Amen

"You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God." -Wallace D. Wattles

Amen to those thoughts!  This past week has been a really good one for me.  It was my first full week with all three kids at home for the summer.  I was worried that I'd loose my cool most of the day and be annoyed with my kids all day long.  But that hasn't been the case.  I've thought things out and have planned something out of the ordinary to do with my kids each afternoon.  For the past couple months, our house has been out of control messy and I couldn't stand it any longer.  My kids are cooperating with doing chores and picking up after themselves pretty well.  I read somewhere that one family assigns an extra chore to those who don't clean up after themselves.  I've been liking that method and my kids now know that when the chores and they've completed their 20 minutes of reading for the day, they can go play with friends and later go somewhere fun.  

I'm excited to see how our summer will unfold.