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Believe In Who You Are
July 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
Songs speak to the heart. I listened to the following song on the way to church this morning.
I remember the first time I heard it. I remember feeling so much LOVE from our Heavenly Father. I was quite sure the author of the song must have private videos of my life and thoughts. If you are a woman, you need to hear this song. It need not matter if you are a mom or not. It need not matter if you are a stay at home mom or not. The words and soft melody will bring you a feeling of hope and love. Don’t we all need that in this life…to feel there’s hope…to feel loved?
The song is called Who You Are. It is sung by Hilary Weeks. I’ve mentioned her before on here. This is the only video I could find for this song. I did not make the video, but the photos are very fitting for the song. More importantly is for you to listen to the music and lyrics. I’m including the lyrics below as well.
Who You Are
I know you wonder
If you’ll ever have a day
Where the kids stay calm,the laundry’s done
And the dishes are put away
And sometimes you feel like
Your days are spent and gone
And the question running through your mind
Is what have I gotten done
And when you finally have a moment to slow down
At the end of your day I know Father would say
Believe in what you’re doing
Believe in who you are
And hold tight to the truth that you’re a daughter of God
Believe in who you’re becoming, believe in who you are
Now it might seem simple
All the little things you do
But the lives you touch matter so much
And there’s no one else like you
And Father needs you to stand tall and faithful
To be all you can be Oh, if you could see what He sees
You’d believe in what you’re doing
You’d believe in who you are
So hold tight to the truth that you’re a daughter of God
Believe in who you’re becoming, believe in who you are
And when it’s hard to believe in yourself
And you feel like you’re beginning to doubt
Remember
That He believes in what you’re doing
He believes in who you are
So don’t lose sight of the truth that you’re a daughter of God
That He believes in who you’re becoming,
He believes in who you are
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YOU are special,
The Taming of the End of School Year Schedule
April 23, 2013 By 3 Comments
It’s just me…with shorter hair. Yep, I finally got up the nerve to try the pixie cut. This is plenty short and don’t plan to go shorter. But, I love it! If you had as thick hair as I do you would too. I’m grateful for people telling me I have the perfect face for short hair instead of exclaiming, “what did you do to your hair!?” lol 😉
Her first graduation card
There’s only 23 days until the last day of school which is also graduation for our high school senior. Her school prom is this Saturday. We’ll be hosting 4 youth for a pre prom dinner in our home. I’m happy to do this…even though in my mind I’m thinking of all the stuff I’d like to do in my dining room before Saturday and realistically know it’s not going to happen. Between now and the last day of school we will also be attending graduations of our 8th grader and 4th grader too. The schools here have 1st grade through 4th grade in one school, so when they finish 4th grade they have a “graduation” for them. Our junior high is 7th and 8th grade so they also hold a “graduation” for those students. This means 3 graduations for our family this year. Geesh! It’s not like one is not enough! I can’t begin to list all the events we’ll be attending because I think the overwhelming monster might take up residence and I don’t have time for his visit.
Our new red washer
Yesterday started out well, until the washer repairman shared the ill fated news {cost me $60 too} of our washer needing a new part, which would set us back a few hundred dollars. We already had this part replaced once on this washer. I didn’t want to sink more money into it. This required me to shop for a new washer in hopes it could be delivered ASAP. If I go too many days without doing laundry it begins to pile up. Fortunately, Sears had the washer I chose on hand and they delivered it this morning. I’m loving the red. It has a sweet little chime when the load is finished washing.
score!
Baseball is now over until the summer so I guess that will free up a little time. Unfortunately, not enough but I’m trying to stay positive.
chaperoning
A few weeks back we chaperoned our 2 oldest kids to church prom. I was excited to meet my daughter’s new boyfriend. He lives about an hour away. He is very nice and polite. It took a little getting used to him calling me mam. I was grateful he decided to wear the boutonniere I made him even though it was somewhat embarrassing to my daughter. She was a little timid with me taking formal pictures of them together. She’s regretting that decision now. I sneaked a photo of them, yet he saw me and smiled:
Aren’t they cute! Son is pictured to the right of her
Boutonniere I made for her BF
My prom dress for chaperoning
Hubby and I danced to exactly 4 slow songs. According to our son that was 4 too many. He told us we weren’t allowed to chaperone any more dances because we embarrass him. Whatever! We enjoyed watching him dance to the YMCA…which reminds me…I have video of that! Hmmmm…maybe I should share that? I’m such a bad mom, huh?
Our princess
A family that runs together stays together
Finish line!
I’m still running. In fact, our whole family just ran a 5K. It was my first 5K in a couple of years. I was grateful to finish 5th in my age group. I haven’t been timing myself while running. This is a strategy I use as to not sike myself out when I see how slow I’m running compared to how fast I used to run. I am just trying to get where I run 3 miles without feeling as though I’m finishing the last 3 miles of a marathon. I think it’s getting there. Just a lot slower than I’d like. Our 2 oldest kids and hubby received trophies for placing 3rd in their age groups. I’m happy we all ran and feel it was a great family activity.
I’m very happy to report I lost 6 pounds while participating in a 21 day cleanse/detox made by Standard Process! One habit I developed while on the cleanse I am keeping…I only drink water. Except for the too frequent visits to the restroom I think it helps to lose weight and is much healthier than drinking diet drinks.
I’ll be teaching my second adult craft class this Saturday and my first kid’s craft class. So happy my supplies just arrived via FedEx. I can’t wait to share the tutorials for the crafts with you next week.
Well, glad I could catch up a bit with you. I hope this finds you and your family doing well. I truly mean that. 
Enjoy the journey,
Dancing Bones
October 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
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“Are You In There?”
October 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tonight I have been preparing a lesson I will teach for our women’s Sunday School class tomorrow. I am so grateful for this calling. I learn so much from my studies/research and while teaching {or rather leading the discussion} I am taught by the students.
Being the visual person that I am, sometimes I like to involve media in the lessons I teach. I finally found the perfect video to share that goes along with the lesson. After it ended, another video began. I was very touched by this video I happened {definitely not coincidence} upon. It’s not related to the lesson I’m teaching, however it is indeed applicable to what I’m going through as a parent. I’ve mentioned my struggles on here lately…I worry, maybe too much. It’s been really rough. So rough, I haven’t been blogging on a regular basis. Even though it’s been rocky, my faith keeps me afloat.
I know Heavenly Father wanted me to see this video and it was a gift from Him to me. He loves us so much…Oh and how grateful I am to know this…to FEEL this.
I believe we can all benefit from this precious counsel:
I Feel So Less Lonely
October 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
Last Friday I posted this photo on Instagram…
A new Instagram friend read my caption with this photo:
“It’s Going to be one of those days. Grrrrrr!”
Awhile after posting the photo I laughed and flippantly added a comment under the photo:
“lol…guess it shouldn’t surprise me that no one likes this photo! Definitely keeping things real. Ugh.”
beesbutterfly {her Instagram user name} responded:
This sweet girl has no idea of what she did for me that day. As a matter of fact, she and many of you don’t realize how your small acts of kindness make an impression on me.
Sharing that photo Friday morning was a little difficult for me. I was opening up and being transparent.
I didn’t post it because it was a great photo, far from it. I posted it to share my frustration, to share me being real and somewhat raw. I mean, if you look at the photo of my laundry room on the sidebar to the right of this post, you wouldn’t have a clue that the room ever looks like the one above. {Which I’m not proud or happy about in the least.}
Anyway, I was pondering beesbutterfly’s words and a song came on that expressed what I was feeling. I decided to put together a little video with the music and lyrics. I dedicate this song to beesbutterfly and all of YOU who comment, reply and say things with EMPATHY.
Thank you for seeing me,
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