My attempt to be an authentic woman in an inauthentic world
Posted in Faith, Life, Motherhood on Aug 31st, 2010
Oh. My. Lord.
My life seems to have made a hard left-hand turn. And let me just say this before I go on…this turn of events is an answer to many, many prayers (spoken and unspoken).
I’m going back to work, people! I haven’t worked outside the home since I was pregnant with Sydney. We’re talking over [...]
Posted in Faith, Life, Motherhood on Aug 27th, 2010
Jackson barely passed the height requirement for the “Scrambler” ride at the city amusement park. I was hopeful that he’d still be too small, but we grow ‘em up tall in the Slater family, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when the girls squealed out that Jackson was tall enough.
In my mind I imagined the [...]
Way back (you know, back in the 90’s) when the original Toy Story movie came out, a friend of mine took her two pre-school age nephews to see it. Weeks following their big movie experience, the youngest was heard singing, “You got a friend in nee!” Julie, my friend, tried to correct him explaining that [...]
Trust and obey.
If I could sum up what God has been whispering to my heart over the past year, it would be these two simple words: trust and obey. When I begin to worry about the future, or my children, or finances, or ministry, or the housing market, he gently reminds me to trust and [...]
Posted in From The Mouth Of Babes, Fun Stuff, Life, Random on Jul 26th, 2010
Sitting at my aunt’s dining room table, enjoying the company of family and good food, we were suddenly jolted from our adult conversation by shrieks and squeals coming from above. Five little second cousins, and one baby cousin who was trying to take a power nap, were getting their wild things on. We heard a lot of giggling, a few thuds here and there, and several [...]
We made it home. Always a miracle, to say the least. Aside from one suitcase and one car seat still MIA, six flight delays, one missed flight, a water spill, one potty accident, and finally making it home at one in the morning, all five Slater bodies are well and accounted for.
The last words out of my mouth as our weary, travelling [...]
Posted in Life, Writing/Blogging on Jul 3rd, 2010
To my dear friends and readers…
I’m about to embark on a long anticipated vacation. I’ll be beachin’ it for two weeks with my family: the “Slater 5″, parents, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
I. can. not. wait.
There will be lots of reading, sleeping, coffee drinking, coffee talking, beach walking, ocean diving, and seafood eating. There will [...]
Posted in Life, Writing/Blogging on Jul 2nd, 2010
I was two seconds away from hitting delete and completely doing away with my blog this week. Then, my dear husband sent me this article written by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing. I read it. It was timely. I needed a good reminder that, sometimes, I have to go back to the reason and [...]
We’ve had four days in a row of sunshine, blue skies, and heat. Pinch me. I think I must be dreaming. I don’t want to get my hopes up too high, but summer, quite possibly, has made its entrance out here in the Northwest. I’m afraid to visit weather dot com for fear that rain [...]
I’ve had better weeks. This was definitely not one of them.
I make mistakes. In fact, I make a lot of mistakes. If I were to think too long and hard on all the mistakes I’ve made this past week alone, I’m afraid I’d end up drowning in defeat. I’ve made big ones and little ones. Some [...]
I'm a wife and stay-at-home mom to three little ones. I love the beach, ocean, collecting shells, writing, creative interior design, being with my family and following Christ.