Welcome to my weekly Sunday post, Daybook Online Journal. This is a post where I gather all the ordinary things that happen or are happening in my day to day. Things like what I’m reading or listening to…eating and cleaning and learning…These are the small moments that make up my blessed daily life; and I want to remember them. If you blog, please link up below with your Daybook Online Journal post. If you don’t have a blog, no worries, just leave your “post” in the comments. You can use my prompts or make up your own to include items important to you; mine change depending on season and circumstance.
Daybook Online Journal: Alive and Well
Yes it’s true, alive and well. I sometimes wonder if the quieter the blog the more alive and well? But I dare not ponder that for too long because writing is my processor for life, so I will eventually make my way back, ready to process the life that sometimes takes me/keeps me from blogging and at the very same time forces me to blog.
Thanking God for…
I am thanking God for time with Chris and the kids. Each night when we gather for family rosary, I am acutely aware that these nights are precious and short. Sooner rather than later there won’t be nine of us gathered on couches and chairs for evening prayer. Some nights even now Bernadette may be working and I have to leave early to pick her up and then there are only seven souls gathered in the living room. And so I thank God for time–the present and the past and pray for the future.
Praying…
Mentally on my knees y’all. When my children were younger and I just wanted a good night sleep, people to get their own drink of water and wipe their own bottoms…so much easier than now. The worries are bigger and more life changing. The influences are scarier and not as easy to filter out.
Pondering…
I am pondering black and white. I like black and white–gray is confusing and slippery.
Listening to…
We Are Brave by Shawn McDonald
Reading…
My Bible
Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Daylight Managing Your Days Through the Homeschool Years
The Green Ember
(Lunch time reading with the kids)
So after a couple of days of not spending time Bible journaling, I missed it. This is a very simple example. I smeared some Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, but you could also just use a yellow highlighter or crayon. I glued a white gift tag down (honestly–because I messed up underneath it), and printed the verse I was pondering. I added a small strip of Washi tape in a gold arrow design and stamped a set of baby feet/foot print at the top of the page. See, Just Be Simple.
Around the House…
I’m not sure why, but the house is pretty messy…Oh maybe because we were at a soccer tourney all weekend, there are nine of us–seven of them being children, Chris was out of town last week…excuses?
In the Kitchen…
If I said “Don’t know, don’t care” would you judge me?
Michelle says
So, I hope I haven’t said this before. Growing up in a dysfunctional home ravished by generations of alcoholism, we learned the rosary while my mom and dad began recovery through a good man and the 12-steps. Praying the family rosary is to this day one of my most treasured memories of childhood. And while I myself was lost for a while, it was our Blessed Mother and my trust in her, that brought me safely back home.
Jenny says
Thank you Michelle. Trust…I’m having to repeat, “Jesus I trust in You” a lot right now.
Maria Hass says
I won’t judge you over your kitchen if you don’t judge me over mines ;). I think my priorities are in prayer more than housekeeping, and I know you can do both, but sometimes things weigh so heavy on our hearts we can’t multitask through some prayers. I completely understand about the heavier challenges of parenting when our kids get older. Blessings for this week!
Jenny says
Hi Maria. I actually had an older mom tell me one time when we scrub our house thoroughly for company, we actually doing them a great disservice. Those women coming into our home may think that is how our house normally looks and begin to feel discouraged. So no judging on my part 🙂
Coupon Gal (Andi) says
oh i could use some more spending time with God too 😀
Jenny says
We all could…look at the world we live in.
Anna says
So true that the prayers for the children change as they get older. I naively thought the toddler years were going to be the hardest. I pray constantly for my two teenage daughters. My 8 year old boy is even starting to command a different sort of prayer. Despite all the worries, I wouldn’t trade these precious years for anything. I have been homeschooling them from the beginning and thank God every day for the gift of all the time we have had with them.
Jenny says
Me too Anna. I recently told my spiritual father that I I guess I figured this life was sort of like an equation…I do this + that = the end result I picture in my mind. That totally leaves out grace and free will.
Rene Dumas says
I miss spending time with God too! A few days away (from journaling, reading, whatever you do to spend that time) is a lot. I find that my mood begins to change and I am more short tempered. My husband will remind me that I must be missing some God in my life… Very nice read!!
Jenny says
What a sweet husband. It’s so comforting to know that He is still waiting for us isn’t?