Five Minute Friday: Grow

I'm back with the Gypsy Mama today for Five Minute Friday... join me won't you?

 Our prompt for today is 'grow'.   A fitting word for my house in this season.

   

He comes to me and says he hurts, his ankles, his legs, all over really.

I check and feel and find nothing wrong, but the pools in his eyes grow and so do the black circles under them, so I do the only thing this mama knows to do, and I warm the rice bags.

Bags of warmth to soothe the sore muscles and aching bones that stretch and grow.

From the look on his face I know it's not just the body that hurts and so I probe, gently questioning, hoping he will reveal just a bit.  And after a few minutes his eyes spill over and he flat out says he just doesn't know what is wrong. 

But I know.... he's growing and sometimes growing hurts, whether it's the body or the heart or the soul.  And the waters that were once so clear are now muddied and hazy and the way is not-so-sure.  At times we are all stretched tight like a wire, ready to snap at the littlest push, thinking we can take no more.  But in hindsight, taking a look back after time, we see we have gone farther than we thought we could, done more than we thought possible,  and we are the better for it. 

Growth is good, always good - no matter how painful.  For it is in the stretching, the very thing that hurts the most, that we become more like Him.  Always more like him.

Remember to Say Thank You

It's 'Five Minute Friday'!!  You know what that means - I'm linking up with The Gypsy Mama and writing for five flat and not a minute more.  Today's prompt is: REMEMBER {of all the words I thought she might pick, this was not one ;0)}

 GO!

It seems as though I'm always telling someone to remember something.  "Remember your lunch!"   "Remember your manners!" "Remember to meet me here at 3:00!"  Always remember.

Somewhere in the reminding others to remember, I have forgotten nearly everything - -where I put my keys and sunglasses, the word for that thingy over there, the name of which kiddo I am addressing, and the list goes on and on.

It is a cryin' shame that somewhere in the midst of the mess, of running three other people's lives, of keeping up with three other schedules and chores and homework and housework and groceries... I sometimes forget {and need to remember} to take time and give thanks to the One who makes all this mayhem possible.  I need to remember to find a bit of quiet and say thank you, not just on Sundays as I wait for the body and blood, not just when all is going my way, but in the everyday.  In every way...thank you.

STOP!

I'll return on Monday with a few ideas on how to teach gratitude to our little {and not so little} ones.  They are fun ideas and i can't wait to share them with you!

HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!

{K}