My attempt to be an authentic woman in an inauthentic world
Posted in Faith, Grace, Motherhood on Nov 2nd, 2010
A few weeks ago Jackson went missing. We couldn’t find him anywhere. He had wandered off. An army of us went out looking for him, and with every step I took I found myself praying, screaming out his name, and wondering if this was it. If this would be the “big one”. You know, the [...]
Posted in Grace, Life, Motherhood on Sep 9th, 2010
September is one of those crazy, transitional months that I look forward to all through August and then panic and stress out when “the first” finally arrives. I can’t wait to get back into the swing of routine, shuffling kids out the door for school, and the pre-mature glimpses of the approaching fall season. At the same time, [...]
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 [...]
Posted in From The Mouth Of Babes, Life, Motherhood on Jun 14th, 2010
It has been raining for days weeks months out here in the Northwest. It’s almost been more than this poor African girl can handle. Unmotivated to do anything but sit around the house looking like a “shlumpadinka”, I was beginning to wonder if we would ever see the sun again. And then, gloriously, vitamin D [...]
Posted in Grace, Motherhood on May 28th, 2010
First…Congratulations to Tristan…winner of the Summer Reading Give-Away!
Thank you to everyone who participated and shared your favorite must-reads. I’m adding them to my list for sure!
*Sigh*
Let’s just put it this way, when the day starts out with, “Mommy! The tooth fairy forgot to put money under Sydney’s pillow last night!” you know you are kicking the [...]
Posted in From The Mouth Of Babes, Motherhood on May 19th, 2010
I’ll bet you didn’t know that I’m a super hero. Are you gasping from surprise? This is new to me, too, as I was just informed by Jackson today- right after I killed a spider and flushed it down the toilet- that I am a super hero. I can wield a mean wad of toilet [...]
Posted in Life, Motherhood on May 12th, 2010
I spent an unmentionable amount of time staring blankly at my computer screen yesterday afternoon. I was trying to write up a post for today, but my mind was drawing a blank. I pulled up a post-in-process and tinkered around with it for a while, but it still isn’t ready. I perused facebook and twitter [...]
Posted in From The Mouth Of Babes, Motherhood on May 10th, 2010
Sydney handed me a brown paper sack on Friday afternoon. Inside was a collection of Mother’s day projects she had been working on in her first grade classroom over the course of several weeks. I unfolded a piece of composition paper where she had written something about me with a lovely illustration of the two [...]
Posted in Faith, Life, Ministry, Motherhood on May 7th, 2010
We have a lot of leaders in our home. Inevitably, there is a constant battle to be the line leader (it doesn’t matter if we’re just walking to a different room…everyone wants to be first). My children will literally tackle each other in order to claim this coveted position. This morning a genius moment of [...]
Welcome to my blog. My name is Amy, and I wear a lot of different hats: wife, mother, daughter, sister, missionary, teacher, friend...and the list goes on. Life is a balancing act, and one I do not excel at. I find that each new season brings about more opportunities to learn, grow and allow God to continue the refining work in me. The pages of this blog are a glimpse into the lessons I am learning and the journey I am taking. I hope you enjoy!