Nest

Love for every day

L O V E is P A T I E N T

L O V E is K I N D . . .

it does N O T envy

it does not B o a s t

is IS NOT PROUD

itisnotRUDE

it is not S E L F S E E K I N G

it is N O T . . easily.. . ANGERED

it keeps no r e c o r d of w r o n g s

L O V E does not delight in E v i l but

R E J O I C E S with the T R U T H

it always P R O T E C T S

always T R U S T S

A L W A Y S H O P E S

a l w a y s . . . P E R S E R V E R E S

L O V E N E V E R F A I L S

1 Corinthians 13 4 - 7

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Care for and Comfort

care for

play with

know them. . .
what they need
when they need it.

bake good food

that feeds
and comforts

sit and just be
cozy
together

care for and comfort.
be there
just be
i need them
and they need me

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while my children are little

i rest while i can . .
but i try not to live for this rest. it is often far off
and if i am wishing for it. . i miss the still wonderful things that can happen despite the tiredness. :)

. . another quote by Rachel Jankovic
who wrote the sweet little book above. . .
" while your children are little, cultivate an attitude of sacrifice. Sacrifice your peace for their fun, sacrifice your clean kitchen floor for their help cracking eggs, your quiet moment for their long retelling of a dream they had . . . Prioritize your children far and away above the other work you need to get done. They are the only part of your work that really matters. "

thankful to be learning to L O V E in all it's fullness the little ones in my life. Daily Lessons from the Good Shepherd .

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Humbled by Cranberry Bread and Other's who've gone before

i just loved this.. . because. . it's true.

so. . today was one of those days
that when you look back was not
nearly as bad as it was in the many moments
when you thought for sure your hair was not
only going to turn white from the stress . . but just plain
fall OUT.
.. . but. . .
also. .
that looking back revealed
to me how much i am in NEED of
God's continual Help and Salvation
for my poor wretched Soul.

i am a mess when i wake up with
any agenda OTHER than my boys.
i am not a good multitasker. i need
copious amounts of time and rest and SPACE
in order to feel able to complete the things
i need to do to the best i am able. . and as a mom
. . that almost NEVER happens!
. . consequently leaving me to make
daily choices between sitting down on the floor
with my baby or trying to prop him up in the bumbo
. again. . . and bake bread. . always risky.

today i chose the later. . after a dose of the former mind you
but still figured i could fit in at least assembling what i needed
before baby would need NEED momma. .
and for the most part this was true.
i bake often with my little's around me and
am used to the chaos whilst struggling to complete something
we hope to eat.
but today was just soooooo against me!
after nap time sneaking up on baby and then being cut
FAR short by big brother followed by momma
kinda losing it. . followed by somanyotherthingsican'trememberbutmostdefinitelydidhappen
. . . i just felt sooooo defeated.
so. .
so. .
. . . and anyway. . it is of course now a matter of me trying to keep calm and
little getting more googly and littlest still happy as a clam. .
but me still unraveling.

later i read a chapter in a book
about dealing rightly with all the little
things that happen in the course of a normal day
with Children.. . that we have to deal with OUR frustrations
responsibly and with forethought or else we take it out
on our little ones in the moments when they are
annoying us or did actually do something wrong. . but not
something so deserving of the type of berating we
just dished out.

our children are not situations. . they are
individuals.
they don't deserve to be the dumping grounds
for our frustrations.

all this seems more jumbled then i wanted it to be but it's the best i got
at this late hour.

my boys are my love. . and although there are many
things i wish i could accomplish in addition to
having wee little ones. . most often those things
get put back back back on the shelf of dreams
. . and that's where they belong. .
for now.

in the mean time i shall try harder to lean on Christ's strength and
not my own.

in the end it took over three hours to make this cranberry bread

but it DID get made :)

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days go by

Hello little baby clothes

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seasons of

eating mostly breakfast foods

tidying quickly and snuggling in to bed early

having lots of extra cozy things around
to grab at a moments notice

being still and living in the peaceful moments
with a quiet heart