The Small Branch

Proverbs 16:9  "A man's heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps." I know I have said this before, but kids sure do teach you a lot about yourself and a lot about God.  This morning was a typical morning at our house.  Everyone running late and everyone yelling and screaming at each other that they were the cause.  It breaks my heart listening to the way my kids talk to each other sometimes.  Don't get me wrong, sometimes they are really great to each other.  But I also hear a lot of my own impatience and anger reflected in the things they say to each other.  I tell myself every day that I need to get up earlier so things don't go so wrong, but that isn't the real problem, is it?  The problem is that I don't handle people not doing things my way at my speed the right way.  The problem is that I like control.  And one thing kids teach you very quickly is that you are not in control.  No matter how together a mom seems, she isn't really in c

Wow!  It has been a very long time since I have posted on this blog.  Does anyone even look at it anymore? Well, the last few years have been very crazy for us.  I have suffered from intense depression and just feel like I am walking out of it.  Over the last year, God has called us to some major changes in our lives.  In August of 2013, we relocated to Rapid City, SD.  We love it here, but it took some time to get used to.  In December of 2013, we realized that He wanted us to put our oldest child in school.  We found a great Christian school and he is doing great!  Then, in the spring of 2014, we realized He was calling an end to our homeschooling years.  We weren't really sure how we were going to do it, but we knew He wanted our kids in a great Christian school near us, so we signed them up.  By the middle of the summer, with a few bumps along the way, I had taken a part time teaching job at my oldest son's school teaching my favorite things - Pre-Calculus and Calculus.