What is your mothering style!!!????

Im a mother that loves to be hands on with my boys when it comes to playing,snuggling,dancing,swinging them around,giving them piggy back rides,shooting hoops,running at the track,doing Karate along side them.

When my boys were infants I loved nursing them,I loved them sleeping under my arm,even tho it meant I had a cramp in my neck. I LOVED them being in the snuggly thingy that kept them in front of me close to my chest. I loved kicking back on the couch while they took naps on my chest. I loved pushing them in the jogging stroller,swirling them around as they got older.

I love it when they put their feet on my mine and I dance around with them,I love it when they would each grab one of my legs and I would try to walk around with them sitting on my feet. They BEG me to pick them up and throw them in the pool over and over and over again....I rarely get in the pool all the way,due to hair color drama,and most black women do not like getting their chemical relaxed hair wet if its chemically processed that is,till it's almost time to get it redone....*Just a bit of cultural FYI* My hats off to the natural sistas that have the confidence to do it naturally,I hope I can get there some day.

Anyways, I love it when my boys come in and snuggle up with me early in the morning on Saturdays,and sit right next to me when watching movies. I LOVE it that they STILL like to hold my hand...I LOVE it that they are proud of me at karate,even tho I'm not very good!! hahaha!!

I love that they like to walk on my back when it hurts....Yep thats like the best thing for my back ....I love to run my fingers through there curly curls when its grown out,so soft....God is amazing in his diverse creations!!

Im a hands on momma in a physical as you just read..I may not be Betty Crocker or Martha Stewart,I dont do alot of home economics well,but I am a mother who will stand up and strong for her boys. Im will always be there advocate,I will train them in the ways of the Lord best I can with Gods supernatural help and from those he allows in our lives.
Im the kind of mother who is probably more like a coach in her parenting than the traditional authoritarian,maybe because Im a single/widowed mom,and our dynamics are just...well....different.

I like who I am as a mother. I Like HOW GOD HAS WIRED ME as a mother....The more i relax in who God has created me to be and not fall into comparing myself with other moms the more I can enjoy mothering....Every mother has her own God given gifts that are perfect.

AWWWW,feels good to get this out in the open for some reason....There can be a lot of pressure to be a particular "model" of a mother....I try to be what God says, Proverbs 31,but I believe that looks different for all in Christ Jesus depending what we are called to do,how we are wired or bent etc.................

When Gods Love leaves me speechless:Being Served *FBCI College Ministry

O.k. last Monday which was May 2nd I was served a sweet dinner by the First Baptist Church Irving College ministry fella's. Me and the boys and another lady who was widowed early in her life were there being served dinner in the Fireside room...

It was so sweet. I am not used to being served or allowing others to serve me. I realized since a couple of the guys have been hanging out with the boys and investing time with them that people are blessed when you allow them to serve you,especially when their hearts are pouring out to do so. This is not the first time I have been served as a widow and single mom,but it is like I finally realized in it's fullness that this is how God loves,and shows his love using His people.

I went to the dinner not sure what to expect,but was glad I didnt have to cook!! haha!!!We were served Olive Garden take out with Ice Cream Pie for desert (PERFECT) and then they all sat and ate after they served us. It was great fellowship. We were at the church earlier before dinner for Elijah's guitar lesson and so Elijah played his guitar and sang a few worship songs for us all,while Isaiah (my drummer boy) kept beat for him. It was such a sweet evening of fellowship.

I am grateful and amazed at the desire for serving others the FBCI college ministry lives out. Their serving me and the boys has been an example of what God says about caring for the widows and the fatherless. I want to have a servants heart the way they do and I hope my boys will grow into young men like those that have served us in this season of life from FBCI.
I LOVE it when God leaves me speechless............................Thank you Fella's if your reading this,thank you very very much.........Me and the boys will continue to pray Gods favor,blessing and protection over you.

 1 Timothy 4:12
 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.