A little Summer in winter..

With all this rain and gloomy weather over here I decided we needed a little pick me up! So I called in the big guns....Ms Summer herself to come spread a little sunshine up on over here! I'm so excited to share this amazing girl with you because not only is she a good bloggy friend....she's one of my IRL friends too! Mmmmmhmmmm. Jealous?! Don't be! Because here she is taking the reins for the day and spreading love Summer style...

Hey cheesy lovers!!!

First of all, I'm Summer from Le Musings of Moi,

and I am MORE than honored,

in fact,

I am downright giddy that my sweet Alicia offered me the gift of guest posting on her blog.

{longest sentence ever, I know.}

I mean, do you guys even know what the means for her and me?

It means our love has been taken to the next level.

And that dear cheesy folks, is kind of a big deal.

Anyway,

here I am,

and there you are....

so allow me to teach you a thing or two...

about how thinking is not always such a good thing.

Taylor's (my son) favorite phrase to say to me, is:

"And then what did you think?"

Well that, and the phrase:

"No Mom, I don't want to do that right now.

Here's the plan, I'll do what I want to do first and then I'll do what you want me to do.

Okay Mom?"

Which brings me to my first point.

I used to think I was patient until I had kids.

But now...

Well, I find it's my struggle every single day.

I have to BREATHE.

Sometimes very deeply.

Okay, not sometimes....often.

I don't know what it is about kids that makes it so hard to be patient.

I mean, I've had boyfriends who required more patience than my own kids do.

And yet...

Daily, Hourly...Minute by Minute,

I have to breathe.

I used to think I would never make the same mistakes that my parents made.

And yet, as I grow up, I realize I'm just as human as they are.

And mistakes have and have yet to be made.

I used to think that I understood God.

But, with seeing life happen all around me, I realize I don't understand His ways at all.

I will never understand Him.

But, I understand my own ways even less, and I actually am me.

(Woah, that's deep.)

So, rather than try to figure it all out, I will simply trust Him instead.

I used to think I wasn't worthy of being forgiven.

Too many times mistakes were held over my head by others, but most often by myself.

Now, in learning to forgive the people I love and seeing forgiveness being given to others,

I realize that I am just as worthy as they are.

I used to think I didn't want a boy, until I had Taylor.

And then even though he has kept me humble, I started to think I only wanted boys and quickly decided I didn't want a girl.

But, then I had Chloe, and now I'm happy I have one of each.

I used to think I would never be close with my sisters.

But now, they are some of my closest friends, and I depend on their love and friendship more than anything.

I used to think I liked jeans, but now I adore elastic....or better yet, drawstring.

I used to have time to think...

ahhhh, those were the days.

I used to think,

but all this goes to show that I really don't know much about anything,

even after all that thinking.

Hmm, there is surely a lesson to be learned and passed on here,

but I just don't want to think anymore.

A big thanks to my girl Summer for spending some time with us today! Now go on and have yourself a wonderful Wednesday!