Genius at Work

I absolutely love the Beach Boys. I think I am somewhat obessessed... in a non-stalker kind of a way haha. My first concert was to see the beach boys, it was in Oct 1988 (Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, & Mike Love). I listened to these songs with my dad alot. And I would listen to my mom's old 45s when I was a little kid. I dont know why but I have always loved them. But my favorite beach boys are Brian and Dennis Wilson (I will do a blog on him soon). Brian Wilson amazes me! I mean AMAZES ME! People often call him a genius... (and I totally agree) but he is so much more than that. At 20 he was writing, singing and producing hit after hit.. and by 25 he had wrote some of the most enduring songs of the 20th century. He revolutionized the producing technique... He did things in the studio that no one else had done to this time. He was a perfectionist and when you watch the above video you can see how he would have these songs all arranged in his head and would instruct the "seasoned" studio musicians exactly the way he wanted it to sound.... and he was 23 at the time. It is just phenominal to me. I can say enough about the genius of Brian Wilson. I hope some point in my life I am able to see him perform, or even just to meet him.

Passing of a torch (or needle)

My mom has crochetted for years and years. Her grandmother (my great grandmother) taught her. There is no telling how many afghan's, blankets, booties, sweaters, etc she has made. She taught me how to do a chain when I was little. When I was 14, I made my first granny square blanket. Then when I was pregnant with Landon I made my first afghan for him. Then I made alot when Dan was overseas and I was pregnant with Audrie. We had a baby boom at the church and I had no husband to occupy my time, so I crochetted the deployment days away. I now make hats, shoes, blankets, and other little trinkets. Lexie came to me the other night and wanted me to teach her. She has the chain down and is now making bracelets and necklaces for me, her teachers and all of her little friends. I am so proud of her that she is loving it so much. It is so nice to give something to people that they know you put your effort and love into. Lexie loves making things for people so now we can sit and crochet together and it is just one more person in the linage of our family to know how to crochet :)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen~St Francis of Assisi

This is a prayer that I will choose to pray everyday. I want to be a better person in all ways in my good and in my bad.

I started this blog as a way to track my life with my kids. But I was under attack a while back and my words were being used against me to my own children. I started writing about politics, religion... really anything but about my kids and my life. I am not going to do that anymore... this blog is going to be for and about my life as a busy mom. I will be doing my religious ramblings on another blog... http://myreligiousramblings.blogspot.com/ I hope yall will join me there too!

Broken Pieces

John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

While in church Sunday, I was listening to Pastor Bryan and he was reading the scriptures Matthew 14:13-21 which speaks about Jesus feeding 5 thousand with only 5 loaves and 2 fish. While I was reading I saw a little more into the scriptures with the guidance of the Holy Spirit of course.
Matthew 14:15As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."
16Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."
17"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered.
18"Bring them here to me," he said. 19And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
John 6:12When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."

Disciple is defined as this

1.Religion.
a. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ.
b. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1.
c. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.

2. any follower of Christ.

The way I read the verse was not that the disciples just went and were the "clean up crew"... but that they went out after Jesus fed the people and they were the ones who gathered up the pieces left over. So when Jesus gives the bread of life to people.... the disciples of Christ (you and I) should go out after and "gather the broken pieces". Gather up the pieces of broken lives, broken people and put them back together using God's word and teachings. If we all would be there ready to pick up the broken pieces and help them.....so that nothing would be lost. We could make such a change!

Before I was a Mom

I received this in a email and thought it was so good!

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom.

I love this poem, it sums up the feelings off almost all moms. And I don't care what anyone says you do not know love until you have a child of your own. There is such a yearing for your child to succeed.... To be all they can be in life. You don't know what it is like to gladly die for someone and attempt it at any given threat of harm. Nothing in this world can get me more upset than for something to be done to or said about them. My children are wonderful gifts from God. I will always love and honor my children to the best of my abilities. I may not have the biggest house for them or the most expensive clothes. But I give them something no one else does.... Absolute pure love. There is nothing they could do, say or be for me to see them in any light other than the absolute joy of my life!

To all the moms reading my blog... Happy Mother's day!