Some wonderful thoughts on Motherhood from Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Psalms 139:13-16

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother's womb. 

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about.

Your workmanship is marvelous. You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in Your Book".

 

Every Sunday morning, without fail, Mennonite Girls Can Cook has a blog post labelled, "Bread for the Journey."  And I can tell you that I read that post every Sunday without fail.  This allows me to carry the words I have read with me as a travel through my day.  Some weeks they are peaceful and other weeks they are reminders of where we can turn to find strength to get us through another week.  And still others are reminders of just how lucky we are, and how much there is to be thankful for.

This week's verse from Psalms 139: 13-16 was just that, a reminder of how wonderful it is to be a mother and what a gift it is to mother a child.  And as with every gift of true value, it comes with great responsiblity.  Responsiblity that when coupled with love and humour and patience and trust in one's self, can bring so much joy.

And so today, I say Thank you to Kathy at Mennonite Girls Can Cook, for my "bread for the journey".

The Scrappin Class

For those of you who miss you families (and we all do just a little), we have a class designed for what to do with those beautiful photos you keep forgetting to take off the camera...
Scrapbooking is something I do to have a reason to get those pictures off the camera and out where folks (especially my daughter) can enjoy them.  However, a busy household usually means that a scrapbook page happens at the expense of a home cooked meal.  Oh well, they can't have everything!

This page was created using Stampin Up's Simply Scrappin' Playful Polka Dots set;  Punch Bunch stamp set and the Doily Triple Punch from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

Welcome to Camp Mom

   
   Welcome to Camp Mom.  So glad to see you found your way here.  Don't worry about your baggage, we have Men to take care of that.  Please get yourself a cup of coffee and pull up a cozy chair (they have already been checked for goldfish and sticky banana).  My apologies that all the Wii remotes have been removed from the room.  And someone will provide you with a place to check your phones, Ipads, laptops, etc.  We do have technology hour right after lunch, in the lodge.
    You will find copies of our weekly activities on the tables as well as paper and pencils for to-do lists and taking notes, but you really don't need to.  Spa treatments do need to be booked 24 hours in advance, but the hot tub and lake are available at your leisure as well as any of the canoes, kayaks or windsurfers.  Twice a week, we have a skipper who comes in from down the lake to take day cruises in the sailboats.  Daily morning hikes leave from the steps of the Dining room just after sunrise and evening campfires are held under the stars (and yes, we guarantee starlit nights, you read correctly), once it gets dark.
    There is a list of venting sessions on the back of the weekly schedules, please be sure and mark your first, second and third choices when choosing which sessions you would like to attend.  We do like to ensure that everyone gets their first choice, and sometimes will offer the same session twice in one day if it is too popular.  Those tend to be: "My husband snores, but I don't think he's really sleeping", "My children won't eat anything but macaroni and hot dogs" and "Coffee-Marguerita? - Coffee- Marguerita? Which one should I have?"

Please be aware that we do recommend that there be a balance between time for yourself classes, inspiration and venting sessions.  Our team of experts will help you ensure that your week with us gets you everything you are looking for...Now for those cabin assignments.

Wouldn't it be great if we could go to Camp instead of the kids?  A week away with other Moms.  No husbands, no phone calls or emails, no television.  Nobody fighting or wondering what is for supper.  Time to read your book, get a massage or take a yoga class.  Time to vent about what is getting you down at home, and a chance to improve yourself both parentally and personally (be it fitness, food or just geting a chance to do something good for yourself).  Well, I am afraid that I cannot take you physically away from your families (at least not yet), but I can suggest you pour yourself a glass or a cup of something you like to drink and get comfortable as I try to make you smile, encourage you in your daily life with kids and  help you feel a little less alone as a Mom.  And maybe even introduce you to a new friend or two.  Who knows?  We might even find someone who wants to book pedicures through here!

I hope you will stop by from time to time and let us know what is up in your Mommy world.
Thanks for taking the time to check things out!