Not Bleeding Ink

My heart is full and it can't be spilled out through the keyboard this time. Different reasons, but I love what my friend Lisa Copen wrote yesterday: God says no to me making it into a message. “No, this will take time. This is between you and I. You do not have to save the world. You are not God. I am God, and I have something to teach you.” I am not getting the Cliff Notes version of God’s instruction. He is digging much deeper into my heart. And my character. And it hurts. I realize how weak I really am...

 Read more from Lisa beautiful post at Mother's Day Reflections on God's Plan.

Mother's Day

I started writing on my stroke blog today, what I thought would be just a stroke recovery update. But as is typical of this after-infertility-mom, my thoughts quickly turned to Mother's Day. Read here and be sure to catch the open letter to pastors at the end!

Cutie

Our girl in her new glasses:

18 Month Stroke Update

I just posted stroke news, a year and a half into recovery, over at StrokeOfGrace.blogspot.com, for anyone interested in the progress. :) I also shared about my newest chronic illness diagnosis.

math wizard

My 7-year-old (who is whizzing through and about to finish his 4th grade math book), grasps most math concepts incredibly well, but we realized we need to readdress fractions tonight! He came in from feeding the chickens and informed his dad that they still had 1/3rd of 10/3rds of the container of water. Say what???

I think the statement would be totally age appropriate. I wouldn't have really even given it a second thought past the initial giggle, had I not seen him work out many much more complex fractions in the past!

Nail Polish on Linoleum

For what it's worth, Borax seems to be a workable solution to the issue that greeted me when I got up this morning, nail polish on the kitchen linoleum floor. We Googled so many options and most recommended nail polish remover, with the caution to try a test patch first as it could well damage the flooring. One lady shared what she had stumbled upon by trail and error, so it was our first option and seems to be non-toxic, non-damaging and seems to be working. Our daughter is mopping now then we will go back to tackle the remnants of the stain.

"Fun" Times

It has been an interesting 24 hours at our house. The 7-year-old has missed two major outing / privileges for refusing to do as he's told and vehemently arguing with me. He has lost 7 trash bags full of things from his room (about 5 bags worth hidden in his bed!) that haven't been cared for or put away in nearly two weeks. This was 2 hours after he first informed me his room was "clean" and he was given clarified instruct on what my definition of clean actually meant, along with multiple opportunities to make a serious effort to meet that definition.

Meanwhile, my husband (who has been sick, in bed, since Thursday) went to the back yard to check on our 10-year-old, only to find her happily painting our chickens' claws with nail polish! No words...

Here's what else is going on with my health: New Issues