Yesterday was a beautiful day. On Mondays and Tuesday, I leave the office at 2:00 pm. I come in early to leave early and it is well worth it.I picked up the boys and off we went to pick up our groceries. The best part was I had ordered them online. I love online shopping! We had a few more errands to run and then it was home for some outside fun.

Adam and I decided it was time for his training wheels to come off. They probably needed to come off for a long time ago. Especially, since all I had to do was put his helmet on, balance him on the bike and let go of his shirt as he rode down the driveway. No major wipe outs as he managed to catch himself before he hit the ground. A few times around the cul de sac and he was a pro.

 After dinner it was a game of speed Scrabble with Bryan and Gabriel. I did horrible. I blame it on the tablecloth. I wanted to take it off and play on the glass, but an unnamed party didn’t think it was necessary. I think it was a distraction to me I usually do pretty well. Oh well, I still had fun playing.

Have you ever given up on a dream because of other people? Others may have not believed in you or maybe it is what they said. I almost gave up on my dream because of a little negative influence in my life. I have prayed about this situation, talked with my husband about it, and have done everything I have known to do.

Monday afternoon I was standing in my kitchen watching two black birds in my backyard trying to take food from one another and defending what they already had and God spoke to me. “You have dreamed of this for years and you are going to let negative influences take it away from you. This is what you have wanted. Don’t let others take your dream from you.”

I couldn’t believe it. God spoke to me through two black birds in my backyard.