Five Minute Friday

Last Friday was really sad- seriously couldn't find five minutes to sum up my week.... not that it matters to you but it does to me and the blog is really about me right? (kind of kidding)

So this morning after a very short nights sleep I woke to get ready for the day. After daily maintenance on me and the house, the daily lunch making chore I went through a lock down drill with my 11 year old son, slipped a cell phone into his pocket and said a prayer before I put him on the bus.

Homeschooling really becomes more and more appealing to me everyday.

Seriously what an "IN" satan gets with me when it comes to my children. Completely grateful that he's about a day late and a dollar short because as I got in the car to head to my Friday morning study I heard this song:

Safe and Sound (Mercy Me)

No more boarding up my windows
So that I can lay low
Nobody's home
No more trying to run away from
Tired of being afraid of
What I can't control
The hardest part I'm always told
Is letting go

Safe and sound knowing that You're big enough to
Wrap around my heart completely
Safe and sound just knowing that You know me

I can finally set my heart free
Lost within the mystery
Of this love I've found
The hardest part I'm always told
Is letting go

The greatest part now I know
Is letting go

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