I have decided it is time for me to start writing more. I love writing and have been without it for far too long. For a while it was telling myself that there is a time and a season for all things and that it just wasn't my "writing season." I think this was an attempt to simplify a chaotic life. All that I discovered, however, is that I cut out something that I love, and there was still chaos. It's not worth it. Let's be honest: having five kids is a little bit of madness. I remember when we told some close friends that we were pregnant with our fifth, and the husband looked at me and said, "You guys are just crazy." I smiled and thought, You aren't telling me anything I don't already know . But what I couldn't articulate in that moment was how excited was. I new this baby was supposed to be a part of our family. Sure, I had doubts in my abilities to be a mother of five. But, I knew that this baby was waiting to come. That excited me. We we...
If you can smile when things go wrong And say it doesn't matter, If you can laugh off cares and woe And trouble makes you fatter, If you can keep a cheerful face When all around are blue, Then have your head examined, bud, There's something wrong with you. For one thing I've arrived at: There are no ands and buts, A guy that's grinning all the time Must be completely nuts. ["Smile, Darn You, Smile," as quoted by Jeffrey R Holland, "The Will of the Father," Jan,17, 1989.]