Easy like a rainy Saturday....

It has rained almost all day today. Needless to say we didn't do much. It was so nice to relax in the house and watch my son play and my daughter sleep and sit pretty. These are the best days ever! The ones where I can watch God at work through them.

I started new book last night. It is called Keeping a Princess Heart in a Not-So-Fairy-Tale World by Nicole Johnson. She must have been thinking of me when she wrote it! It is about how we as women grow up with the "fairy tale princess" dream. You know the one, where Prince Charming stays that way and the children are perfectly dressed and never dirty. We walk around in fabulous dresses and sing all day while the sun shines brightly and our flowers are always in full bloom. It doesn't take long for us to realize that is all it is - a fairy tale. Boy, Disney really did a number on us didn't he??? :-)

Well the book makes some good points that even though we may spend our days covered in spitup and our flowers have weeds and Prince Charming isn't always so charming, (though we as princesses are always so princessy), we can still turn to God to help us survive. We just have to seek Him and incorporate Him into our daily lives. This book is something I really need right now.

I have been struggling with my identity as a wife and a mother. They are roles that I am growing into and I often feel as though I need help with them. I am not always the most supportive wife or the most compassionate mother, but I am working on it. As I have said before, I am a work in progress. God continues to grace my life with love and support from friends, family, and Him.

As I write this I smile because my daughter is lying next to me smiling. She has the most beautiful smile and I am in awe every time I see it. Her big blue eyes just dance every time she flashes that smile my way. I hope and pray to be able to raise her in a way that she is able to call on God freely and to ALWAYS know that He will be there to protect her and to guide her. I hope to be the mother God wants me to be and to lead my children to Him. I hope to make them a Prince and a Princess in the kingdom of Heaven.