Home is … Food. Kids. Love. Friends. Mother’s Day!
Welcome to Home is … Day here at RE! This week we’re sharing about …
… Mother’s Day memories!
I had a packed-full weekend of blessings! So I’ll start with my story, and then you can link up and share yours, okay?
This weekend was full of friendship and food and loving on my kids! A perfect Mother’s Day weekend.
Being a mother is a high calling, and I’ll be honest, there are times that I really don’t feel the like the best mom. But that is when good friends come along, some who’ve already raised their kids, and they encourage us as parents and tell stories about when their kids were “young.” They lift us up and pray for our families.
And before we know it, our kids turn into adults. (Mom with boys heading to the prom on Saturday night).
My best Mother’s Days have been spent just relaxing. And enjoying Food. Kids. Friends. And feeling Loved.
Friday night we had the best time. Delicious food and conversation with great friends. It was like relaxing on a big pile of pillows. It was just comfortable being together. It always feels right when my family of 5 is together, too. (It’s easy to be scattered with 3 teenagers.)
Saturday night we enjoyed our own home with a small, intimate dinner party. If I was handed a gift, one might be to host a dinner party, so this night was very fun and special.
Girlfriends bring the gift of laughter, something we were not short of this evening.
Sunday morning my family discussed a book called, “The Prodigal God,” by Timothy Keller. This aspect of being a mother is humbling. My kids do know God, they love Him and they want to know Him more! Even in our imperfections, this is another amazing gift. The discussions we have now mean more to me than any monetary gift, that is for sure.
After some gardening, puttering in the yard, and purchasing something that led into a project that we couldn’t finish (bad rain storm, I will be sharing about this in another post), our day ended with soccer, Subway for dinner (hey, the simple things in life are sometimes the tastiest!), and then, “Faith like Potatoes,” an award-winning family film and very inspiring.
Have you seen this movie? Have you read any of Timothy Keller’s writings? Did you celebrate with family and friends? What was your favorite gift? And what was your favorite Mother’s Day memory?
Not it’s your turn … link up and share your Mother’s Day memories with us today!
About Home is …
Each Wednesday you can link up here at RE, to a different theme that I will share in advance … which may be something like a beautiful set table, fresh flowers in the kitchen, dishes in your hutch, a meal on the stove, a family heirloom, a yard sale find and how you put it to use, pictures on the walls, music being played in the background … a feeling, a smell, a touch.
What’s exciting about this day is that I will provide you (on my sidebar) the theme each week which will hopefully inspire you!
A few short rules to follow:
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1. Just add your name to the description. Then browse for the photo you want to use.
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2. Link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog. Please follow this instruction, otherwise I will have to delete your entry. If you need help with a permalink, click here.
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3. Go back to your original post and link this party to that post, and you are may also include the Home is … button from my sidebar, to bring people back here to RE.
Thank You for participating! Remember to visit the other bloggers who link up!
I’m so glad that you mentioned the movie “Faith like Potatoes”. I had never heard of it before but I watched the promo and asked my husband to pick it up. We watched it last night at our home group and it was a great story. Very inspirational. DON’T forget to watch the documentary in the special features section of the DVD. It is even more inspiring to hear from Angus and his friend and family themselves. And you get “the rest of the story” from where the movie left off.
You made me feel like I was a part of your intimate gathering. Thank you for sharing this. Your family sounds very dear & wonderful, I hope that you had the very best Mother’s Day :)
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I AM paying attention this week – I see the subject so won’t be linking up to a wrong post! We had Mothers Day back in March, so mine is a more distant memory.
It really is a day when we can make our Mums feel special, and I love the kids handmade gifts and cards.
A few years ago my daughter wrote a poem (when she was 7), and the first line was:
“My Mum is like a lovely bowl of Irish Stew”!
Priceless!
It looks like the perfect day with yummy food. I had an incredible day with time to relax and even nap. It was perfect. Thanks for letting us share our day.
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What a beautiful family and lovely post. My first time to link up and I love the whole idea. I need to check out the writings of Timothy Keller.
Hey! We just watched Faith Like Potatoes too! good movie.
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Sounds like a PERFECT weekend! XOXO
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Sounds like you had a perfectly wonderful weekend!
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Looks like a fabulous Mother’s Day! The food looks so yummy, and of course the company makes it perfect. Can’t believe the photo of you and kiddos off to Prom. Such handsome boys and beautiful mama!
Carrie
sandy,
i love your words … “like relaxing on a big pile of pillows”! i reread that and just LOVE it … it is the perfect description.
sweet post!
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I haven’t read The Prodigal God yet, but I love Tim Keller’s “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”… we read it in our women’s group at church and had some wonderful discussion around it, in terms of strengthening our own faith and confirming that there is rationality to our belief in Christ. It’s also good if you have unbelieving family and friends who tend to hurl blanket statements at you like “I couldn’t believe in a God who….” No need to battle it out; you can consider their statements and bring some well-thought reasoning to the table yourself (in love, of course).
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Sounds so relaxing and your diner looks so yummy! My very favorite gifts this year were the homemade cards from my teenagers! They were so sweet and will be cherished forever~
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Sandy,
I always love your photos! My favorite gift this year was the gift of sleeping in…there is nothing more I could have asked for!
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Love this post Sandy! Your pictures are always so fun to look at!!!
Sounds wonderful- warm and full of love!
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Sandy, your Mother’s Day sounds perfect. Mine was too, got to spend a couple days with my family & it was so nice. I’m linking up my post today!
Sandy: Just wanted to thank you for your inspiration always. I have drawn so much knowledge on how to share the gift of hospitality in our own little world from you and and love your genuineness (Is that even a word?:))
Blessings
Roxanne
Hi Sandy! What beautiful photos of your family! Looks like y’all had a wonderful weekend!
I was just talking about Prodigal God the other day. One of my best friends, my pastor’s wife, said that she’s currently reading it for the fourth time. Any book that a friend of mine reads that many times is worth picking up! (Do you know of Will Acuff from Stuff Christians Like? My friend is Will’s mom. A wonderful, godly woman.)
Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for hosting this lovely party!
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