This week in honor of Mother's Day I want to post some more thoughts about motherhood. The last blog post I wrote I think hit some kind of nerve. Here is one message I received after writing it: Annie, Your blog post that you put up today was really good. I have to admit, that in my incredibly selfish mind....those very feelings are what make me afraid to have children. I feel like at my job I am needed, appreciated, valued, and productive. Even though I have never LOVED my job and have Read More
Our Latest News…
Comments from the Ultrasound room: Darcy (trying to decipher the gender on the screen)- "Is that a Ba-Gina?" Annie (whispering to Colby)- "I'm SO SORRY." (Colby's response: "That's absolutely ridiculous. Please stop talking.") Annie- "What are the Chances? WHAT are the CHANCES?! I mean...WHAT. ARE. THE. CHANCES?!" Colby- "The chances are 1 in 2." Haley- "God answered my prayer. I can' t believe God answered my prayer!" Ultrasound Read More
2011 Scrapbook
So, in case you haven't heard, I am pretty cheap. I love to scrapbook and record our memories, but I don't like how pricey it can get. Solution: make scrapbooks online and share them here, but never pay money to actually purchase a hard copy of them. My only hope now? That the internet doesn't crash. Click Here for the Life and Times of the Garmans: 2011 Scrapbook! Read More
Mommy Angst: When Motherhood Feels Like Groundhog’s Day (Part 1 of 4)
My six year old was asked recently what she wanted to be when she grew up. After thinking for a moment, she gave a deep, agonizing sigh and cautiously answered, "Well...I want to be an astronaut. But, I keep wondering...what will my kids do when I'm in space? So, I don't really know how to answer your question." I tried to comfort daughter as she wrestled with the dilemma of whether or not to pursue a career outside the home and thought about how I had answered that same question when I was Read More
“My Dream Came True…”
This winter Haley and Darcy were severely disappointed with the lack of snow in Northern Virginia. Especially Darcy. Week after week they would ask me, "Is THIS winter?!" and I would have to remind them that yes, in fact, this warm season was all the winter they would be getting. One morning Darcy shared with me that she had wished for pink snow the previous night and had a dream it came true. I laughed and told her that the only time she would ever see PINK SNOW was in her dreams. This Read More
Cherry Blossoms with Cousins!
Lesson Five
This study is dangerous. If you are doing the lessons consistently, you know what I mean. This week we had to pick out an "ongoing problem area" of our lives to focus on. I naively asked God to help me determine a problem area to choose, and the answer to that prayer was very painful and resulted in a weekend chalked full of being uncomfortably confronted with and aware of my viscous sin nature. I didn't just read about the downward spiral on page 63, I lived it. I guess I should be Read More
We Have an Announcement to Make….
I WOULD call it the immaculate conception, but my husband thinks that's both naive and sacrilegious...so I won't. Back in January, I decided to go to Urgent Care to get some antibiotics. I had been sick for weeks and assumed I had some kind of vicious bacteria growing inside of me. I thought I would stop by Rite Aid on my way and get a pregnancy test so that when the doctors asked if I was by any chance pregnant, I could confidently present to them my answer and get on the strongest Read More
Lesson Four
Our ways are immeasurably different than God's ways. I find that both comforting and disturbing. This week as we contrasted man's ways and God's ways in regards to solving problems, I found myself annoyed and slightly put-off. I have spent a couple years of my life working towards a Masters degree in marriage and family counseling, so when this study compared and contrasted worldly counseling is from Biblical counseling, I felt upset...as though I needed to defend how valuable professional Read More
Thoughts from the Week
My insights from Lesson Three of Self-Confrontation Bible Study: God has not left us alone in this battle to change. He empowers us through His Holy Spirit, His Word, and prayer. It's so simple...but do we really take advantage of these resources or depend mostly on ourselves? PRAYER IS HARD. Before EVEN TRYING to pray, ask the Holy Spirit to help you pray! The Bible is really useful. I look to a lot of different things for help, when (in the category of right living), it is Read More
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