Beyond Bringing Up Boys

I have been huffing and puffing through my morning exercise, wondering how on the earth I got SO out of shape! After a night of sitting up in the chair, with a fan blowing on my face to feel like I could breathe, I decided that a trip to see the doc was in order. There is a reason that I have been huffing…pneumonia! My temp is creeping up and after what I went through in late Feb, this makes me a little nervous. I’m thinking that I must be very slow to learn what God is trying to teach me since He continues to allow these medical issues to grind my life to a very slow pace, if not a halt! :-)

About 1 year ago, we first brought the boys with us to Georgia to visit the school they would be attending (and David would be teaching)this year. David had taught in Kentucky for 10 years and so basically Zachary had spent almost 9 years of his life in and out of that building. The first few--just visiting daddy and K-4 in elementary school. The boys were so overwhelmed the day we visited here at the size of the school and the prospects of making new friends. Today was the program for the first graders. It was so sweet. I saw happiness written on the face of Samuel, so comfortable with his class and friends. Zachary burst in the door tonight after church, so excited to talk about the service, where the leader of Casting Crowns, Mark Hall, speaks. And David speaks often about what a privilege it is to get paid for what he loves to do. Since I don't visit the school often, I still feel a sense of uncertainty when I walk through the doors. It is large and overwhleming! Today, h...

He's learning early to "put on the whole armor!" :-)