"Where does my help come from

my help comes from the Lord, the maker, of Heaven and Earth."  Whew, there are days and then there are daaaayyyyyzzzz.  You know what I mean.  Those days when the whole house gets up (in this instance at 5 am) and you know you all should just go back to bed and start all over.  These days come whether you have children or not.  I remember being in college and waking up some mornings and stubbing my toe or burning my toast and saying, "Oh no, let's just go back to bed and start all over" (and no, these weren't mornings after long nights honky tonkin' around Texas .... usually).  However, throw a kid (or 2 in our case now praise the Lord) and it makes it even tougher.  You aren't only responsible for trying to make your day go better, but their day as well.  And also your husband McGruff.  Although tough, it is worth every learning moment.  I am thankful that I get my strength and help from the Lord and not my own reserve.  That well was dried up long ago ... I think about the age of 10.  Yesterday after Kirby was drug (yes, she did not want to go for a change) to school and it was just me and Patton buddy, I propped up my Bible and had my much needed quiet time while I nursed.  I had to get it in somehow.  No, the day did not instantly become a good day, but my attitude and responses were better.  I was given a moment or so to rest.  I was blessed with a happy, bubbly Kirby Rose when she got home from school.  Her and I hung out playing, painting nails, and making toilet paper tubes into imaginary people that evening.  So much better than how the day started at 5 am.  My question for you this morning is where is your source of energy and refreshment?  Please tell me not coffee, diet coke or 5 hour energy drinks ... we all know where that leads ... an addiction and a crash.  Get addicted to His word ... it never fails and never crashes.


On another note, we had a wonderful visitor this last weekend ... Paw Paw came to meet his first ever grandSon.  So proud.  It was really hard for me to see him leave.  I just wanted to cry as he walked out the back door.  I know I am blessed to have family here, but it is different than having your own mom or dad right up the road.  Although I consider them the same, its just different.  You know what I mean.

He made CRs special request of Chicken Fried Steak and then also his wonderful Spaghetti and Meatballs.  Yummo - love it when he comes and cooks.  Kirby loves it when Paw is here because he gets her out of bed every morning and they snuggle and watch Mickey Mouse - same thing he used to do with Kyleigh when she was Kirby's age.  I know he misses that and I am so thankful he has some opportunities to do it with Kirby.  Monday morning when she got up the first thing she asked for in her cranky, long dramatic way was, "whhhhheerrrrres pawwwwww?"  We miss him already!

Kirby has had the wonderful opportunity to learn about bottle feeding calves.  This is why she looks for udders on all large animals and tries to get Koda to put something in a cup when she puts it under her.  Oh the imaginations.  She loves this calf.  Every morning when she is getting dressed she says she has to go to work and feed Squirt.  I love this crazy and magical life we live on the farm!

Go out and be blessed today with what surrounds you.  Don't look for fulfillment in anything but what is right under your nose.  You never know, you may discover something you never noticed before in someone or something else.  

 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God,   the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint,   and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary,and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;   they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary;   they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31