The Sweetest Outcome

       "I still remember the days I prayed for the things I have now"

I saw this quote on Instagram recently and I couldn't stop thinking about it. 

How often do we pray fiercely for something our heart desires and when we get it, we forget and can take those things for granted. 

On this day 3 years ago I wrote in my prayer journal..

"Lord, Thank You for our many blessings. Health, Family, Friends, and Each other.

I pray, if it is Your will, that You bless us with a child of our own. I so desperately want to be a mother. Lord, help me to trust in YOUR timing"

Well, we all know how that ended up!

             I highly recommend journaling your prayers so you can look back on them and see how 

God has worked in your life. It's usually not how or when you'd like it, but once the storm has settled, you see that there may have been a reason for it and my outcome was pretty darn sweet.

Toddlers: Big Drama in a Little Body

Today has been one of those days. 

The type where the minute you open your eyes your toddler is just being all toddler-y and the sun isn’t even up. Before 10 am she’s already thrown several tantrums in public all because she wants to wear another moms Ugg’s at her gym class or I won’t let her type on the cash register at Target. 

The type of day you so look forward to the plans you have while she naps like making Toddler muffins before that banana you’ve been saving grows mold and maybe watch that show that’s been recorded and waiting for you.

But toddlers usually have different plans. Like screaming until they finally fall asleep in your arms and every time you try to make the transfer, it’s met with a blood curdling scream. 

So I gave up.

 It’s okay if she doesn’t nap today and the muffins aren’t baked. It’s okay if I eat a handful of chocolate chips even if I had been so successful on my diet. 

It’s okay because “His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning” . Thank goodness for that!