Hi Everyone. Doing my little happy Friday dance over here. I'm so glad you stopped by for our weekly Coffee Date. These link ups make me crave Starbucks since I've been without for the past few weeks with my calorie counting. Random Fact: Did you know a Tall Skinny Peppermint Mocha has only 110 calories! My weakness. My third week in a row linking up with a vlog and I seriously need to lean how to do all those fancy smancy editing tricks some of you do. With the scrolling words, music... Maybe next week.
This week I'm excited to have two guests, my girls. Now let me warn you going into this, they had no idea what I was doing. Creating a vlog, yes. They are used to me locking myself in my room every Thursday evening and talking with myself for a bit. LOL But this week I asked them to pull up a sofa cushion and get comfy. I reassured them they didn't have to talk, just listen. I had something I wanted to tell them. I apologize in advance for this turning into an all out cry fest on my part.
When praying about what I should share with you today, I ran across this:
Made you think hua? If not, stop and read it again.Your children WILL become who YOU are; so be who YOU want THEM to be. It stopped me in my tracks. It got me thinking... Am I the type of mom I want my kids to be? Yes and no. I talk a lithe more about my weakness in the vlog.
One thing we do a lot of in our house is praise. Our kids know we are very proud of them, of what they do and who they've become, but sometimes they need a little more. Especially if you have more than one. My head tells me that my kids know how I feel about them, and they probably do, but it sure does feel good to hear it every once in awhile right? I encourage you to take a few minutes and talk to your kids on a deeper level. Life is too short, we never know what could happen tomorrow. Make sure you kids know exactly how you feel. Don't assume.
Next week our family will be on a much needed vacation so I'll miss having coffee with you. The good news is while we're on-location, my hubby and I will be recording our first vlog together. We're traveling back to where we honeymooned 11 short years ago, and he thought what better of a place to do our vlog from.
So until next week, be blessed.
Linking up today for Coffee here.
Linking up here today for what's on my heart.
Tears. <3 you're a good mamma.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Poat! you are a blessed mama! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI loved you before - but as I get to know you more - you just inspire me so much - I love you even more! <3 How beautiful you are and how blessed your little girls are to have you as their Momma!
ReplyDeleteYou are the sweetest mama anyone could ever ask for! I cried as I watched the ending as you can easily tell how much your girls love you!
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to see what a lovely heart you have! Thank you for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteOh, Laura--you are such a wonderful mom to your girls! You made me start tearing up! It's so evident how much you love them & how much they love you! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are such an amazing mom and you have me in tears this morning! I think it's always best to lift up our children and sometimes we need reminded of that! xoxo
ReplyDeleteLoved this! Looking forward to next's weeks. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteAwwww...this was so sweet. I don't really miss my mom so much anymore as she died when I was only a toddler, but few moments in my life, I wish she was here, this is one of those moments. You are such an amazing mom, your kids are so blessed to have you in their lives.
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awww, this was so cute. you made me cry too. i love your heart and the way you always speak so calmly and softly. It is so comforting. xo
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm totally bawling my eyes out...
ReplyDeleteLaura, you're such a wonderful mom and your girls are so lucky!
This is so, so sweet! Your girls are so lucky to have an amazing mama like you. And, I agree, it's so important to take that time out of EVERY day to talk to, love on and praise your kids. We do the same around here.
ReplyDeleteOh friend...thank you so much for sharing your heart as always. Such a good reminder and even more of a lovely moment to witness (through tears) you sharing with your sweet girls. What a blessing it is to get to know you more through these vlogs. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteAw how fun! And so good to see the girls with you!
ReplyDeleteLove that your girls did that with you! Great thoughts on parenting.
ReplyDeleteLove that quote!!!! SOOOO true!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great vlog! It brought tears to my eyes :)
ReplyDelete<3 Jamie
So true! I have to remind myself of this sometimes. You made me cry by the way. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou are such an inspiration to me! I love that you prayed about what you should put in your vlog. I have been praying about what I should blog about, and have decided to go with what I feel. Just today I started a blog about infertility. It's called infertilityanonymous.blogspot.com. I haven't posted anything yet, I'm just in the process of designing my layout, but I'm so excited to begin this journey. Prayer is real, and so important. I just hope my blog will become an inspiration for others.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog at the GFC hop and am so glad I did! This vlog totally made me cry! Thanks for the inspiration and the good reminder that I need to keep working at being the kind of person that I want my kids to become.
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