October 20 2011, 12:30 pm | Shannon Williams
Who knew?! Don’t even ask me how I got to this point today? One minute I am sitting there exasperated by my children and the next God’s teaching me a lesson while bringing to mind glassblowing. NO, I have not taken a class on it! Just some random memory He chose to bring up. You know the moment in which you want to just give up! Why try? Little ones are crying, teens are frustrated to near tears, and mom is definitely on the verge of an explosion of...
September 22 2011, 7:42 pm | Shannon Williams
Each morning when you awake what is it you look for? Look for more sleep? Look for that first cup of coffee? Do you look for God? We wake up and we eagerly look for our moment. Can I get 5 more minutes of sleep? Can I get that first cup of coffee before the children are all over the place? I dare say you are like me and looking for My Lord is not my first goal! It is usually something for my comfort (or what I think will be my comfort). Not only is...
September 15 2011, 10:57 am | Shannon Williams
I have a story to share about a young woman, the man she loves and the baby they were allowed to hold for 93 minutes. If you know our family, then you have probably heard us say…”the Gibson’s are coming!” They have been part of our lives since we were in high school as youth pastor/mentor, he married Barry and me, and now they are precious friends for life. As the years have passed we watch our children’s lives become intertwined. It’s precious to have friends...
August 18 2011, 2:30 pm | Shannon Williams
You can’t live very long on this planet and not experience pain in one form or another. For me, it’s been the last couple of years in some physical pain as I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis a year ago May. You don’t get a diagnosis like that and NOT have a little process time! My first thought, life is over! How on earth am I going to be a mom to 8 children and a wife to my husband when the pain in my hand, wrist, shoulder, foot, or knee...
May 20 2011, 8:26 am | Shannon Williams
I have a toddler who insists on napping with me. I guess 8 kids later you learn life goes by so fast that a nap here or there with a little one by your side will one day end. Since my oldest is gone to college, and the 4 teens are at church helping with flour bombs, it leaves mom with the 3 youngest. After a long busy morning I am actually quite thrilled to be summoned by my little guy. “Sit me mom, sit me!” (Patting the bed he wants me to lie down.) While holding...
