Tales of Mom Ellis

Monday, August 27, 2007

Roots and wings

The above is a very familar expression, but what does it really mean? Years ago I read a book called" Learning to let go" by a Christian woman, and little did I know how God , my Heavenly " Papa" was preparing me for the last five years of my life! I learned that you begin to let go the moment the umbilical cord is cut and the process continues for many years, just a little at a time. Also, that if you do your job right, you basically "work yourself out of a job". Not in a bad way, because once a mom, always a mom at heart. But the Bible clearly states that you "leave and cleave" and I believe it is part of God's plan to make us "one".
Yesterday, a new page of my life has turned, as I sent my 18 year old "baby" to Hungary to study abroad for a semester at McDaniel College. And yes, today I am happy and sad. Happy that God in His Gracious Love and Mercy has opened wide this door of opportunity to see His Beauty in His Creation in another part of His World. I am sad because I am missing her already! But once again I am reminded that this is part of God's process to teach me to let go a little more with Charissa. I have given her roots deeply in Jesus, now it's time for her to try her wings! I love you, Riss!!!My prayers are with you day and night!

Monday, August 13, 2007

What a joy to be Grandparents!!!!

This weekend was very busy, but lots of fun!!!!!!!!!!We celebrated Gigi's first birthday" Hawaian style" and then had a baby shower for our "soon to be" addition, Naomi, Hannah and Enoch's 2nd child. Little Isaiah and Mommy and Daddy stayed with us for 3 days and it was a blast!!! I was so blessed to have time with them all, but in particular with my lil' buddy!!!He's definetly"All Boy" but also has a very gentle side to him, one on one. Last night Pop Pop and I babysat and he played in our backyard(loves to run and run) I gave him a bath,sang songs ,read stories and finallyto bed he went!!!Even though I don't remember a thing once my head hit the pillow, the joy of being with him refreshed my tired soul. Today they left to head back to N. Carolina and already I can't wait to see them all again!!!How blessed I am. Thank you, Precious Lord for the joy of being a parent, and now grand parent!!!!!

Thursday, August 02, 2007

the masterpiece


This is the finished puzzle that Don worked on at Ocean City! It was his birthday present from Jeremy, and Rachel that they had brought back from Europe : ) it was a challenging one...

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

All creatures, great and small.........

Yes, God made them all! And I think Peter Rabbit and his siblings, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail are all living under our back porch. Sunday morning the excitement began when I let our two little min-pins out, and they played "keep away" with one of them in their mouth. I was in my night gown trying to save the baby from near death as I screamed as loud as I could, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So both dogs looked at me like I lost a marble somewhere and reluctantly gave it up. Ever since then, everytime I let Webby and Tiny out, I'm on "bunny patrol".Last night, the Dogs ran out and the bunnies were standing right next to me and they didn't even notice, but I told Peter that if he didn't find a new place to live, he very well could get eaten! I thought my life would quiet down a bit this summer, but the little creatures sure do make life EXCITING...........:-)