I was very lucky to be able to have the chance to interview my friend Lara Van Hulzen author of 'Remember Me' , so now I have the pleasure of sharing her answers with you.
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I had the perfect verse for this blog post. It was perfect. Something God had revealed to me. I wrote it down. I looked it up today. It didn't exist... Basically I had lost it. Meanwhile the insight God had given me was still valid, and worth sharing with you.
I've seen them. You've seen them. We've all seen them. Memes saying real women have curves. And you know what? Those things make me just a little bit angry. I am an overweight chick. I comfortably fit into the curvy category. But that comment still makes me frustrated.
I am very blessed to have a few very talented Authors as my friends. One in particular has recently released her first self published master piece. A faith based romance novel called 'Remember Me'.
Just to add a little bit of awesome to the mix Lara is sending me two copies, all the way from where she lives in America to giveaway (plus one for me to read and keep. I'm already going all Gollum on that copy though so hands off!) This means you have an opportunity to win an awesome book, and I have a chance to bless you by introducing you to a pretty awesome chick and the characters from her series. So. My little man (and my daughter too if I'm honest) is not always good with keeping his (or her) cool. In fact, we've been going through a patch where he will pack a paddy about both going to and then leaving Kindy. As many of you will be aware Tantrums are loud, embarrassing and on occasion impossible to put a stop to. So me being me. I have gone to a whole lot of websites and looked at their suggestions on dealing with them. I put these thoughts out there in hopes that I'm not the only parent/caregiver who will benefit from the information.
I have spoken to people over the years who have stopped going to church because people were judgmental, hypocritical, in tight cliques that prevented them from getting involved, or just cause they didn't feel accepted. I will admit to feeling that way about church on occasion too. So my question of the day is are we being church people or are we being Christ's people no matter where we are?
So today I had one of those days with my potty training son. It was a day when my usually good, toilet trained boy, had not one. Not two. But five accidents. That's five undie and pant changes. One of which included changing his top half too. My count is not including the outfit that went in to the wash after we put him in the shower.
I don't know about you. But once I left school and people stopped telling me who I am, what I should do, directing me in the paths I should follow. I began to wonder. To question who I am. To be honest I'm still questioning.
Its so easy to have life bring us down. As I sit here in my pajamas, knowing I've been in them well past the hour that they should have been folded and ready for the night. I realize that my inclination is to just stay as I am. I want to ignore the dishes on the bench. The mess on the floor. The general state of my home. I want to pretend the wind isn't blowing a gale outside and that the clouds aren't a threatening black. I want to cocoon myself in my home and pretend the world is just standing still for a while.
Some days I struggle. I struggle with life. With the little intricacies of the day. With the meaningful and meaningless things that fill the hours between noon and night. Heck some days I even struggle with the sleeping hours. And you know what God has shown me? I'm not the only one, and neither are you.
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Karla RoseI'm a Christian, a wife, and a mother of two living in the wonderful Waikato Archives
April 2021
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