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                "Mama tried!" She really does.  Often I hear out of my kids mouths things like, “You’re so mean!”, “Why do you have to ruin everything!”, and my personal favorite, “I'm going to find a new family!” (good luck finding one to take you!)  There is the constant struggle with time, resposibilities and just using good personal hygiene everyday! Between the kids and the house and the husband all needing and deserving attention and the ever present pressure of living up to a unreachable standard that our world has put on us, it's enough to make you crack!  Some days ,(I’m positive others can relate) I just break and have a good cry.  I can’t be perfect. I’m broken. BUT, the good news is…I’m meant to be.  Let me explain.           “ You take our failures, you take our weakness. You set your treasure in jars of clay. So take this heart , Lord, I’ll be your vessel. The world to see, Your life in me.”   These lyrics play through my head often. They’re from

             Do you remember the story of Chicken Little?  HINT: “The sky is falling, The sky is falling!!”   Chicken Little is actually an ancient fable passed down through centuries, with many adaptations and twists in meaning, from Old Gaelic to 21st Century animated movie about aliens! I recently stumbled across a version of the original written in English. It starts with a care-free Chicken Little who loves to walk in the woods and enjoy the simple things in life.  Suddenly, an acorn hits him on top of the head! Unaware that the blow to his head was indeed only an acorn, he begins to flip out. Worried for the sake of all he knows and holds dear, he runs off in a panick to tell the mighty Lion what he has now understood to be, “The sky is falling!!”.   He runs into many concerned friends along the way.  Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky and so on.  They believe everything he says and are equally concerned.  They all rush off to tell the Lion together, when they come upon Foxy Loxy. Foxy ap

              Picture with me if you will, a gorgeous sunny day in Northern California, under a Toy Story wallpaper sky with the refreshing occasional breeze through the trees.   A precious 6 year-old girl is on a walk to the park with her pregnant mother and little brother.  They take their time with the stroll while chit-chatting about the things little people chat about… animals, how far they can jump, and a way too long study of the gross trash left under a bush or the dog poop in the grass.  They are having a lovely afternoon anticipating the park and the fun that will be had upon arrival. Suddenly, the little girl stops dead in her tracks. The mother, while trying to keep the younger brother from running ahead, tries to coerce her daughter to come along.  She realizes the once elated girl was crying and appeared frightened to take another step.  Under further review, the mom comes to the conclusion that her bright little one is terrified to cross over a line of carpenter ants