Fight the Good Fight!

Everyday presents new challenges and we have to decide what we are fighting for!

I fight for Truth! I fight for my boys! I am done surrendering to Satan's lies and hiding in a "foxhole" hoping the enemy (Satan) will go away. The enemy will always be there hovering and relentless, but we are more powerful! We need to stand up to him, Stand Up to him with the strength of Christ. We can crush the enemy with Christ. I have this saying hanging over the piano in our living room for all to be reminded of some truths:

Fight the enemy! Fight the Good fight! Don't back down! "Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work" (Doctrine and Covenants 10:5). Listen to the truths, vanquish the lies!

Love Your Life (lyric video) - Hilary Weeks- Enjoy!!!

Doing the Best We Can!

Howdy Friends! Wow...what a week!!!! Been going through some "heavy" stuff with the kiddos and just life. I'm sure you all know I have 5 teenage boys...5. Testosterone is brewing in the air in our home and it gets interesting...to say the least. I am outnumbered and it's a daunting task. I have to visit my sister, often, to hold her sweet, innocent infant and see her happy toddler running around to be reminded that my boys started out this way. They too are in their cocoons, or man caves as some would call it, but will eventually emerge into solid, good men. Parenthood is extremely challenging, but what a sacred honor it is too. To think the Lord entrusts His children to US, imperfect people like us...what a great Faith and Trust He has in us. To think... some of us...He felt would be just fine parenting alone!!!! What the what!!!???? A couple of years ago I had to come to terms with the fact that I'd be parenting alone for the next 10+ years and I cried myself to sleep... many a nights. I still grieve, from time to time, that this is my Reality! And then I wake up the next morning and feel renewed, strengthened, and Loved my God to go on another day.

I wanted to share part of a song I love by Hilary Weeks. She is a Christian artist and her songs are so inspiring. I hope you are inspired too...to Love Your Life...whatever that may look like for you.

P.S. The song will be in a separate post...I'm not tech savvy!

Emerging from the Cocoon!

Yes, I know it's been 2 years since I posted on this blog, and that's OK. Starting over again and again is what life is all about. I've been in a "cocoon" , of sorts, for the past 2 years - it's been dark in that space but I have emerged once again shining an even brighter light. The "cocoon" phase started with me having to work full-time, for the first time in my life as a mother...nonetheless, a single mother. This blog is a place for me to share my 10+ years of this single parenthood journey...confessions of a single parent, if you will. We can commiserate together even if you're not on this type of journey because we all have some type of journey that is heart-wrenching to the point we feel we can't go on... One.More.Day. I give all the glory and thanks to God and his son Jesus Christ...if it weren't for them I'd be stuck in a dark abyss with no Hope and no Light. I will write once a week, so check back next week as I share my life, light, and Love.

New Year, New Blog, New Post!

The quote in my header by C.S. Lewis is one of my favorites. In 10 short words it sums up my life. My reality has definitely been - not neat, not obvious, and not what I expected. I am sure most of us have felt this at some point in our life, but maybe it's a good thing our lives have not turned out the way we had planned.  An all-knowing God sees the bigger picture and knows full well what experiences we need to bring us closer to Him and our true, divine identity!  Would we want to relive certain challenges...NO WAY...but we also wouldn't want to give up the priceless knowledge we gained because of those challenges. Learning hurts, patience is a tough teacher, and life is to be lived regardless of it all! My hope for this New Year is that our "Realities" shape our mind and character for the better.