"Under my Umbrella, ella, ella"

"In every life a little rain must fall"  
Pshhh! Yea right, try a Tsunami or a hurricane!
Thats what this last week has felt like.
 It's been filled with family drama, personal drama, Church drama, Yo mama drama. You name it, there was drama!
I felt like every time I turned around someone was miserable and was determined to cause misery or was trying to bring me down with their negativity & discouragement.
And I don't know about you, but I can only smile & remind myself of the love Jesus only so long when I begin to wonder if WWJD-(what would Jesus do) is really slap some people down & tell them to stop all that drama long enough to let Him speak into their lives! 
By about yesterday I sware I felt like I was in a scene from one of those freaky movies where I was standing in the center of a tornado and everything(& everyone) was swirling all around me at once and all I wanted to do was disappear! (or make certain people disappear!) 
I know The Shirelles said, "mama said there'd be days like this" but I thought they meant those days would be a little more sporadic! 
I think, right now, I like LL Cool J's sentiments better- "Mama said Knock You Out!" ......

 I sware I'm not losing it. (cause you can't lose something that's already gone! lol J/K!)
Just been "one of those" weeks. 
I KNOW I'm not the only one, so here it is-
 As long as we keep trusting in the Lord and not in ourselves -We can do all things (& make it through all things) through Christ who strengthens us. 
Even in those moments when it's "just to much" we can hide in the shadow of his wings and rest until we find the strength to keep going.
& When all is said and done I'll be a stronger woman, mother, friend, daughter, & leader for not letting go or giving up and for clinging to, listening to & being obedient to Him.

And remember, when life brings the rain, just dance.

Warning: This could be hazardous to your health!

Yep, that’s right, I’m still here.

Let me catch you up a little bit on what I’ve been doing this whole time.

Let’s see, I can even describe it in one brief sentence……

Being a mom, wife, woman, daughter, sister, friend, worship leader, babysitter, among many other things.

I’ve been keeping busy, which is good, cause I don’t do bored very well.

For the past, uhm not quite sure how long I’ve had this blog, but for as long as I’ve had it and have tried to be consistent in writing in it (which has been a super fail), I’ve tried to figure out exactly what type of blog I wanted to keep.

I’ve read other blogs, and have sorda just been “trying this out” without really knowing what, I guess, my “theme” would be.

So here’s what I’ve come up with…..

I’m just going to stop trying so hard! I’m not going to THINK about it anymore. I’m just going to write.

I’m going to write about what I know and do best.

And that, friends, would be about all the sweet, crazy, and sometimes sarcastic goodness that is me. And all the sweet, crazy, ups & downs that is my life. 

I did decide that, in my case, this blog should come with a warning.

So here you go......

"WARNING!:

Read at your own risk! This blog may, at times, contain severe doses of sarcasm and ranting and raving. 

At other times it may contain some really deep, mushy, gushy type stuff. And on some occasions comedy, drama, and action, if not all three! 

This blog at any given moment can go from rated G to rated R!…OK OK, maybe not rated R… maybe rated PG-13.

The topics on this blog are not limited to any one theme and may go from raging hormones and irrational ranting about family and children to church life, God encounters and Brad Pitt. 

Side affects may include, and are not limited to, whip lash; dizziness; sudden outbursts of laughter, tears and possibly other bodily fluids, loss of breath from astonishment; and in some very rare cases chronic yawning from boredom which only occurs in those who have Lackohumor Disorder."

So there it is and there you have it. I promise to write at least once a week or more. 

I'm still working on my "Firsts" list, which is turning into an epic fail, but I'm trying!

Now I must leave you, because if I'm not mistaken, that was a shatter I just heard in the distance and the gasp and "Oooooo I'm telling!" from a 6 and 9 yr old. That's my cue! ;-)