MONDAY RAMBLINGS – Make Every Moment Count........

Experts say that the best time for women to have children is in their 20’s and a woman’s fertility peaks at the age of 24. I got married at age 25 so oops, time was already not on my side as I missed that peak.

Many of my peers by now, have children in high school, some even in college and some looking to become grandparents. It seem then, that I am among the few still raising young children. I am not disgruntled at all, as anyone who knows my story, should get by now that I am extremely grateful to God for the opportunity of being a mom to two beautiful children, regardless of my age. The only grey area is when I realize that some days I am just not physically able to keep up with them. Then I am reminded of my age and silently wished I was younger, in my 20’s maybe.

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been to 2 funerals, the last one being the hardest, as the deceased, not an old person by any means, learnt she had cancer earlier this year and died, just months afterwards. Her children were broken. It was so hard to watch. The program facilitated a slide show of stills from the deceased pass and as the images of her went by, the ones with her at the weddings of her daughters’  got my attention, which brings me then to the reason for my post. Since I had my children at such an advanced age, how far will I make it into their development. Will I be around for their college years, their graduation, their marriage. Will I be around to welcome my grandchildren. I often do the maths and it is certainly far from encouraging.

The only thing in my power, that I can do, then, is to make every moment with them count, because, after all, that is all we are given at a time. I know though, that even if their dad and I are not around for them for some of their important milestones, an aunt, an uncle or even a friend will, as God will not have it otherwise, as we know that they are indeed gifts to us, straight from his heart.

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GRATEFUL WEDNESDAYS - FAITH UNDER FIRE

Today I am grateful for Faith.

“Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders received a good report.” Hebrews 11 verses 1 & 2 - KJV

At a time in my life, if someone told me about faith, I would have asked, faith who? I knew faith existed and I knew it could be used to enhance my life, but I just did not know how to use it and as a micro-manager, I guess I did not think I had any use for faith.

Later on in my life, I found I had to draw on my faith and so I made the effort to find out what it was all about and put it to the test.

I remember when my infertility issues began taking its toll on me, I felt I needed a break and so I decided that a trip to the United States, could help. I had gone to the American Embassy a couple times before and they had turned me down. This time, I would not take no for an answer and so I called a travel agency, booked my flight, then I went to the Embassy to ask for my visa. Yes, it had to be there waiting for me to have had such audacity. Let’s say, that vacation did me good.

As my infertility issues took its toll on me, I knew somehow that I would come through it victoriously. There were times, I must admit, when this hope stood on shaky ground, when I felt like I had gotten to the end of my rope, but I tied a knot and held on for dear life, I held firmly to the thinnest thread of faith. God rewarded me as you all know by now, and I have the gifts to show. My mother-in-law reminded me of my faith in this regard, when I shared with her our current plight.

I cannot count the ways that he has used our faith to bless our family financially and even as I pen this,  he continues to work in our finances in ways that is beyond words.

We have now come to a point in our life, where we are forced to put our faith to the test again. We are about to embark on a very significant move, but the thing is, our faith is being frustrated by well-meaning critics, who feel that our fabric is not up to the test. Let me say here that I do respect and appreciate their interest in our well-being, but our God who is above all and knows all, stands ready to help too, and I want to give him that chance. In all fairness, though, for all we know, God could be using these critics in his overall plan, to convince us that what they are proposing is the plan he has for us as well, but you know what, I am not at the point yet where I believe that God is, by any means, through working his plan out and so I am challenged to continue to seek him to the very end. With this said, I hope it is not my own naïve agenda speaking here, but I will allow God to be the judge of that.

God is not known to lie about his promises and as experience has taught me, once I am aligned with his will, I have every confidence that he will reveal to me his plan and equip us for its undertaking, to his honour and glory.

I am therefore extremely grateful for having allowed faith into my life.

BE BLESSED ALL!!!!

'GRATEFUL WEDNESDAYS' - POST 2 - "All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above ....................."

As a people, we are very ambitious and this is good, there is however a downside to this. We can lose our selves in pursuing self-advancement; a bigger degree for that bigger salary, a bigger house, a newer car, and find ourselves wondering, why am I not happy, why does my life feel so dull. The thing is, we forget to be thankful for the little things that we already have, without which, our lives would not mean much. Our relationships, our health, our faith, our freedom, I could go on.


There are times in my life when I feel I could have achieved more in certain areas, and as a result I beat upon myself and take on a 'woe is me' attitude. Thankfully, I am soon reminded that less I be accused of being ungrateful, I do have things to be thankful for.


In my pursuit to become a more thankful and happier person, in general then, I am urged to add a new posting feature to my blog, a segment dedicated to being thankful, which I have decided to call ‘GRATEFUL WEDNESDAYS', where I will post all the things in my life that I am thankful for, regardless of how small. 

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POST 2

Today we took the baby for a doctor's appointment and decided to just stay out until it was time to pick up our son. We grab a bite to eat and still had time, so we went to one of our popular spots for hanging out.

As we sat on one of the park benches, there was a cool, strong but welcomed wind (as the summer heat is certainly on) blowing   The baby sat on my lap sleeping and I thought to myself, this is really a great way to pass some time. My husband remarked almost immediately, "it is funny, we can hardly find time any more to do things like this. I instantly agreed, thinking how we have become a people so busy and stuck in survival mode.

I felt so grateful that we could afford the time today to just enjoy some of the good gifts that God has afforded us by way of His beautiful creation.

FOR THIS I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL