~~FEMININE MATTERS~~

WHEN BEING ME IS NOT ENOUGH

I AM...so you don't have to be.  Such a profound statement, don't you think?  How often do we fret and worry over things we cannot control?  How many things in your day today are you truly able to effect or change?  And if you can't, what does it matter?  We don't have to BE God.  We don't have to live as though we do.  We don't have to pretend that we are.  We have as much of God as we allow Him to be in and through us.

I saw this ad at one of my friend's links. It is for an online Bible-study. 

I AM...SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE.

Gosh that title intrigues me.  It woos me.  It beckons.  Stop trying to play superwife, supermom, supergrama, superwriter, superhomemaker, superChristian.  I am not God.  I cannot do it all.  I cannot to it perfectly.  But He can...the great I AM.  May we all remember that when we face the giants we need not fight in life.  Let God have them.  He brought them into my life or allowed them to enter.  So let Him fight them.  I don't have to because I'm not God.  Thank the Lord.    I haven't participated in this online study written by Lisa McKay.  But perhaps you will want to.  Just thought I'd mention it in passing as I write it down on my to-do list.  selahV

GOTTA LOVE THOSE GIRLS!

How could I say no?  The girls made it for me.  A hula skirt fashioned with pink and purple crepe paper streamers left over from decorating my 60th birthday party.  Yeah.  Can ya beat that?

I wore it with the lei necklace we purchased for the Hawaiian theme party.  We all got a lei but not everyone wore theirs.  Party poopers.  Abby and Brooklyn also helped me create a tissue flower pinata.  We had such fun twisting various shades of paper and taping them one by one to a paper bag.  We filled it with all kinds of kiddie goodies and the four girls, Kinsey--21 months, HayJ--3 years (almost 4), Abby--6 (almost 7), and Brooklyn--10, took turns whacking at the beautifully colored pinata.  They loved it.  I mean really, really loved it.  It was such a great idea I had.

So here you have the fun and frolick of beating the pinata to a pulp.  The scramble was on to retrieve all the goodies within:  Kinsey thought it a great idea to put wrapped sweet-tarts in her mouth to resemble a walrus.  The pinata was such a hit (pun intended), I may just keep it and use it again on some ordinary day to have a fun game.  I'll fill it with cheese and peanutbutter crackers, a few balloons and some Dollar-tree Store toys, and abra-ca-dabrah!  Instant fun.

  We tried eating the strawberry cupcakes, but everyone was full from the turkey dinner I'd cooked.  Kinsey and HayJ had cupcakes.  Kinsey ate off the frosting and grabbed another.

My special entrance into the six decade was a delight.  At least it was for the girls and me.  I got this funny card with a goofy Yahoo message in it and Kinsey found it the most intriguing thing.  She kept opening and closing it and laughing.  Then she did some investigating and was almost ready to dismantle it when I rescued the card for another day of listening pleasure.

I have so many photos from this event to lock inside my album of memories.  But I did want to share these few.  Hope you enjoyed my party.  selahV