Freely Pouring Out … of our self… to our kids.
This is hard! Anyone else?
I mean giving up sleep to get up in the night. Cooking and cooking and cooking some more. Cleaning the kitchen after yet one more snack. Grocery shopping.
The physical pouring out for our kids is end.less.
And then there is the mental, emotional and spiritual pouring out what we do. The prayers we pray, the verses we recite, the stories we tell, the lessons we teach.
Whew.
The thing that empties my cup the fastest is my kids. The people that need my cup fullest is my family.
Believe me… it is a vicious cycle. Empty fill empty fill. Everyday.
This area of the website is created to encourage you in your mommy journey. It’s to encourage ME in this mommy journey. I need it.
You won’t find answers here, just me, another mom, trying to pour out to my kids.
Recent Posts On Pouring Out to Our Children
Hopping off the Empty Cycle
I was really empty. My kids were even emptier. I just wanted to veg out. I had just put in a good couple hours of trying to get work done on the women’s ministry God had called me to…I was ready for a good mind break. But alas… that’s about when the girls would wake […]
The Empty Cycle
I’m feeling stressed. I feel like pulling out my hair. Feeling drained, tired and empty, with nothing left to give. You get the picture right? My kids are whiney, fighting, crying, emotional, needy… Then I fall apart even more. I just want to hide in my room and eat chocolate. Then they start fighting. I […]
Hand In Hand — Guest Post by Anne Gasser
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 41:13 We live on a backcountry road in Smalltown, America. While our road isn’t dirt, it is definitely a quiet road to live on […]
SISTERS ARE FOR ENCOURAGING
We have a lot of sisters at our house. Four to be exact. And that is just the right amount to produce a lot of fun sister activity. Unfortunately, it also produces a lot of not-so-fun sister activities; fighting, tattling, bossing, comparing, complaining, telling someone how to do it the ‘right way’…my list could go […]
WHEN NO ONE CLAPS FOR YOU
Every day we notice all the little things our people do. We encourage our spouses. We cheer for our little people. Every day we hope that what we do has deep and lasting meaning to those we love. We notice. We clap. We cheer. Yet as moms, what about us? Do we still need a […]
Simply Being – Be Willing and Serve
How willing are you to serve others? If we are someone that thrives on words of affirmation, this ‘willing to serve’ thing can go pretty easy. Every time someone asks us to do something, we can eagerly say yes. Then bask in the many words of affirmation that naturally come. It can become a very […]
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