Hello folks…Here is my thought for this Friday!
I have heard it said that parenting is the highest and hardest calling but you can’t fully appreciate the cliché until you have had the experience, until you become a parent. Nothing in this world can teach you patience, personal development, forgiveness, self-sacrifice and long suffering like raising children can. In the same breath I say that nothing teaches you how to love, give, share, laugh, be flexible and pray like raising children. When I see them learning, playing peacefully, and mimicking my patterns; I pause to see the miracle they are and reflect on the privilege that I have been given to be a part of rearing them. Children require you to go back to basics. You are literally teaching them how to be God-loving, intelligent, loving, caring, and respectable human beings. Realizing that one day, you will take the handcuffs off and send them out to fulfill their God-given destinies. The job is exciting, extremely challenging, fun and tedious and yes, you can experience all these emotions and more in a one hour setting.
I am a mother of 5: one still in the womb due May 8th 2009, two toddlers ages 3 & 2, a 12 year old and an 8 year old. I am one of the self titled, Extra Special Parents; I have been tasked with the unique and challenging job of parenting a child who has special needs. While her strides and accomplishments bring lots of joy, the reality of our situation sometimes dampens my spirits. I am saddened in the moments when we forego the nice weather because a pleasant walk is seldom pleasant, I get hung up because hanging out as a family with neighbors is not as easy as it sounds, we’ve lost the luxury of attending our church as a family and simply walking through the mall takes tons of pre-planning. Library visits, child care and vacations also require a master plan and a tall cup of mocha latte but we’re learning to manage. To all this busyness I add in homeschooling my 6th grader, which has actually been the easiest of all the jobs. Unbelievable, right?
I am blessed that during this season, it is not required to our survival that I work for anyone else. I am an entrepreneur though and I find myself using this freedom to pursue many different ventures in my “spare time”. I am yet to journey into the one venture that ceases all my searching. I sense that my new vision, my new approach will be fruitful though…I can just feel it!!!
I have no idea where this journey called life will take my family but I trust that my loving heavenly Father, who created this universe and everything in it, has a magnificent plan that we will walk out. My only requirement for success is to seek, rely on, and desire Him above all else. This is easily said but requires discipline to execute daily.
I end this expressive moment with the following lessons I’ve learned thus far:
1. Age does change your view on life and the view only gets better!
2. Flowers can truly brighten up your day!
3. Too much of any one thing is a bad thing!
4. Laughter really is medicine for the weary heart & soul!
5. Your best life is found when you abandon your ambitions and talk to God about His plan for you!
Walking in His mercy and Living in His grace,
Nakisha 'Kisha' Guzman
Through My eyes: http://www.balancedandpurposed.com/
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new! Albert Einstein
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