Fun, Joy and Cheering! 2015

Well here we are in 2015, the old saying "time flys when your having fun" seems a good way to describe the last year or two!
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My family is and has been my main focus at this amazing time in my life (coming up 12 years a Wife and nearly 11 years a Mummy/Mum) and I'm so thankful to be able to share my life with my favourite 5 people in the whole world everyday. (Yes we now have 4 boys, we welcomed Dominic Seth to our family on 27th January 2014).

My family is so precious, I've been blessed with my husband and 4 boys, I love these guys, MY guys so much!

There's a lot going on in a household full of boys/men (and its not just eating, sport, cars, making clothes dirty and playing minecraft or Xbox, but you could be fooled in to thinking it was…lol)

There are some big things taking place every day. Such as each one discovering their individual and different personality and traits, their heart, passions, giftings, loves, finding the place where they can be and love themselves, aswell as the struggles and fights that they face and the breakthroughs and victorys that they celebrate.

My guys are:
beautiful (handsome according to them), smart, funny, amazing, rowdy, bousteroius, gentle, caring, loving, crazy, cool, loud, quiet, vocal, warriors, physical, thoughtful, outgoing, reserved and so much more!

I just wish the days were longer, as there never seems to be enough time to fit in all the things that have to be done with the fun stuff I'd rather be doing or time I'd like to spend with them, and by the time we've got all those other things done, the fun doesn't seem long enough!

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I get to love, observe, guide, listen to (even when the words are few) and encourage each one in different ways.

Throughout their journey I'm there; holding their hand, hugging it out, calling their name, cheering them on, picking them up, brushing the dust off, sending them out, welcoming them home. And they know it :-)

A recent example of this was the school production. Two were in the chorus and one was a dancer.

The chorus came into the hall over the main stage, (I had a spot at the back where I could stand up and wave, I was holding Mr D and sitting next to me along with Dad, were 4 grandparents and aunty too).

Mr A came in first and I'm waving flat out and cheering hoping he'll see us, he is waving to the crowd but doesn't appear to see us but I still wave as he walks over the stage and he kind of glances toward me as he reaches the far side to go down the stairs.

Next is Mr F, he sees me and waves and beams us a big smile, now we're all waving and cheering and he's looking directly at us as he reaches the otherside he bumps into the boy in front as the line slows down and gives us one more wave as he goes down the stairs.

Mr J, we see during the show dancing up a storm, at the end his group is introduced and all come onto the stage and he is smiling and waving, as are we right back at him.

When I talk to them all later their comments were:
Mr A, I saw you waving at the back (but he didn't show us in his reaction),
Mr F, I saw you all waving (and we knew it) and
Mr J, I couldn't tell where you were but I just waved cause I knew you were there.

It just made me think about how different they are and how what I do for them is seen, acknowledged and responded to in their own way, but is still valued greatly.

I've thought about it a lot since then and resolve to always wave! (weather I think they see me or not and I look like the crazy Mum in the back, I'm not one to make a spectacle of myself but for them I'll make an exception, WHY…because they know I'll be there!).

This made me also refect on my relationship with God and helping the boys to grow in theirs.
Weather I've got my eyes on the path ahead, I'm looking right at him, or I'm in the spotlight and can't see out into the crowd. Theres one thing I know… GOD'S THERE, he's my, my hubbys and the boys biggest fan and cheerleader!

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Psalm 73:23-28English Standard Version (ESV)

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
    you hold my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
    you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
    I have made the Lord God myrefuge,

 that I may tell of all your works.

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I'm looking forward to the year ahead and finding more time for fun, joy and cheering; as I cherish each age and stage we reach and achievement we make along the way!