Well, if you were there today you saw a family who places God first.  The moments like today, full of every emotion under the sun, are moments when I want to say, &

Whitty-Whitt is 7! He has started FIRST grade & is starting to read. He is making new friends! He is learning new sports & growing his imagination. He is loving life! It is a joy to be Whitty's mom - he is so real.  He is who he is & you cannot help but love him.  He is his own version of AWESOMENESS. Whitty, Thank you for your sweet smile & your special hugs. Thank you for smiling at me from the baseball field - I love that. Thank you for letting me still give you a kiss in the lunchroom & not being too embarrassed. Thank you for being brave at a new school - you were way braver than me =) I love you & cannot wait to see what this 7th year will bring.  I know it will bring easy days & hard days, but each one will bring more love. I love you ~ Mommy P.S. for the record I am early on this post - yay me!

Some people have BEAUTIFUL pieces of furniture in every room on every wall. I do have some nice pieces, but I am being real - sometimes they become race tracks. The trunk that used to sit at my grandmother's house is one of Littlest Baby's favorite places to play cars.  His second favorite place is the dining room table I inherited from my other grandmother, and then my other grandmother bought me a pad to top it off & protect it - THAT was being real. The table has about 8 Hot Wheels on it & the trunk has about 10 behind it. I have the table double-covered, but he sits in the chair & lines up his cars & trucks & has a blast. REAL = Hot Wheels in the dining room Now if I can just remember this - being real & present s more important than clean & pretty.