Monday Facts~It's A Mama's Life

I'm joining with Larri at Seams Inspired for this fun and informative meme! Join us!

Today I'm sharing facts about this grace-filled Mama-Life I live......

1) It's a fact I own the best sweet shoppe in town. And have the cutest customers. They're just drawn to me when this hunk of plastic is full. Candy is never used for bribery, but I often pay for back scratches with goods from my candy store.

It's also a fact that I was once told by a dear young girl that I am the only Mama she knows who likes candy. Guilty as charged.

It's a fact you can get your own candy shoppe containers at your nearest World Market. :)  Be sure to get the darling scoop, too!


2) It's a fact that I wake up to the loveliest faces each morning.

3) It's a fact that nothing has humbled me more than motherhood. Motherhood reminds me how desperately I need Jesus. It's shown me how little I am and how big God is.

4) It's a fact that I can never praise God enough for this blessing of motherhood, and it's a fact that every day He astonishes me with His grace and mercy.

5) It's a fact that my children like my cooking, and I make wonderful food for them even though I'm the world's pickiest eater.

6) It's a fact that, after just having my first baby, body pulsing with too many hormones, I followed a driver home who had been tailgating me. This was before road rage, or I'm sure I'd be dead.

7) It's also a fact that I once got into a fist fight when trying to protect my children from a dangerous situation.


(I know. I know. God has sanctified me much since those days. :))


8) It's a fact that my children have said they're going to write a biography about me and title it, Where's My Tea? Because every morning, I misplace my cup of tea, and every morning, I ask them if they've seen it.


9)It's a fact that I didn't always want to be a Mama. I wanted to move to New York with my cousin (Michele's sister) and live the single life. It's a fact that when I got married, I told my husband I didn't want ANY children. That foolishness is nothing to boast of. Rather, it's a testimony of God's mercy and the fact that He didn't give me what I deserved. It's a fact that He changes us in ways we never could have imagined.

10) It's a fact that this Mama's body has been through one natural delivery and seven c-sections. I've ended up with my bladder torn twice, having to wear a catheter each time for two weeks, and I've suffered through two spinal headaches. It's a fact that pregnancy isn't a cake walk for me, but I love every minute, and God has displayed His power and glory in amazing ways each time.

11) It's a fact that one thing I long most for as a Mom is a quiet and gentle spirit.

12) It's a fact that what I love most about being a Mom is declaring the greatness and love of God to our children and watching them live for Jesus, making the ordinary extraordinary, and creating a home full of forgiveness and gratitude and the love of Christ.

Now you know more than you ever wanted to know. And that's a fact. 

With love,