I can do all things...

Well, today was a very inspirational day for me.  (sorry to post so late today, but at least I made it before midnight!)  Between the talks at church, a memorial service we went to this evening, and a movie we just finished watching as our family home evening activity, I'm completely cried out for the day week rest of the month!  It was just so overwhelmingly emotional on all aspects, from happy, to sad, to encouraging and enlightening.  I'm not even sure I can put it all into words.  But my faith has been strengthened today.

Just a little fyi, the movie we watched was Soul Surfer... none of us had actually seen it yet, so it was nice for the whole family to sit and watch something new to all of us.  It was very enjoyable and Bethany, the main character (of course it was based on a true story) is such an inspiration.  (And I don't care if the stupid critics didn't like the movie, I and my family, loved it.)

And with all the pregnancy hormones raging inside me and with all the fears of a mother being tossed and turned around in my psyche lately, I really needed all the enlightenment that I received today.  I feel renewed and exhausted all at the same time.  But it's all good and I'm certainly going to ponder on everything that happened and on everything that was said today.  (Oh, and Happy Father's Day to my hubby and all the dads out there... see my post from Thurs. In Honor of Father's Day.)

On that note, I leave you with this....

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."  Phillipians 4:13

The Musings of a Mom

This week's prompts:

This week I decided to do two of the prompts...

5.) I'm inspired by... (A photo journal entry)



 

3.) I often daydream about...

I daydream about Disney vacations, going to Walt Disney World with my family and sharing the fun and adventure that I had when I was a kid.  I have very fond memories of our vacations that we would take and I would love to do the same thing with my family someday.  In April (around my birthday) we would take a week to travel from PA to Florida, a week at Disney and a week coming back home.  We took our time and enjoyed ourselves. 

I also daydream about traveling the world, visiting ancient ruins, temples, pyramids, tombs, etc., kind of an Indiana Jones type of adventure.  (of course, in those daydreams, I'm younger and in much better shape too! LOL)

I also daydream of finding my dream home, or building my dream home in my dream destination; a beautiful, large, open beach house with lots of windows, overlooking the beach with mountains on the other side of the house.  All the while, I’m writing a novel and enjoying life with my family in my clean, open, airy, home.

And then there’s the dream of winning the lottery, paying off all our debt, buying the dream home, taking the family to Disney World and then going to Europe to start on our world adventure, while writing my novel about the adventures we experience.

Well, there are lots of other things that I daydream about, but those have been the ones on my mind lately. 

Writing Exercise....

I came across a blog with a workshop for writers.  I've had some real writer's block lately, so I've decided to participate.

Mama Kat gave us a list of "prompts" to choose from and I chose the following:

3.) If you had made a career out of whatever you were passionate about when you were ten…what would you be doing?

I would have become an architect.  I loved drawing my “dream home” in many different ways… including the landscaping.  My mother was actually surprised that I didn’t go into that line of work because I’d been drawing those dream houses for years!  I believe that with that career, I would have gone on to work on the DIY channel with one of the renovation shows like Bath Crashers, Desperate Landscapes, or Yard Crashers.  I’ve always loved working with my hands, I’ve enjoyed working with wood, with tools and I’ve always thought it would be cool to build my own home.  I’ve done some construction and electrical work, so I’m fairly confident with those jobs.  I’ve also done a little plumbing as well, although I’d need some help on most of that end. 

I see myself working on one of the shows, I probably would have worked on Trading Spaces when it was on, moving onto one of the landscaping shows in order to learn more on that end of renovating.  I’ve always been a person who needs to learn all aspects of a job, all positions, in order to do my particular job better.  I usually end up being an employee who can fill just about any position in the workplace. 

After a while, if I would have pursued that original path, I would eventually work on getting a contractor’s license and end up having my own DIY show. 

Of course, you should always have a back-up in case the first career doesn’t pan out for one reason or another, so just in case my Architect/Renovation/Construction/Landscaping/TV host career didn’t pan out, I’d planned on becoming an astronaut.  Of course, my mother, the worry-wart that she was, said, “Absolutely NOT!” to that dream.  She was always afraid of me getting hurt… (and the possibility of me sawing my fingers off wasn’t worrisome?  Dad had me using a Skill saw at the age of four, fer cryin’ out loud!)

Oh, and then there’s wanting to become a writer, artist and photographer… I can’t forget those choices!  I’ve always been one to have too many interests and hobbies.  Honestly, I don’t have time for all the interests that I have.  I’ve added some as I’ve gotten older and taken a few off the list.  (Astronaut unfortunately had to come off, can’t stomach the heights anymore!  LOL)  But I still have the child-like wonder at learning new and wondrous things as I go through this journey we call Life.

I hope you enjoyed my little essay about myself.  As I said, I haven't been able to write for a while, so this was just an exercise to get me back on track.  Feel free to give constructive criticism.