I have written before about my being content being seen as just a mum and my and honestly I am. However last year at a child's birthday party I found myself considering applying for further study. It is a long and somewhat boring story but it ends with me being accepted into the Masters of Clinical Psychology program.
So many times I have thought about doing it but it has never been the right time. In some ways it still isn't the right time but I am convinced that it is part of God's plan for my life (or at least it is something he has opened the way for because there were times I was praying NOT to be accepted into this course).
I am super excited about starting the course but thoughts of "how it will impact my kids", and "will I be good at it?" are running through my mind.
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While I was on my camping holiday (with three kids under 4...that post is coming) a word kept coming to my mind when I thought about 2013. It was the word SIMPLE. I am not really one for having a word for the year but I couldn't escape this word.
Why SIMPLE? Really, how can a mother of three small girls, who is studying part time, supporting her hubby to start a new church, writing a blog, and running various ministries within the church have a simple life? I am still asking myself this question, but I think the answer is not that life will be simple, but that I have to apply the word SIMPLE to everything I do.
Maybe God is telling me "Keep it SIMPLE, Lisa".
I have started by applying the word SIMPLE to how I plan my days (especially with the kids). If it involved driving them to three different places in the one day for me to see friends, then that is NOT simple. I am trying to apply it to Emily's 4th Birthday (something I generally don't keep simple).
This has implications for my blog but hopefully not big ones. I can't stop blogging so you are stuck with me but it might be a little less frequent. I have made the decision not to start the Weekend Cookbook Linky again (if anyone wants to take it you are very welcome to it). Things here will be a little more SIMPLE.
Did you have a word f0r 2013? Or do you think that SIMPLE could be the word for you too?
Look out for next week's post on tips on keeping your life simple.
Linking up with the lovely Jess @ Essentially Jess
