Comments on Lisa writes...: Their mom is a pauper

Lisa, this made me both laugh and choke up. The ...

2012-01-07T21:44:27.414-06:00

Lisa, this made me both laugh and choke up. The latter because I lost my mom last spring and think those same thoughts about time and aging when I look at the old photos. The former, because at 60 I still feel "young" inside so I asked my 4 yr old grandson Jimmy the other day if I was "old" or "really old". Answer: "Really Old!" hahaha!

ps. Don't worry about your kids too much. Just pray a lot. :)

I love this post. " I am far from the perfect...

2012-01-04T14:13:52.507-06:00

I love this post. " I am far from the perfect mom yet I belong to the One whose arm is not too short to save!" I need to remember this thought. So thankful for God's amazing, extravagant grace.

"... yet I belong to the One whose arm is not...

2012-01-04T12:47:59.953-06:00

"... yet I belong to the One whose arm is not too short to save!" I love Isaiah 59! (I also love Isaiah 58 and 60, and all the other chapters extending up and down.) Years ago I subbed in a High School Sunday School class at the last minute and with no lesson prepared decided to go with Isaiah 59:1-2. We had some great discussion going that day.

As for my kids thinking I'm cool or lame, I think they tend to go with lame more often than cool, but a couple months ago my son brought home some friends from college and after they left we found out they told him his parents were the cool parents. Believe me, I'm planning on reminding him of that when the situation warrants.

Cheers,
Tim

The verses really tell it all. He has done so much...

2012-01-04T10:04:01.891-06:00

The verses really tell it all. He has done so much for us...

One thing with me and my boys is that I hear and t...

2012-01-04T09:37:56.866-06:00

One thing with me and my boys is that I hear and take an interest in their music. One day, my youngest son had on a band t-shirt. The name of the band was creatively drawn, but I could't quite make it out, so I asked him to tell me. I had heard of them, so I said, "Oh yeah, I have heard of them." Later that day, on his Facebook, is status was, "My mom knows band names. Is that cool, or what?" That made my day. I don't want to be seen as totally out of touch by them, and I don't want to be seen as a woman trying to be young (they have friends with mothers like that), but it's nice to know they used the world "cool" with something I did.