by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 12, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Motherhood
After consonant digraphs and key word outlines, groups of 3 and improper fractions, sentence diagramming and diapers, Theodore Roosevelt and the elements in the periodic table, this homeschooling mama is craving some “ME TIME” to recharge. Toddler baby girl is...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 9, 2012 | Motherhood
To my precious readers… I am linking-up again with The Gypsy Mama, who prompts writers with a word. Today it is EMPTY. Then we have just 5 minutes to let the words flow from our hearts, unedited and unhindered… She gazes at me with here shining, innocent...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 7, 2012 | Blogging and Writing, Motherhood
I thought it would be much later that I would share this pivotal point in the life of this mama. I found myself in a very dark desperate place of wanting to give it all up. I felt very much like the near death of a soul that Resurrection power had to revive. It was my...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 5, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Motherhood, My Story
Somedays, I lament over my past where so many great moments, beautiful gifts, lay waisted, ignored and disposed in the dark caverns of ungratefulness. All the while, I was relinquishing joy, too busy to notice glorious moments fleeting and giving no thought to trifle...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 2, 2012 | Motherhood
The dark creeped in hours ago, and my neck and shoulders have carried a weight of the day that causes me to ache much older than I am. The continuous dull pain has been my reminder. It’s stabbing and stinging, but it could be so much worse. Hunched over my sink for...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 20, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Motherhood
In my homeschool journal, during one of my low places earlier this week, while pouring out my heart to God, I scratched out these words…I am feeling heavy, and like I will fall under the weight. Today the joy of homeschooling is being stifled by thoughts...
