TheStuff

It's been awhile...yes, a long while.

My life has been a crazy whirlwind of stuff the past few months.

Yes, I have thought about blogging.

I've thought about it often.

Even taken pictures for the big event.

I've thought about telling you all about how crazy busy my days are! How much stuff I have to get done and not enough time to get it done in! Cleaning the house! Doing laundry and dishes! Running here and there! Never having enough time for myself!

I've thought about telling you all about the long hours that we have been putting it at our new building for Epic! How tired I'm getting of painting cute little sea turtles and jungle trees on the walls! How I don't have time to be writing our own curriculum! That my poor little girls are so tired of spending hours on end watching us paint and trying to find something to keep them occupied!

I've thought about telling you all about the busy week of the Children's Resale! All the hours that go into getting stuff ready! The fact that two of my children came down with bronchitus that week!

I've thought about whining to all of you about being bed ridden for the last four days because I am sicker than I have ever been in my entire life! Complaining about how miserable I have felt!...the body aches and chills. The uncontrollable coughing and the sleepless nights! And now, waiting for Friday afternoon to come so I can go have a CT scan done because the radiologist didn't like what he saw in my chest x-rays!

But really....who wants to hear all that junk?!?!

Kaicee came home from school today and was so excited about two songs that her music teacher sang today at the school's talent show. I mustered enough strength to lop on the couch as she searched on youtube to find them.

Here you go. This Is The Stuff and His Hands. Two of my absolute favorites on the radio right now. And yes, her teacher sang these at a public school talent show! I love when God uses my precious Kaicee to bring me back to Him!

Yes, my life may be busy...but He have me all I have!

Yes, there may be days where I want to just take my book into the bathroom with me and pretend I'm going potty, just so I can have a few quiet minutes.

Yes, my girls may have been sick last week.

But I had the opportunity to stay home and be mommy with them...to three little girls who love me so very much! Yes, they may have been sick...but I still have them to hold and snuggle. In the grand scheme of things, they are very healthy! I don't have the same struggles that some of my dear friends have...having serious health issues to live with or going thru the heartache of not having one here with me to hold. Three precious, beautiful, full of energy, little girls. I love them all!

I have a wonderful husband who loves me more than I know! We may not see each other much...with our oppostite schedules. He may be at school a lot, being a full time student...and when he's home, he may be studying. But, I know, without a shadow of a doubt!!!!...that he loves me more than anything!

Life during Resale Week may be a bit hairy...but is anything more refreshing than walking away from something you were able to be a part of, and see how much it blessed the socks off of soo many people!!!!

I may be sick and tired of writing curriculum and trying to fill empty spots in nursery schedules. I may not want to ever see another cute little bug that needs painted again....but will that really matter if it means that little "Suzy" will be a little more comfortable to stay in our room on Sunday morning and learn about Jesus while her mommy and daddy have a chance to go hear about the same amazing man who loves them deeply? More than they could ever imagine? Will I ever be bummed about wearing a homemade necklace on Sunday morning from a precious little girl who runs up to me and says, "Mrs. Erica, I made this just for you!"?

No way!

We can only be blessed when we allow God to use us!

Am I still worried about my CT scan I have to go to? You betcha! But I'm not crying myself to sleep right now, like I was when I first got the call.

I'm trusting in the One who holds me in His hands...and uses this stuff to make me who I am!