Here's the Excuse

It's been a busy summer. I've had my hands full with the usual issues of life topped off by inept contractors who refuse to finish a job. Yes, we're still working on repairs from hurricane Ike. After we complete the repairs from Ike, we'll have to start on repairing the damage the contractors have done. No, seriously, they have managed to make parts of my house look worse than when they started.

Besides all of those wonderfully fantastic things, I've started homeschooling my 3 1/2 year old. I know, I know, some of you out there are thinking I'm one of those pushy moms who is going to drive my kid way too hard academically. Actually, it's the other way around. I'm having a hard time keeping up with her. I took her through a reading course in the spring, and now she's reading chapter books with no problem. She's speeding through the kindergarten math so quickly that she is likely to finish the 2 year course in 1 year. I know I'm her mom; therefore, there is an innate bias in my opinions, but she is crazy brilliant!

Anyway, that's what we're up to these days, and so, I haven't stopped long enough to blog. There's another reason I have been away recently. After being at one church for the better part of 10 years, the Lord led us to return to the church I attended as a child. I think we needed the change on so many levels.

It has been a breath of fresh air spiritually. Our faith has been built up, and we are able to see the forest in spite of the trees now. Frankly, we've been walking through some of the most difficult trials, financially speaking, of our lives. I am well aware that we are in good company (is that the right terminology?) with our economy as it has been. However, in the past month we have been given some of the most timely and relevant messages - straight-shooting, word of God messages that remind us of all those things we already know but need to hear again and again.

In any case, I'll be back from time to time now. I make no promises as to how often, but as I've begun to see light through the darkness, I have felt the desire to share that light again.

Blessings!