Our kids were off running around in wide open spaces while we chatted at the beginning of our church’s annual fall party on Saturday. So I gathered these friends and asked my husband to take our picture. “Moms need to be in pictures too,” I said.
And it’s true. Moms spend so much time corralling, organizing, training, feeding, transporting, hearing, packing and dressing people. We care for those around us with instinct and purpose. But sometimes we only remain behind the scenes. We go on the vacations. We are at the parties we host. We see our kids succeed and grow and create. We support our husbands. But sometimes we’re missing from the scrapbooks.
These friends of mine are among the people with whom I choose to do life. All those things we do, we often do with each other. Our kids are friends because there’s really no other way. We text and call and show up. We deliver meals and say prayers. We brainstorm and execute.
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
I’m linking up with Crystal Stine’s Behind the Scenes, where writers share stories that go beyond what a photo can capture, and with Jen Ferguson’s Soli Deo Gloria, where God’s goodness is proclaimed. And then on Wednesday I also linked up with Jennifer Dukes Lee’s #TellHisStory because this is an important chapter in The Story.
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I just love this. What a beautiful picture and testimony to friendship. We do serve a gracious God and I love how redeems us daily.
Thanks, Tonya, for your kind comment and for stopping by!
I love that you have friends that are close like this. That is the biggest thing I am missing here…it was such a blessing to meet everyone at Allume, but it was also a reminder that I don't have friends where I live that hang out and it can be a lonely place!! Cherish these women!!
This verse is one of my favorites. So glad that we have people like this IRL and in this IRL blogosphere.
It's one of my favorite verses too. So thankful for your friendship. I'm going to meet you in real life … hopefully soon! 🙂
Thanks, Kristin. I've loved reading your Allume posts. So glad you had that time. I'm looking forward to the day I can meet you!
Dear Kristin
With such a bunch of lovely mommy friends, I am sure that you often meet together just changing nappies and feeding hunger tummies. I also thank our Pappa for His goodness and mercy that is wrapped around little Lucy. Oh, she looks like a beautiful doll.
Blessings XX
Mia
Oh, yes, ordinary meeting together, that's for sure! Yes, God's goodness definitely shows through with Lucy. Thanks for your comment, Mia.