One Little Step At A Time {Including God in our Day}

So in the need to be completely honest … I want to share with you one thing that I am struggling with right now.

It really isn't easy to say but I am sure I am not the only who struggles with this.

So here goes …

We are a Christian family who believes in God but … I struggle with showing my kids what it looks like to live in a Christian home.

We don't pray out loud.

My kids don't see me reading the Bible.

Since Hudson was born, I have struggled going to church.

My husband and I don't pray together.

And the reason this is all really bothering me now is that I just came to the realization that the Bigs only have about 5 more years at home before they go to college and are probably out of the house.

I don't want them to start their own lives and their own families without God at the center of it all and unfortunately I haven't been a good example to them.

 

 So to gain a little help and a little perspective I reached out to Heather MacFadyan from the God Centered Mom {godcenteredmom.com}. Heather has an awesome podcast and I figured if I wanted to be a God Centered Mom she was the woman I wanted to talk to. So I sent her an email of what I wanted to work on and she actually emailed me back. And really quickly. She sent me some practical advice and we are going to get started right away. {I actually offered to share this with her community and be on her "That's Me" podcast. I am not sure if that will happen or not. But wouldn't it be lovely if it did!}

So even though it would have been better if I started when they were young … I am going to start now.

Now … I am not going to change everything. But I am going to start slowly. I am going to start praying with my kids at dinner time. I am going to pray out loud when I am struggling with something in my day to day. We are going to start going to church on Sunday. I am going to ask my Bigs if I can pray for them when they are struggling.

And for the Littles … we are going to start by reading the Jesus Storybook Bible together at night before bed.

Nothing too crazy … just some intentional acts we can do on a daily basis. I look forward to seeing how this changes my house. Maybe it will change some attitudes. Maybe this will lead us down a path of better things.

Really?!? What have I been up to?

I am sure you have been wondering ... why would she start a blog and then not post.

Yeah ... I am right there with you.

So what has been going on ... Maysie has been sick. And she is not easy when she is sick. She stole Hudson's pacifier when we were battling thrush and now she has it. Also, she had a fever which gave her fever blisters on her lips. She doesn't want to drink anything and she doesn't want to eat anything.

She does a lot of crying and whining. She says she needs me about 2 billion times a day. She wants me to just sit with her. She doesn't sleep. I have to tackle her to take her medicine. She tells me she has boo boo's. She is basically miserable.

And that means I am miserable. It means that I am not sleeping. It means that at the end of the day I am officially "touched" out.

Between feeding the baby, taking care of Maysie, and taking Jacob to soccer, I have had little time to do anything else.

I am thankful to be a Mom but weeks like this wear me out.

So here is what we have been doing ... in pictures.

Jacob had his first travel soccer game about an hour away from the house. They lost but we still had fun spending time together.

Sleeping. Sleeping. Sleeping. Thank goodness for small miracles.

Brand new coffee mug! I love Anthropologie! And yellow just makes me happy.

Detox baths. They made her smile even though it didn't last that long.

Hudson is so good. He is very laid back and extremely easy going. He only cries when he is hungry which is every two hours. But who is looking at the clock.

This is what Maysie wants me to do. Put my cold hands on her back. She says it makes her feel better.

And this is how most of our days go. Maysie has to have her arm up my sleeve and Hudson lays on my chest. I can barely move. But these kiddos are my whole world. I guess spending a week laying around cuddling my littles is more of a luxury than a curse. 

You may have to remind me of that when I am waking up every single hour during the night taking care of them.