Memoirs of a Moorings

At this very moment.....

I want a caramel latte from Panera Bread. One more week and I'll be able to partake of the goodness that is caffeine.

There's a bunch of work on my desk. I'm shoulder-deep in work today.

Brooke Fraser's "Loving is Waiting" is my office soundtrack. And the album "Albertine" is still in constant rotation on my mp3 player. 

I can't get Kelli's worship song "Come Back" that she shared with me this morning out of my spirit. The masses need to experience her music.

I'm daydreaming about pretty paper over at Paper Source and making Valentine's day card for my six year old.

What about you? What's going on with you at this very moment?

Little People

Day 20 ~ Project 365: January 20, 2010, originally uploaded by NON-Superwoman.

I remember playing with Little People when I was a kid. They look a lot different these days, but the joy they bring is just the same. Funny thing is, the little people in my house (these 2 boys) brings me joy as well. Can't imagine life without them.

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God's Got You Pegged.

"Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are."~ Amy Bloom

Disclaimer: No children were harmed in the shooting of this photo (or the shooting of that gun).

This little dude here does things that leave me gasping and grabbing for my chest. Like climbing up precariously perched items. Hiding silently in the house in overlooked corners and opening up bottles of vaseline and mouthwash. His older brother is quite the opposite. He's my nurturing, responsible, fairly obedient child with a memory that stretches back to before he was even born.

I've got these kids pegged and know how they'll react 95% of the time. They've been known to surprise me though. Knowing them inside out is just second nature for me.

Do you know somebody's got you pegged too? Not just your mother or your husband or your best friend. God's got you pegged. He's the One who created our innermost being and us knit together in our mother's womb. Unthinkable!

Oh to be known for who we really are. Isn't that what we all want? God knows us just like that. Take comfort in that thought.

Day 19~Project 365: January 19, 2010

Day 19~Project 365: January 19, 2010, originally uploaded by NON-Superwoman.

The Snaggletooth Monster struck our house for a second time.

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Project 365: January 15, 2010

January 15, 2010, originally uploaded by NON-Superwoman.

Gotcha Mommy!

Listening For God's Footsteps

"You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind."  ~Sri Sathya Sai Baba

My six-year-old has been known to call me a "twitterhead" once or twice. And it's true. I've got an addiction to Twitter. So much info from people in different places--all in one place. I've gotten leads on good music. Met a new friend there. And just been encouraged and enlightened in more ways than one.

As of Sunday, I'm taking a break from Twitter; part of a 21-day fast I'm on. There are some areas in my life that need a divine touch from God. A touch that can only come from humbling my soul before Him in fasting. So I made the hard choice to cut out TV and social networking as well. The constant chatter of Twitter and Facebook would be sure to drown out God's voice. Didn't realize how hard it was going to be until today. I felt like I was going through withdrawals.

Then I heard God's still small voice. "What if you checked my Word as often as you checked Twitter?"

Enough said. So I'm sitting at the feet of Jesus. Hanging onto His every Word and looking for miracles on the horizon.

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook and see an update from me, they are automated postings from this blog or from my Tumblr account where I'm doing the 365 photo project.

In the meantime, silence is going to be my companion for a bit...

365: Snapshots of Life

I've kicked off the new year with a new project: a photo blog called 365 Snapshots: The NON Superwoman View. The plan is to post a picture everyday....little snippets of our world.

Check it out here.

God Uses Twitter Too

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~Anais Nin

 

Navigating through the LA Zoo. 12/29/09

These two guys would not have the pleasure of enjoying each others company had their mothers (that would be me and Ms. Kelli as my big boy calls her) not met online.

I clearly remember the day I stumbled onto Ms. Kelli's blog. I immediately thought that she would be the kind of person I'd like to sit down and have coffee with. I can immediately sense a vibe from a person--good or bad. She had some good vibes. Plus, I discovered we had mutual friends and she grew up in an Apostolic church like me. I then began following her on Twitter and was delighted to see her following me. Somehow we struck up a friendship across the miles. I soon discovered that she and her husband would be relocating from back East to Southern California for ministry work--at my sister-in-law's church of all places.

Once they arrived she asked me for daycare referrals. To make a long story short, her little guy ended up at the same daycare as my little guys and Rhyan took it upon himself to take her son under his wing.

It's safe to say that God uses Twitter too. God ordained our meeting through Twitter.

That blows my mind every time I think about it.

In the short time that she's been here, she has been a great encouragement to my soul. We both share a love for good books, coffee, the iPhone and the sweet music of Sara Groves.

I've heard it said that you can easily tell a person's character by the number of and quality of his relationships and the kind friends he has. These facts do not lie. That makes me feel pretty awesome right about now because I'm surrounded by some fantastic friendships--Ms. Kelli included. 

If you're on Twitter, you can follow Ms. Kelli @kelliincali or check out her new blog 10 Things About Kelli. I'm sure you'll like her too.