Being the mother of three boys brings it’s own set of challenges, but it also brings wonderful joy. Today, I experienced a sense of pride. My 13 year old son Gabriel makes me a proud mama.

He has been volunteering each Wednesday with Carolyn Mejia our media director for several months. She has been teaching him to run and program the lights for the services. He is like a kid in a candy store and loves what he is doing.

Each Wednesday, Carolyn picks Gabriel up from school and brings him to the office. He stays until Flipside youth each week and eats pizza at the meeting. This afternoon I received a call from Gabriel telling me that he didn’t have anything to eat for dinner and could I bring him something to eat.My heart leaped as I heard the words come out of his mouth.

He has been following the Daniel Fast with us. I had already planned to bring him dinner, but hadn’t stopped to call him and let him know.I am so proud of him and his heart. He and his brothers have had a wonderful attitude about the fast. They aren’t technically counting down the days, but the chapters left in John. Each chapter represents which day of the fast we are on.

It has been way too long since I posted. This is what has been going on.

• A friend’s father passed away
• I had a monster migraine on Saturday
• Matthew and Jen came over for Shrimp and Grits and chocolate chip pie. We were celebrating his 2 yr anniversary on staff at ROCK Church. (will post recipes for Shrimp and Grits and chocolate chip pie)
• Kid’s ROCK volunteer staff meeting Sunday night went great!
• Lunch with some of our great leaders at ROCK Church
• Adam scored another touch down- Go son, Go!
• All the boys are doing extremely well in school- I am so proud.
• Went to a student led conference at Gabriel’s school where we discussed his work- he is so smart and his teachers love him!

I will try and keep my posts up. I have a couple great posts coming this week that will inspire you.