I am just me

In this past week I have talked to a friend who is taking all three of her children to an amusement park, by herself.

I have read about the incredible, crafty introduction to home school that one mom launched including MAKING A VASE OUT OF PENCILS!

I have read about another mom of many children who makes the majority of their clothing.

I have talked to another mom about the large garden she is processing to feed their family through the winter.

I have read a nutritional cookbook that puts my cooking and baking to absolute shame.

I have read various homeschooling sites about what to do and what to use.

All this pretty much made me feel useless and like I was doing a horrible job.

I like to be crafty and creative, but this takes me a long time because I have to work hard on it.

I love to cook and bake for my family, but right now I am keeping things simple because every time I am in the kitchen Baby follows me and alternately rubs her head on my leg to get me to look at her and smile, or sits on my feet. It is fun, but it means keeping life simple.

I love homeschooling, Miss Pear is 4, but since the age of 1 her doctors have been telling us that she is advanced for her age, and to be prepared for that, so there is a lot of stuff that she is doing early. Therefore, we are doing a mix of preschool and kindergarten, so many excellent kindergarten or preschool programs just don't work for us, no matter how great they are. We go our own path and move at our own speed. And I am good with that.

Some days I am lucky if I can get the wash done, never mind get to the sewing machine. But my family has clean clothes to wear and all the mending is caught up with only 2 shirts waiting to be ironed.

I love having garden fresh food! However the Lord has given us a small yard, so I plant what I can and enjoy it. Tomatoes are starting to finally ripen this week.

There are a lot of women that excel in lots of areas, or shine so brightly in a few that they leave the rest of us in the dust. But we don't see the other areas of their lives, the areas where they are weak, or that they might neglect.

I cannot be all those other women, I cannot excel in all those areas without my family suffering greatly.

All I can do is be the woman God made me to be, and care for the family He gave me. Each family has different needs and is nurtured in different ways.

I am just me, and I am good with that.