Hello!! It's been a while. I've been thinking about my blog and where to go with it, what it will look like, and how much time and energy I will put into it. Scheduling more of my activities into pockets and windows of time, a morning here or an hour of this afternoon there, has enabled me to prioritize our lives. The important stuff like building eternal relationships, feeding the family nutritious food, clothing each member, and battling the dust mites with immense force (important when family members have allergies to them!!) has helped me find room for some extra curricular items as well. Maybe, it's been less of me changing things but more the baby not nursing as much :).
What ever the case, focusing on what means the most and having more time, has helped to rid my brain of that awful anxiety that comes from the false guilt I feel when my brain is overwhelmed. Too many details that come with caring for baby Ben AND everyone else, including Will, can really make me feel down. When I'm exclusively at home, that is where I need to be and the LORD calls me to be but can I do that? No, I struggle with pulling back and letting it go. I struggle with comparing myself to others and wanting to be the best, as far as good works go. Is that what God wants from me? Discontent with where He has placed me?
No, He wants me to be here in the home, in the trenches, crawling in what feels like the mud, working hard for Him. It can be thankless work at times but He knows and He cares for what I do. Thank you LORD for walking me through!!
All this to say - hopefully you'll see more of us again. I won't promise you or me anything because I know life is full of curve balls. We think everything is going well, maybe we're even coasting more than we should be, and BAM!! God brings us back to the reality that HE is in control and that we rely solely on Him.
My goal is to try. My goal is to try posting once a week. To share, and to maybe get some feedback and learn from my readers too.
I would like to spend some more time writing here about what matters most to me - the Christian Way, family, and fabric!! I would also like to show pictures of what we've done as a family in order to chronicle events but throw my sewing experiments into the mix for extra excitement (we all need that - right?).
So here I go - it'll be Good Sew (goed zo)!!! (a phrase my Opa used to conclusively use after speaking on certain matters - that is "goed zo" which means "it is well"). It's a "Good Sew" when we look at it with a Christian lens, when we consider things with God's ways in our minds.
Ben's birthday dessert. See the "BF" in the middle.
Pictures of Ben - days old at home.
"Look at our little brother!!"
With Grandma Faber.
With Oma Bredenhof.
Madilyn and Ben for the first time.
Nadia and Ben - two little mothers.
Grandma and Grandpa Bredenhof.
It's nice having a photographer in the family - these ones by Aleana.
Goed Zo!!!
