Hi Guys,
Need a last minute sweet treat for Thanksgiving? Look no further! These Pumpkin Spice cookies will "wow" you with how easy they are to make and how delicious they are!!
xoxo,
Cara
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
I Wouldn't Change A Thing
My daughter just walked...WALKED!...into my home office to greet me. Do you know how impossible that seemed to me in the beginning?
I felt as if she would be my tiny baby forever. I felt like I would always be nursing and be woken up too often throughout the night...it felt like there was no end - for better or for worse. Then just the other day when she clumsily walked into my office, it hit me - I don't have a baby anymore!
"The days are long, but the years are short." This quote hits me upside the head every time I read it and reminds me to not take for granted this special season of mommy-hood.
I am a WAHM...a work-at-home mom. And you know what? I am tired. My days are long.
Ellie wakes up anywhere from 6am-7am, I am "at work" in my home office by 7am, I work all day online for the best company in the world from 7-3:30pm. At 3:30pm I will lay down on the living room carpet and Ellie will come and climb on me. :) It's the best! She will jump on me and we will laugh and giggle, and have our girly-girl time. Then I start on dinner. My hubby comes home, then we eat together. We have a little bit cherished family time before Ellie goes to bed at 7:30pm. Then Tim and I try catch up on quality time for ourselves, before we start another day.
But guess what?
The years are short and I wouldn't change a thing. If I found out I had cancer today, I still wouldn't change a thing.
You know why?
Mother Theresa's quote sums it up perfectly, " Want to change the world? Go home and love your family."
I could be out and about doing so many very "important" and "Godly" things, but be missing the entire point of God's will for my life. My calling in this season of life (and I dare say the rest of my life, though it may look different at various stages) is to be the best wife and mommy I can be. No one else can be Tim's wife and Ellie's mommy. Just me. And I am humbled and honored.
I now know that Ellie will be grown before I know it. If she is already walking like such a big girl in a blink of an eye, how fast will the rest of the time go?
Even if no one reads this post, it is still a special reminder to my future self that I cherished every moment with Tim and Ellie. Even when nursing was crazy hard in the beginning, even when I would cry because the thought of simultaneously working and taking care of Ellie at the same time f impossible, I was and continue to be very present and aware of how priceless this season is.
And I will never get it back.
So I will continue to be present, even on the hardest days. I will continue to pour all my love into my family, so they can feel the love of God coursing through their hearts, and as they grow, they will have this special love that they can share with others.
For the greatest gift I can give to my family is the knowledge of God and His love, and that is what will prompt the change that is needed most in this world.
~Cara
I felt as if she would be my tiny baby forever. I felt like I would always be nursing and be woken up too often throughout the night...it felt like there was no end - for better or for worse. Then just the other day when she clumsily walked into my office, it hit me - I don't have a baby anymore!
"The days are long, but the years are short." This quote hits me upside the head every time I read it and reminds me to not take for granted this special season of mommy-hood.
I am a WAHM...a work-at-home mom. And you know what? I am tired. My days are long.
Ellie wakes up anywhere from 6am-7am, I am "at work" in my home office by 7am, I work all day online for the best company in the world from 7-3:30pm. At 3:30pm I will lay down on the living room carpet and Ellie will come and climb on me. :) It's the best! She will jump on me and we will laugh and giggle, and have our girly-girl time. Then I start on dinner. My hubby comes home, then we eat together. We have a little bit cherished family time before Ellie goes to bed at 7:30pm. Then Tim and I try catch up on quality time for ourselves, before we start another day.
But guess what?
The years are short and I wouldn't change a thing. If I found out I had cancer today, I still wouldn't change a thing.
You know why?
Mother Theresa's quote sums it up perfectly, " Want to change the world? Go home and love your family."
I could be out and about doing so many very "important" and "Godly" things, but be missing the entire point of God's will for my life. My calling in this season of life (and I dare say the rest of my life, though it may look different at various stages) is to be the best wife and mommy I can be. No one else can be Tim's wife and Ellie's mommy. Just me. And I am humbled and honored.
I now know that Ellie will be grown before I know it. If she is already walking like such a big girl in a blink of an eye, how fast will the rest of the time go?
Even if no one reads this post, it is still a special reminder to my future self that I cherished every moment with Tim and Ellie. Even when nursing was crazy hard in the beginning, even when I would cry because the thought of simultaneously working and taking care of Ellie at the same time f impossible, I was and continue to be very present and aware of how priceless this season is.
And I will never get it back.
So I will continue to be present, even on the hardest days. I will continue to pour all my love into my family, so they can feel the love of God coursing through their hearts, and as they grow, they will have this special love that they can share with others.
For the greatest gift I can give to my family is the knowledge of God and His love, and that is what will prompt the change that is needed most in this world.
~Cara
How to Make Homemade Caramel Apples
Hi Guys!
Check out the video below to see just how easy it is to make caramel apples!
xoxo,
Cara
Check out the video below to see just how easy it is to make caramel apples!
xoxo,
Cara
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