Family

What can I say.......I have one!  I, Carrie, have been married for 14 working on 15 years to my Honey Bun, Chris!  We have three, amazingly wild, very much boy,  boys, Noah, Keaton and Bryan. We have two dogs Opal & Zeus and one cat Dr. O'mally. We have good days and bad, we laugh, get on each others nerves and try being as "Normal" a family as we can be.  We make mistakes, argue, fight, and Love each other through it.

Being a lady, who's idea of a "fun" time is drinking Starbucks and wondering through Hobby Lobby for 3 hours, I sometimes find it difficult to connect with the men in my life.  They like the nasty, the dirty and the disgusting and the more of each the better, it makes their "fun" time more enjoyable.  However,  I usually go with them on one of their "fun" times and ask "Why am I doing this?" it's simple, I go because I don't want to be left out,  I go because deep down It's important to them, I go because I love them and want to show them how much. I wish I could say I do this all in the correct spirit, but sometimes, I don't. I start out doing my best, trying to enjoy what they are but then I find my spirit turning to complaining, whiny and frumpy. I don't always make their "fun" time fun. I can make all the excuses in the world, but I have to ask myself  "how is this showing them I love them? How is complaining, whiny and frumpy showing them their important?  It's simple...it doesn't.  I often have to ask my Lord and my men for forgiveness for having a bad attitude.  They show me how to be Christ like in extending Grace, Mercy and Love by forgiving a momma and wife who sometimes doesn't have the reflection of Christ as she should.

We are a family who tries to reflect Christ, we don't always succeed but we look to Jesus as our example.
I am so Glad I am covered by his Grace....I need to learn to extend HIS Grace to others.