This week I’ve shared posts that look back at the Top Ten posts of the year. Today we’re down to the top 3 posts. I’m so blessed that you are here to share this journey with me! I’m praying that the words shared here this year have made a difference in your hearts and lives. All of this - the words, posts, interactions - it’s all to God’s glory! Now - on to the top 3 posts.
If you missed the first 3 posts in the review, you can read them here:
Part 1 - numbers 10 & 9
Part 2 - numbers 8, 7 & 6
Part 3 - numbers 5 & 4
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the Top 3 most-read posts of 2013.
Number 3 - The “About Me” Page
If you’re going to take a journey with someone, you probably want to know a little about them, right? This is the page, on my blog, where you come to find out more about who I am.
“My purpose at this site is to support and encourage other women in their various roles - whether it’s wife and mother, sister and friend, co-worker, church leader, or any of a number of other areas where we find ourselves. I offer encouragement for real life, and a place of respite for when our duties consume us. I share thoughts from everyday life because it’s in our realities that we find common bonds.
In early 2013, I felt God calling me to combine the blog posts, and begin to approach this as a ministry, more than as a recounting of my life, as many mom blogs start out doing. I discussed my thoughts with my husband and he encouraged me to pursue what we both believe God has laid on my heart.
This blog started in March of 2013, and already God has blessed me with some great interaction here, and some other wonderful opportunities for writing. I’m so excited about what’s to come, and at the same time, I’m completely humbled that He would use me.” Continue reading by clicking here…
Number Two - A Man Called Poppy
“Last week I wrote about sending our son to kids’ camp, and how I was a little uncertain of how it would all go, mostly because of his special needs. As we do with most new things in life, we decided to give him the opportunity to preview the campground at his own pace. We decided to take a drive to the camp, since it’s just an hour from our home, to let him see where he will be spending the week. We drove around the grounds and didn’t really see anyone, but that was okay. We enjoyed a nice lunch at a local restaurant, and then decided to drive back and look at the camp one more time on our way home, just to make sure our son seemed okay with the lay of the land. It was then that we met Poppy.
If I were to tell Poppy he had been “an angel” on this journey, he would probably find some humble way to dismiss the comment and remind us that he was just a retired man who volunteers his time as the maintenance man at the campground. And while that is true, today, he was another person who is going to help make our son’s time at the camp one of the best weeks ever!” Continue reading by clicking here…
And, the Number One post of 2013: Dear Weary Mom {Don’t Get Up. Not This Time.}
“Dear Weary Mom,
{Don’t get up. Not this time.}
Juggling all that life throws at us is chaotic sometimes. We meet ourselves coming and going at the door. We spend time creating a schedule, watching it fill up, realizing we’d rather be doing other things. We show up at activities tired and stressed, probably having mediated a sibling argument along the way. It’s tough to keep our own hearts steady when all around us can seem so volatile. But, dear weary mom….
I see you. I can find you in a crowd. You are my kindred spirit in the world of motherhood.
What would I say to you that might make any difference? I’m not sure, really, except maybe that I am walking a path similar to the one you are walking.
I think about you when I drag myself out of bed each morning. Somehow, I haven’t learned the fine art of getting to bed early enough on a regular basis. As I quietly enjoy my coffee, I sit and read a short devotional, focusing on starting my day with a word from The One who truly knows our journey – yours and mine. My strength can only come from Him.” Continue reading by clicking here…
I am so humbled to have this space to share together. Thank you for being here, reading posts, sharing my heart, and walking this journey with me! I’m looking ahead to 2014, full of HOPE! I can’t wait to share more on this journey with you!
Dear Weary Mom, you do so much, as a mother. I know of the school schedules, the kids’ appointments, the laundry, the homework, the cooking, the cleaning. You give and give, until it feels like there’s nothing more to give. And then you dig down deep and give some more anyway. But, sweet friend, who is taking care of you?
Moms, take your eyes off of others, and fix them only on God. Stop comparing your family to anyone else’s family; God is calling us all to different things, so it does not make sense to compare. Only measure your family against what God is calling you to, and ask God for more of Himself in your family, and in your mothering.
{Don’t get up. Not this time.} 
