I read an article today
“Can You afford to Stay at Home?”


my reply
 in FAITH
“How can I afford NOT to??

back in January
of this year
my desire and longing
to come home
to mother and teach our children
began to weigh so heavy on my heart
some days 
it was hard to breathe

so
after months
weeks
days
of praying without ceasing
seeking wise counsel
figuring and refiguring
Cowboy Dan and I agreed
that it was TIME
for me to resign from teaching
and come HOME

and that’s exactly
what I did
after speaking with
my Principal
and Superintendent, who had hired me
twelve years earlier
I presented my letter of resignation
and FINALLY …

I could breathe again

and then
the PEACE that surpasses
ALL understanding
began to fill me
from the very tip-top of my head
all the way down to my toes

immediately.

PEACE.

for those of you
who have truly experienced 
the PEACE I speak of
KNOW
that it is worth MORE
THAN ANYTHING this world has to offer
and if you don’t know
or haven’t experienced TRUE PEACE
I pray you will come to know
THE ONE who wants to share it with you.

and speaking of things
I know
and things
 I don’t

I recently visited with a dear friend of mine and she asked
“So do you have all of your financial “T’s” crossed and “i’s” dotted?”

my reply:
“Nope. If I did..
I wouldn’t be living by FAITH right?
 One day at a time.”

We have made
and are continuing to make LIFESTYLE changes.

Some have asked, “Like what kind of changes?? Where did you start?”

We began 
with seriously assessing
NEED verses WANT

we turned off our satellite
changed phone packages
dropped our bug man
made insurance changes
began eating out LESS
we cook more
I shop THRIFT STORES verses BRAND RETAIL
we play outside more 
travel less
AND
I am CONSIDERING learning to color my own hair!!!!!!!!!!!!
(this one is still on the table!)

are there other things we can do without?
CERTAINLY.

are we WILLING?
ABSOLUTELY!

the ONLY THING
I AM NOT WILLING TO DO
at this point
is look back and say
“I WISH I HAD SPENT MORE TIME WITH MY KIDS”







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  1. Perfectly worded post! Sometimes I feel like I should go back to work but you’re right, I’d rather be home with my son then saying I wish I spent more time with him years later.

    1. Thank you Sarah Rose for reading and taking time to comment! The corporate world will be waiting on us when our children are older and preoccupied with their own lives. Have a great evening :O)

  2. You are so right! When my pancreas disease continued to escalade my doctor suggested I resign. I was so upset because I truly loved my job! I prayed and prayed for God to open my eyes to follow his path. As I was preparing for a auto Islet cell transplant in Minnesota, I found out I was surprisingly pregnant! I thought Lord how can this be! I was told to never get pregnant, and of all times! Now??? How?? I was flying to Minnesota in 2 weeks to meet with my suregeon. My doctors now told me to resign. It wasn’t just my life at stake I was carrying a Blessing from God. I resigned…. Had the a much better pregnancy than any doctor thought I ever would… And I have NOT had a pancreas attack since! To God be the Glory. I have my health back and a beautiful little girl who I will never have to look back and wish I had spent more time with. 🙂 God is Good!

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