Lessons Learned

Today I woke up refreshed. The first good nights sleep since we started house buying. I feel so blessed, not just because God has blessed us to have a house and helped us along the way, but how his timeing is so perfect. How he has taught us lessons along this path that I would trade for nothing. When we feel our lowest and feel so down, this is when we look around and see the lessons that God is teaching us.

Raising Children v. Growing Children

Well Joey and I have discussed in great detail about how we want to rais our children. We have had many people complain to us and fuss at us about how we have chosen to raise our children. We felt about three years ago to go aginst main stream and raise our children the way that God wanted us too. This was not one big change but many little changes over the span of a few years.

We decided to take away the tv and all video games that did not encourage use of the brain or have a positive influance. We began homeschooling and teaching our children with hands on experiences. Now we don't know everything and yes we still mess up from time to time. But I would have to say that it has paid off. They aren't grown and we don't know what they will be like as adults, but as of now everyone can see the difference between children being raised and those that are simply allowed to grow up. Raising a child would be teaching them how to be good, responsible and well rounded adults, children who are left to their own devices to find themselves are the teens we have that end up in juvinal detention and full of anger. I am not saying that the only way to raise a child is the way we have, I am simply saying you must teach your children not try to control them or completly leave them to figure it out.

I talk to my children and explain why we do what we do. When they are in trouble I make sure the punishment has a lesson in it and explain the way I would rather have had them behave. Yes there are days I have to take many deep breaths and say a prayer before I talk to my children. But I have noticed that their behavor reflects my behavor.

Blessings all have a good day, and hug your children!

What a day...

I am so tired. We went to Virginia today to renew Joey's "expired" license. Well we forgot his birth cert. Here in Ohio. I had to drive all the way down and anll the way back. That was a total of nine hours driving. I was hurting so bad, I had to stop to cry. I felt like a baby for crying but I was just hurting so bad. Then I looked to God to help me back and he did so I will not complain about it.

I have has some to tell me that they can't access my blog so if you read this please leave a comment or send me an email at clovegilliam@ymail.com subject " to confirm blog" so I will know it is comming through.

Well I am off to bed tonight, I am so tired. Blessings all!

All pics you see I have taken!

Makeing use of the food you have

Okay, as many of you know we are still living in our motor home while we close on our house. We have been spending way to much money on food and eating lots of unhealthy food. So I have decided to use creative ways to make use of the food we have, and when I do buy more it will only be food that nourishes the body. Today for lunch we had on each plate, one corn dog, hash brown potato and broccoli and cheese. The only foods I will be buying until we are out of food will be bread, milk and eggs. (or butter and water also). I am kinda excited about this challenge. (As if I didn't have enough challenges trying to buy a house:)Blessings all!