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Be still and know my voice

This past weekend I actually googled “how to hear God’s voice”. Really. After growing up in the church all my life.

Let me back up a little.

I grew up in a church that some might call over emotional or sensational. To me it was normal, and I believe the core of what we believed and did was true and pure. Read More

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Gray Staycation 2013

This summer we chose to do a “staycation” instead of traveling with our toddler who has all kinds of crazy sleep problems. We figured this would be less stressful for everyone AND it means Nick and I can take a romantic getaway vacation in the fall when his parents will be in the country to keep our girls.

I did some planning so we could have an adventure every day. Plans shifted a bit since we ended up with fall-like temps at the end of July. I’m not complaining about the cooler weather, but I do wish we could’ve tried out the new outdoor waterpark in town. Outdoor pools and waterparks are hard to come by here in Minnesota – home of 10,000 lakes. Read More

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The sun will come out tomorrow…or today

I’ve been silent here on the world wide web. I’ve crept into a bit of a deep dark hole that I’m having trouble climbing out of. I saw a little light for a day or so, but something pulled me back under again. When I let my emotions get the best of me I can sink down pretty far, but mix that with my lack of sleep that’s been even less this week, I’m feeling pretty stuck.

I wish I would have come here to this space, or even to my own journal, to write it all out and work through it. Because when I start to let my thoughts form into somewhat coherent sentences I usually feel better. There’s something freeing about getting the words onto paper (or the screen).

Instead I kept it all in. I stayed lost in my pity party and simply surfed the internet aimlessly looking for some sort of escape from my mundane life. Read More

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Thou Shall Not Whine

Today has been a very whiny day in the Gray household. And it’s only 3:00.

My littlest one spent the morning walking around the house moaning, whining, fussing and crying. There was nothing I could do to stop her. Not holding her. Not getting out toys. Not letting her brush her teeth (which usually works for some reason). She was just crabby and fussy, and grunt-whining for everything and then not wanting the thing she’d just asked for.

So we left the house. Getting out always helps us. Target would make everyone feel better, right? Besides, we needed milk and eggs.

Then as our time was coming to an end in Target, my four year old starts whining. She was upset we weren’t buying anything for her. Read More

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Read Aloud Classics: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

I think it was in college during my Children’s Lit class when I started to dream about reading aloud to my future children. I imagined being a mom who snuggled up with my little ones before bedtime and read a chapter each night as they dozed off.

We read to Mariah every night before bed from the day we brought her home. She has always been a little bookworm. As the second child, Lana’s nightly storytime was pretty scarce during the first year (ain’t nobody got time for that with two kids). Read More

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I’m a Quitter

Hi, my name’s Rachel and I’m a quitter.

I mean if you want to put a positive spin on things, I like new adventures and endeavors…I like planning, dreaming and beginning. Once something becomes old hat, I’m done. I think that’s why working in higher education was so good for me. I had a fresh start every semester. New students and a chance to improve and try new things kept me going. I also had lots of variety at my job so if one area wasn’t so fun anymore, I could focus on something else for a bit. Now that I stay home with my girls, the routine never changes and I’m working with the same people every day for all eternity (so it seems). Read More

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