A Mom Moment … and More!

Joshua got hurt the other day and I said something about his owie.

“What are they really called, Mom?”

Uh … what ARE they really called? It’s been “owie” for more than decade. “Wounds?” I quavered. Sure, that sounds good. Come on, people, what’s the grown up word??

Random God moment: Someone I know works at a company with a French name, La Cie, and she had asked me what it means. I knew “ciel” was sky, but I couldn’t figure out “cie.” Happened to think of it just now and checked my French dictionary. Guess what I found? Well, for one thing, it’s not a listed word … BUT I was astounded to find a check I’d misplaced weeks ago tucked between it’s pages!

I’m still in the middle of a full length edit, so haven’t had much time to work on blog posts, but I’ve got a great one coming tomorrow for those of you who’ve heard about ACFW, but don’t know if it would be a good fit.

This week has been a reality check on single-momming and being divorced. A few circumstances changed–and as I head into the hard-to-find-a-sub-job-when-it-is-summer months–I found myself running to God in prayer on a hourly, if not more often, basis.

Last night I was pushing myself to get to a certain page on the client’s edit, but I found I was rereading the same paragraph and not paying attention. I’d mentally chide myself and go back up to my last conscious thought, only to have my mind wander again. Took me about an hour to realize that God was trying to talk to me, and I was too busy to listen. I put the project aside for a time, talked with my parents and to God, received what He was impressing on my heart, then zoomed through the rest of the pages.

If that happens again, I hope I’ll recognize it and say, like Eli instructed Samuel to say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening!”

6 Responses to A Mom Moment … and More!

  1. Jody Hedlund June 1, 2009 at 2:25 am #

    How about “boo-boo?” Oh, wait, that’s another un-adult description. 🙂 I always say to my older kids, “Didya get hurt?” (scraped, cut?)

    Looking forward to your post about ACFW! I need all the tips I can get!

  2. Jessica June 1, 2009 at 3:35 am #

    I love how you compared it to Eli. I haven’t thought of that story in a long time.
    Woohhooo on the check! That’s always fun. 🙂
    Good luck finding the “adult” word. LOL

  3. Wendy June 1, 2009 at 6:07 am #

    Hi Christina,
    I’ve been enjoying your posts for awhile now. I’m hoping to join ACFW today (someone stole our credit card online…long story, anyway, I’m looking forward to your post tomorrow.

    I also wanted to take a moment to thank you and encourage you for being authentic about all that you’ve been going through. I think you are shining in this.
    ~ Wendy

  4. Susan J. Reinhardt June 1, 2009 at 7:20 am #

    Hi Christina –

    How often do we try to press past a flashing, red light? We can’t concentrate or think. Help us Father to recognize when you’re wooing us into your presence.

    Blessings,
    Susan 🙂

  5. Tammy Bowers June 1, 2009 at 8:39 am #

    Abrasions. In baseball, they call it a strawberry. Contusion might work for any bruise type wound. Or the catch all = injury.

  6. Christina Berry June 1, 2009 at 11:16 pm #

    Boo-boo! That’s so much better. 😉

    I think it took me a few more than three times to figure out it was God, but I didn’t have a priest asleep in the other room!

    Wendy, thank you. In some ways, I wish I could share more. My heart changes almost every day to a certain degree, and I don’t want to seem like I’ve made a sudden jump to a new attitude when I do a post about whatever it is. At the same time, I don’t want to seem tossed on the waves with emotions going back and forth.

    Apparently flashing red lights are too subtle for me!

    Okay, I’ll try out “injury” and see if it just sounds like I’m pretending to be a nurse. 😉