Dare to be Different!

Ever since I was very little I was always known as the "bossy"one ! I took it in stride and said I had a gift! Of course being a little bossy comes in handy with 7 children to manage... then there is the question just how much should you manage? Anyway... growing up I was always different...I hardly wore the styles.... Fact is I liked being different and what people thought did not bother me! I'd like to say I am still the same way now and for the most part I am... it really just is in the mind now! I am different...I am Tall, taller than dear hubby, I am "big boned" so there is a lot of me! I wear makeup... it is my choice, not a religious thing, mainly because I hate the work it takes to put on and take it off! So I am a what you see is what you get, kind of girl! If you don't like the way I look then turn away!
LOL I usually tell people I got my man so why improve on what he married! Don't get me wrong I take care of myself! I love to paint my nails and smell nice! Putting on the other stuff is just not who I am ! I am trying to install into my kids minds that I wil love them no matter what they look like or "even smell like", so should the ones they want to be around!

Daring to be Different in this world Today... means developing a tough skin! People walikng in the fleash say and do things that indeed hurt! You cannot control all that happens to you... you can control how you react to what happens to you!

Being a teen or even a child today is so much different than when I was a child/teen, yet still the values I grew up with apply even today!

Take a moment today and tell your blessing how much you love them and will stand by them even when they Dare to be Different!

More to Say:)

So... I decided to write more than one post today.. I felt like sharing something that was on my heart!

As mom's in today's world with more and more questions to be answered by our ever so curious children, it becomes almost a daily thing for me to ask myself what is it I truly believe on "said" subject! I often search God's Word for what to believe and when it seems unclear I often, more and more Pray about it! Come on really, you might say... at every question you stop and look at your Bible or pray for the answer? LOL Hardly! Though it is by far my desire and my hope to one day do that! \

I often feel like I don't give near enough time to each of my children's questions... time for them to share, time for us to ponder together... I am changing!

Even as a grown woman I have questions unanswered... so why then must I think my children know it all or even act like they do?  Time with my children is Precious... they grow fast... I am learning to see it as so and take it all in... every little moment of life!

God has showed me that in every area I fail He takes up the slack ten times over! I will never be perfect, though I'll strive to get as close as I can day by day!

Take time today to listen to the questions around you.. search the Word (aka BIBLE), pray and maybe even Wonder!

Morning of Excitement!

As I was awoken several times in an hr before my alarm was to go off you could feel the excitement in the air as the kids prepared for the first week of VBS this year! For those of you who don't know, if there is any, VBS is Vacation Bible School ! It is a summer tradition and a much loved favorite of all of my children! The themes range from climbing a mountain to, riding a bus cross country to diving the deep blue sea.. all while learning about God's Word!

So for about 3 hrs every morning for the next 2 weeks I will be almost like a mom sending her kids to school everyday and I get up, get them fed and dressed and out the door to a fun filled day!

Then in our 3rd week we'll leave on Sunday after church and head for our annual Texas Trip of VBS. This year unlike many in the past we'll only be staying 1 week not 3 or 4 .. with the kids growing we have lots to do here at home now!

I'd love to say I love Summers..however I do not like the HOT South weather! Hubby and the children did a great job at getting the pool sight ready yesterday... I need to find my camera charger so I can take a few more pictures... I posted the few I have above!  The last 2 are with my cell phone this morning.. it's coming along and we hope to have it up by next weekend!

Really Worn Out!

2nd night of text blogging... I slept most of the morning and into the afternoon... was not feelin good. VBS starts tomorrow and kids are thrilled!

Fellowship in Faith

So you know I'm tired when I choose to send in a blog by text! It's been a long wonderful day of fellowship with friends! God is filling our life with friends!

The Next Stage!

My New Footwear for the Next Month !

So after 2 hrs at the dr's office they fitted me with the right size brace and said see ya in a month! Yea just what I needed! Actually it is very comfortable and it feels good to know I will not hit it on anything as it heals! Yes I know I am a big baby and it's only a lil toe... hey I have never been shy about the fact I do NOT like PAIN! You try breaking something and see how you feel!

Okay on to brighter news! The weather is great and We're all set for a cookout tomorrow with some new friends! Seeing God expand our horizons so to speak is Awesome!I know He has bigger and better things for the Macoy Family!

Relate Church has set us free so to speak... allowing us to serve and be a part in places we never thought we'd even want to serve in!

I am with 7 children daily 24 hrs a day and teaching more kids on the weekend was just not fun... I was so wrong! For the first time I am enjoying teaching children and seeing their faces light up!

John is ushering and the two oldest who are 13 and 12 are learning to serve even in their own classes! God is bringing out the qualities in my children I never thought possible and showing me things that amaze me daily!

My heart is aching because we had to change our plans for this weekend.. I know it is for the best.. just hard when you really what to do something and it does not pan out!

Our 3 Week Summer Vbs Run starts on Monday and the kids are beyond excited! Levi is 4 so he'll get to go to most this yr and Micah who is 13 hopes to help at as many as possible! I love Vacation Bible Schools!

New Discoveries

As a Faith walking woman I liek to be informed to knwo what it is I am standing against!

In recent months I am learning that a diagnosis I was given @ 14 yrs old as having Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type X is maybe more related to my health problem that I thought!

After searching for what seems like hours I could only find what seemed like medical mumble jumble to me ! Since not many doctors in my area seem to even have heard of EDS I am contacting a dr in Ohio to see if I can get some answers!  Regardless of what he says... I will stand in my belief that Indeed I am Healed by His stripes!

Last night our Pastor made a great statement that has stuck with me... You can never grow in Righteousness only in your knowledge of Righteousness!  Nothing we can ever do or say will ever change our Righteousness in Christ! God is not mad at you..he never was and never will be! When Jesus died he took ALL our sin for ALL of eterntity! We will mess up and we will fail... that does not take away from the promises God made to us!

New Techniques for A New Season

As summer fills up with lots of Vacation Bible Schools it's time to put some new practices into place:) In general we are not a napping family but as my body ages i am needing more rest... thus i've decided to put into place a rest time! My littlest still takes a nap every afternooon anyway so why not make the lil ones lay down for an hr or so I say...

Tonight is church so I figured what a better day to start this than today... Baby Ruth went down at 1:30.. I called the next 2 in and said they could lay on my bed with me... they said YAY at first... Selah who is 6 took all of about ten min and she as out... (she sleeps good like her mommy)..Levi is 4 and after a hr of threats and pleads he finally gave in and went to sleep! As for my nap.. well it turns out I may get thirty min but it is better than nothing! Ruth will be up soon !

Tiem to get ready for church is fast approaching as well so.. I think I will learn to start this whole process an hr or so earlier next wed! LOL!

In reality with the Southern heat and VBS rushes we'll get used to the rest really quick and it will make for much happier kids for daddy @ Supper each night!

I am very thankful for wonderful kids! It is so easy to judge them on a day to day basis when I really should see overall how easy I have it as a mom! Truloy we are Blessed Beyond Measure!

Praisin in the Pain!

Despite the excruciating pain in my left foot I drug myself to the Heart Dr and had a wonderful report! ♥ Dr said everything is Great and I have 11 years on my battery... Selah said "what happens when your battery runs out?" I said" they just put another machine in" she said, " oh good, I thought you'd be dead!" Least she was brave enough to ask and not just wonder!

I would have never thought one little toe could cause so much pain! It seems to be even more swollen now and much much more tender! Just heard from hubby he got me an app with my orthopedic Dr who worked on my knee... I hope they can at least stabilize it... I can fell the bone moving now when I walk.. Ugh!

Anyway back to better news! We decided for the best that we are not going to Texas this weekend... I know it sounds like bad news however it is better! Besides we'll be heading to Texas in a few weeks for VBS anyway!

Tomorrow is WEDNESDAY ! I need my ENCOUNTER this week @ RELATE!

Changes Bring Challenges

So, today I had a a checkups scheduled for the 4 boys and I arrive 30 minutes early to discover our doctor was out of town and they put us with another... I re-scheduled cause  I really like our pediatrician!  All in all it was a wasted trip to town however I did manage to get everyone ready and that made me happy!

Tomorrow I have a heart checkup and I am taking the girls... it should be short and sweet!

This weekend we were planning to go to Texas... now we are not sure that will really happen... especially with gas prices! Changes bring Challenges!

When we are forced to change our ways and rethink how to walk through something it brings about new and sometimes difficult challenges. Walking in Faith allows me to remember that indeed there is always a reason for something... I learn with every step and every change... it is not what comes your way that is the challenge it is how you respond to that change that is challenging!