Mother's Day

My gifts! It is a quiet and solemn Mother's Day. I had a cough that crept up on me suddenly, so I decided to stay home and nurse it on this beautiful Sunday.

How can I nurse my cough with dishes in the sink and my floor unmopped and my carpets as they are? I found a way to rest and wash only what was necessary, today. It is Mother's Day. I couldn't help putting the potatoes in the oven or blogging to my babies on such a day. I sent my mother her gift, at the last minute, I think.

God is good and I am very grateful for the 9 pregnancies the loss and the gain of motherhood that has garnered me 6 wonderful live children and three in heaven to see, when I get there. I am grateful for the 6 delightful toddlers that fill my days with Mother Goose and craziness that dig up from me every bit of energy that is left to give. They have a way of pulling it out of you, even when you think you haven't another drop of mental, emotional or physical energy.

Motherhood has been very, very good to me, to quote a humorous anecdote of an earlier generation. I am grateful for its' fond memories and its' promise of continued blessing, in the grace of God.

Happy, Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers. I hope that you are blessed in the celebrating of it.

Celebrating my Marriage!

A Precious and Happy 53 Birthday

Happy 51st Birthday

Honoring Father is always a lesson for me. There are so many deepseeded Walker traditions that I am blessed to be learning from my fullbreds. This birthday there were delicately decorations around and about. Each balloon was carefully handscripted, by our homegrown artistic crew. I cannot catch the beauty of the designs that were set on each perfectly drawn candy and the beautiful fatlady on the microphone with an orchestra behind her. Its not over till, well you know. We limboed the night away and enjoyed the beauty of love in the homegrown way. They each had something to say and they elected Enoch to present their father's birthday video. A speech? from Enoch? He did it.

I am so glad to have participated.
Silver stars were hung from the ceiling. Silver streamers decked the halls and we danced the night away. Family is the best love garden there is.

What a great party we had to celebrate!

Halloween is October 31st?

The more I live and breathe the more I understand the wisdom of my first grade sister and her nagging antics with mommy. My children have to, just about knock me out of my bed to sign and get and do this or the other.
The mommy that I had was young and beautiful and always in my business. I didn't have to nag her about anything. She knew when I forgot my homework. She knew when I was about to cut myself and they were always taking things away from me because of some danger...
Not me, I am and older mother...They have difficulties with some of these things.


Thankfully, I have a husband who also is at the younger side of the family and understands the dillemma. Don't even bother to tell mom, is the new maxim. Halloween is October 31st and wait till then to tell mom that we need a pumpkin for school. My children have all become very independent and their mother has become very tired.
Ezra has to complete his homework with the help of my very able assistants. I try, but I am no Spring chicken anymore.:{
I'd better take my iron to get ready for the 3rd crew of Highschoolers coming...
All in a life's work?

I saw a cloud in the sky that looked like Dad's thumb.

It made me think that Dad would've been proud of how we treated Ben, this Father's day. I felt like he was saying its about time you started treating your husband well. Do you have to wait 412 months to start catering to him? If it wasn't Dad, it was definitely God reminding me of my vows to love, honor and obey?:) Its fun these days being a couple. No real babies in arms. We can clear a room in a second just by kissing eachother. I think I'll keep him!
Years ago, Father's day was running from pillar to post honoring the fathers here and there and I think it took us all these three years to realize that the real Papa now in our lives is him. He's got a wrestling match on, with the 2 older girls being women and one of the boys being eye to eye with him. It would be too much, if Enoch had the personality of the girls. He is a gentle soul, for the most part. Fathering and mothering is feeling like building a community now. Individuals living together with separate interests and activities and lives, under the authority of a gracious man of God.

Father's Day was a restaurant theme.

Father's day, the little fellows and I made the house a restaurant and made Dad and the big girls sit outside for a while and "wait to be seated". Ezra was the Matre D and he escorted the patrons to their seat in the living room while mom gave him tips on what to say on the side. Ethan was the waiter and took the orders and helped with the service.
Enoch was away with a friend. This was good because he is a perfectionist and the boys would never have gotten away with some of the normal childhood fun they had while serving our customers.
For appetizers we served a fruit platter and donuts that were left over from Sunday School.
Dill and parsley flavored salad and green pepper stuffed with ricotta, rice, okra and broccoli.
Eggplant and spaghetti with a side order of corn and chicken were the main entres and everybody enjoyed it alot. Brownie, icecream floats were for dessert, when we came home from church. Our dad enjoyed his day and we were glad and had fun serving him.

412 Month Anniversary tomorrow! Ben! My Chosen Escort through life

I took off, tomorrow, to be with my beloved on our anniversary. It seems to have gone so quickly and we are appreciating eachother more. There is more to appreciate:) at least on my part. How do I love thee, let me count the ways? Father of my children and person who I attempt to help and cheer and friend and care about, all of these are an investment. I am reaping the pleasant and blessed fruit of a life of love and labor together and I am grateful to God.
The first day we were married I heard Kenny Roger's song, Through the years and I cried, imagining that that could be us and now here we are 412 months later.
Through the years whenever things went wrong together we were strong...I stayed with you through the years.

7 squared

Today is the birthday of my beloved! Southside's superman, The pride of the Union in our house, We thank God for Peter Cooper and for our delightful Man of God!
What a heritage of faith he is giving and preserving upon the earth in the children.
Faithful to train and instruct them.
Faithful to give and bless them and me with his presence.
49 years of teamwork and partnership, love and kindness!
A Good man, A good father, a good husband and a good friend!
I do not deserve the grace of God to have given me such a great gift!
I am very blessed!

My Beloved!

My beloved is pure and purifying to me and my children. My beloved is husband and father and self-controlled in his anger, toward me and the children. One really can't ask more of love than to be self-controlled in anger!
Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down upon your wrath. Although I am often the cause of much anger, I am grateful that my beloved uses self-control as a fruit of the spirit with regards to me and the children, a fruit of the spirit that is often lacking in my own interactions with my children and myself...