Speaking from the Heart

With the busyness of chauferring the kids around all summer, trying to keep the house in order, preparing for upcoming school year, etc., no wonder I am stressed , and allowed the media to take control of me. Instead of saying " What can I do for you?" , I am asking "What can you do for me? Thank you Iris for reminding me what ministry is all about.

• I am thankful for my children, who has been very patient with me. I've been flip flopping with the school schedule. I planned too many activities for the upcoming school year and I don't know how I will manage to get our weekly schoolwork complete. Instead of calling home schooling, I am going to call it On-the-Road Schooling . 3 out of 5 days, we will be on taking speech & debate, biology, acting class, and computer science at different venues. One kid will have to do their school on location, while he/she waits for its sibling.
• Although dear son is one year from high school, he is taking high school courses. As a high school student in Florida, he has to declare a major. He wants to be a computer game designer. Although I have a background knowledge in computer science, I am not knowledgeable enough to teach him everything ( Windows was not around when I was in college). I am thankful for Mrs. Pumela, a teacher from Computer Explorers, who taught video game design to dear son and 15 boys. I am excited that she will teach the video game animation to the boys in the fall.
• While one child is into video game design, the other child is into acting. Dear daughter has been in church choir for 4 years. She was in it to tweak her acting ability, because I wasn't willing to pay high tuition fees for an acting class. I am thankful I have found a class with a reasonable tuition, and a Christian teacher. The kids will have two Christian-based plays a year is a plus.
• Dear husband and I have known each other for 21 years. We've been married for 17 years. I am thankful that our l0ve remains strong and firm. Having him around the house on a Tuesday morning was great. As we conversed in a calm & pleasant voice, I thought to myself how great it will be when he retires, which will be many, many years from now. Without a doubt, I can say to him "I love you more today than yesterday, but less than tomorrow".
• I am thankful for God's creations, whether big or small.