Background Slice
For those of you unfamiliar with my current circumstances, let me catch you up. Since graduating from college in 1996, I have moved from Provo to Olympia, WA and back home to Chesapeake, VA. I have lived here for the past eight years. Greg, my husband, and I are the joyful parents of five unique and wonderful children. After 11 1/2 years of being a stay-at-home Mom, I ventured out in to the work place pursuing a love of all things computer. I had been working for over a year when my life changed suddenly and drastically.
Greg and I are very spiritual people. We believe in a loving Heavenly Father who guides us in this life to those choices that are best. We also believe He inspires us as to His will for our lives. Such inspiration came the beginning of April of 2008. After much fasting and earnest prayer, we petitioned to intervene in the custody of my brother's four young children. I won't include here the details of why this was necessary. It is sufficient to say it was the Lord's will. The petition was granted on April 30, 2008 and we were given sole custody of these children. I am now the exhausted stay-at-home mother of nine until the court says otherwise. The journey can be read in the slices below.
Divide & Conquer
When dealing with large numbers of children, the best solution is to divide and conquer. There are six home today with rain coming down for the second day in a row. Lunch wrapped up and they quickly got rowdy. I put the youngest two down for their naps (division 1). I left the two boys in the playroom with their trucks and such (division 2). I brought the girls downstairs with their play-do (division 3). And I am now writing this during a much needed sane moment.
Happiness is . . . those few precious sane moments that make it all worth it.
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