Thank you so much for you kind words of congrats for my birthday..it was a wonderful day full of friends, frappuccinos, lunch in downtown franklin, the pool with my kiddies and my dear friend lesley then on to dinner with some more good friends.

At the end of the day, like many mothers and fathers I went to my girls bedside, kneeled beside them and thanked God for the rich blessings they are to my life and thanked God for how many wonderful people I am blessed to call friends and to have such a wonderful man for a husband.

Life can be so hard.... as I have witnessed from the events of my dear friend's loss this week. I thank you for your prayers for her.

I hope to never, ever see anything as sad as what I saw in her eyes. I was amazed that in the midst of such pain her faith was still standing.... the peace that passes all understanding at work in her life.

It is hard that life just rolls on, we stop for a moment and cry then we keep going.

I guess that knowing that our lives have a greater purpose and all the mysteries will be revealed one day... maybe that is what keeps us going through the very hard days.

I am so glad that we have a savior. that we have someone to lean on in the darkness.. maybe we never are in darkness, maybe it just feels like it.

God is good.

Blessings,
Cindy

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This morning I was lying on the couch with my daughter Savannah underneath her Dora blanket. Looking into her blue eyes I felt so blessed to be here to be her mom.

I am attending the funeral of a friend who lost her baby. I dread it. I don't know what I will say to her, I just know that I have to be there. Please pray for her today that God will carry her through and give her peace.

Please pray that I can be His hands and feet.

God is good.
Cindy

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We were sitting out on the porch. Sigmund, the girls and I counting fireflies.

Life is so full of sadness and beauty all at the same time. It reminded me of when I was a girl like Olivia is now.. I used to love to run into the dark to try and catch the fireflies.

I was, unfortunately, good at catching them and they always ended up in a mason jar. I want to think that I released them but I'm sure there were a few that never shined again because of me. I have received sad news about a friend today. I so wish that nothing sad would ever happen again. I wish life was always as perfect as the four of us sitting on the porch watching those fireflies shine... but someone or something seems to always come along and cram you in a jar. Mess up the peace and the joy.... but our peace and joy comes not from external things but from the spirit of Christ inside us......

I just need to pray.

I just need to remember that everything under the sun has a purpose and a time.

I'm sure this doesn't make as much sense to you as it should as I am leaving out so many details... but I have a feeling, you know where I'm coming from.

God is good. I know He is Good. He is in control and can do what He says He can do. God is Good.
Good night.
C

Jam 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (KJV+)

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It is the end of the day and me, like most working mothers, when you come home, you straighten the house run a bath for the kids, bring in the mail, put clothes in the laundry, dishes in the dishwasher, think about how much you got done and of course, all that you didn't.

My daughter Olivia just came up behind me in a towel, fresh from the bubbles and gave me a little hug. Life never feels finished but it feels that it is running away from you.

That your kids are growing up before you can catch up. I think the hardest word to learn is "no".. the hardest phrase is, "No, I don't think I have time to do that".

Priorities.
I am struggling with that. Please pray for me that I make the right choices. I will pray for you too.

Prayer requests?

I have never thought to open the floor for that but I would love for there to be a place here that you can voice prayer requests. Only if you want. Where two or three are gathered together, right? Think it over.

Have a good night. God is Good.
Cindy

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