Mason on an appetite "increasant"

Mason on appetite "increasant"
9:40 pm.
In a "benedryl, type stupor"

In reference to a "go to bed" (again) request countered with an "I'm hungry" whine.

M: " but daaaadddd,  I NEEEEEEED to eat something. I need a popcicle-> it has TONS of protein and I need protein."
Dad: "No Mason it does not have tons of protein---it has tons of sugar"
M: "No Dad, I NEED PROTEIN! What else can I eat? "
Dad: "a cow. THAT has protein."
M: "do we have any cow?"
Dad: "no but we have milk and milk comes from cows!"
M: "Chocolate milk???? does it have tons of protein? Cuz I neeeeeed protein"
Dad: "Do you know what protein does? "
M: "yes, it makes your brain grow, mommy said"


Mason 4 years and 2 weeks. He is my smartest baby ever.

Shingles at 35

I have been ill. I have shingles. 

As I am in pain, struggling through my day, I have had lots of time to think. I have been thinking of all the people I know with "invisible chronic diseases". I have been thinking of those with chronic pain. I have been thinking of people with no health care (no political statements here). I have been thinking of all the days of countless blessings God has given me. I have been thinking of the great year of pretty good health my family has had this past year.  I have been thinking of the family friends we know with children with cancer! Oh, Lord, Bless them. 

I sat down to my computer in my lazy, I don't want to do anything, read FB moments, and I opened a friend's blog. It was titled "Just me". She states she is lots of things to lots of people but here in this blog she is "just her". I began to think, "who am I?" I don't know who I am. Just me. Who am I? I don't know what I do in my spare time. I don't know what my hobbies are. I don't know what my favorite movie is. I don't know what my favorite book is. I feel a little lost. 

I know, I know, I know, I know, I have a husband (who has pneumonia right now, by the way. Dude! I have shingles, could you have waited until I was done being sick before you started getting pneumonia, please!)  I have a 10 yo (next week),  I have a 7 yo, I have a 3 yo, I have a 1 yo, I have chores, I have responsibilities, I have people who count on me. I have plenty to DO. I am always busy. But I wonder, is there more to ME? 

I sound so selfish. I am me. I am all those things. But I can't answer the basic questions. I don't read--so what books do I like? --well, I have no idea. I don't go to the movies--so how do I know what is on these days? I don't Pinterest. I don't do art. I don't do crafts. I don't cook/bake (when not required to do so). I don't go shopping. I don't go on "girl time" dates. My room is a mess and it bothers me. I clean the entire house but not my room. 

So, here I go.... I embark on a mission..... I shall find myself. Please pray I find myself close by. I don't want to get lost out there in the scary world. Please post on here or FB any good SMALL project to try or books to read, (make the books fun and SHORT, library or borrowed). Ask me any questions that I might need to answer in order to find myself. I will try. I will. 

I do like to write. But I don't ever do that either. I like to speak on Missions. I like to speak about parenting. I like to encourage. Hum, we might be on to something............................

July 2, 2012

Confirmation/Affirmation

If we follow the Leader, He will confirm/affirm us. 

As I search for my place, my position, my soil to bloom in, 

I ask questions, I pursue, I dig.

Some days it seems useless, 

Some days it seems like time is not on my side. 

And as a faithful servant, 

The affirmation comes by way of the most unexpected source,

YOU! My peers. 

Thank you dear friends for following God's lead and the prompting of the Holy Spirit, 

In your affirmation. 

You will never truly know the impact you have had on my life, 

In just those few spoken words of encouragement, discernment, prophecy and love. 

Not answers, not expicit direction, not details, 

but just the words I was supposed to hear, 

at the time I was supposed to hear them. 

 

YOU are a blessing to me. 

Thank you for doing YOUR part in my life. 

April 2012

 Levi James Palmer March 30th, 2011

 Look how tiny my feet are!

 The Monster and the Frog

April 2011, Waco, TX

Haughton LA

We now call Haughton Louisiana home. Haughton is a lovely place just outside of Shreveport/Bossier City Louisiana. I have no idea how big or small it is; I only know how blessed we have been all the way from beginning interview til even last weekend at Jeremy's ordination service. The service was fantastic! We are so blessed!

One year later

To say it has been a while is an understatement! I am not sure how time got away from me like this. Then again so many things have happened...how shall i even  catch up? For now I will blame facebook. Lets start with pictures of Levi James Palmer. Born March 30th 2011. 2:55 am. 6 lbs. 4 oz. 19 3/4 inches.