You'll Know You're a Crafty Mother When...

-You are able to wake up any hour and help someone in need. Mostly your children, but if the phone rings at any hour, you will be able to answer it and help someone. (This is always a seeked trait.)

-You get dressed and then realize you match your children in some little way. Or almost entirely ;) (Maybe that's a good thing though?)

-You are able to multi-task to the MAX and still be able to cuddle at the end of the day. (Awesome ability if I don't say so myself.)

-You plan for rainy days so that when they come, you have the necessary items ready at a moments notice. (This can include many things.)

-You love to give and receive LOVE. And you are learning how to love unconditionally. 

-You are learning how to understand how to judge correctly. (Even if that means cutting certain spots out of the meat you eat, etc.)

-You decorate with a Purpose.

(Meaning you want to show what you care about and hang it on the wall or show it off in some way.)

-You are organized. (If not now, it will be eventually because you like harmony and balance.)

-You care about your relationships. (Friendships, Marriage and Family Relations, etc.)

-You try your best to make sure you have oxygen, before you help others with their oxygen. (Could include a lot of things as well.)

-You see things as ideas and expound upon them. (Such as an adorable quilt, as inspiration for another quilt or dress even.)

Hopefully something good came out of reading these thoughts. 

Thank you for caring. Have a wonderful week!

And remember, Never Stop Improving Yourself. 

Things about me.

I am a very organized person. 

I am constantly trying to improve myself. 

I look for the good in people, and often without realizing, have the tendency to overlook the "bad things".  

I do not consider myself to be a perfect person, by any means. 

I am a "perfectionist" however so I am constantly striving to be perfect. 

I know I am a Child of God and I know that I am learning how to be like Him. 

I really try to think and act like my Savior Jesus Christ, in what I do and say. 

I am a very spiritual woman. I listen and learn and feel through the spirit.

I need daily "me time" to feel good. 

I love my family, so much! 

I really believe that I was created to be a mother, and to teach my children what I know. 

I love to love. 

I need hugs to survive. 

I struggle understanding boundaries with most people. And I'm self conscious about that. 

I live to serve those around me. If I am able, I am always willing.

I love making new friends and finding the great friends. 

I am striving to become a better friend. I don't know how to be that yet, but I am learning. Thank you for being patient world!

I love to give and receive comfort. Whether it is through food, hugs, messages to know you care, or even thought. 

I love talking to older people, because they have seen a lot in their lifetime and I think it is interesting to know some of their experiences and outcomes. I love the different perspectives and choices. 

I have very sensitive hands and I feel everything through my hands. 

I am left handed. 

I have green eyes. 

I like small groups as opposed to massive amounts of people.

I even avoid stores or zoos when everyone and their dog decides to go to them. 

I like the "off season" of everything. 

I have a tendency to stay up really late.  

Out with the old, in with the new!

Change is good. 

Despite my aching for familiar, change brings new life and amazing things. This month is only half over and I already have accomplished a million things and changed more than I have in a long time. 

My little family is shrinking. My idea of a family is not however. Despite my challenges, I seem to always be able to continue to get up in the morning and take one day at a time. Surprisingly my heart isn't breaking into a million pieces. 

I am now a single mother. Yes, you just read that right. I know. I was the last person anyone would ever think this would happen to... Maybe. But alas, as life would have it, a huge fork in the road has come.

My son and I are lucky to have family around who give support to us, especially in this time of need. People seem to come out of the woodwork and remind me that they care about me. 

This is a huge step in the right direction for us. Lucas and I will make it. I started my new part time job today. I hope and pray Lucas will be alright when he is being watched by someone other than me, who he has spent his entire life with. There are lots of firsts happening now. First I love you's, first nights away from his daddy, he's potty training himself, things are changing really fast for him. 

Things will turn out amazing soon though, I can feel it. Something big is coming and I'm preparing for it. 

On a side note, I can breathe again. It has been difficult for me to breathe for a long time. Now to get past the 7 stages of grief. It'll be a little while before I am fully repaired from this upsetting and life changing event in my life. But I know I am in the refiner's fire, and soon I will be happy again. 

Thank you for being patient with me world. I am but one woman, but I may have the ability to move mountains. Let's wait and see shall we.