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Decisions... / Oct 31, 11:49 AM
So, here I am, posting again. I can hardly believe it! There are lots of things going on in life these days. Work is going well. We’ve got a lot of quality applicants working their way through the process which is exciting. I’m so blessed to have an amazing staff to work with. It makes the hustle and bustle of work much more enjoyable.
Motherhood is going well too (we have a 4 month old girl). It’s still hard to believe that God saw me fit to nurture this precious child. Already I have grown humble in the face of the many single mothers I encounter. How do they do it?! I have a husband and a strong support system to help me through the questions, stress, and chaos that comes with parenting. It’s hard to imagine having to work, keep up a house, and raise well-adjusted children on my own. I thank God for his provision in my life and his strength in the lives of mothers everywhere.
Another interesting thing that I’ve been thinking about recently is Halloween (appropriate timing, don’t you think). I used to not put much thought into it. I know it’s not the most ‘Christian’ of days but I admit that I grew up dressing up and going trick-or-treating (my family is definitely a Christian one). So, now that I’m an adult, and a mother, I have to wrestle with these sorts of things. Is it wrong to want to dress my daughter up in an adorable orange onesie with black cats and bats on it. Or put her in a huge round fleece pumpkin sack? Is participating at all in a ‘holiday’ whose origin is admittedly un-Christian wrong even if I’m not celebrating the pagan-ness of it but rather enjoying time with family and friends eating unhealthy candy and taking pictures of cute kids? This is a tough question for me. I think I understand both sides of the argument but which direction do I go? Maybe if baby clothes weren’t so cute I wouldn’t be having this dilemma right now. But inevitably a stance will need to be taken because as she gets older and starts making friends other than the stuffed animals in her crib, we’ll have to be firm in our decision around the issue. Jeez…this is whole parenting thing isn’t easy! Fun but not easy.
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