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A prayer for the mom who is weary by Christina Fox. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like

eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40 31.

My life over the past 12 months has been like a roller coaster ride and at my age I don't do roller

coasters anymore. I sit on the bench next to the ride and wait for my kids to go

through the torturous up and down, inside out, upside down, and sometimes backwards journey, until they disembark

and come to tell me how awesome it was.

Though I stay off the rise at the theme park, my own life has been filled with ups and downs, twists and turns.

These many months have been a time of change, loss, answered prayer, heartache, joy, and fear. There have been new experiences, unexpected

opportunities, and dreams come true. I never knew it to expect from one day to

the next. All I could do was hold on tight. I feel the same way about

motherhood. Life as a mom often feels like a roller coaster ride. Just then I get used to a new stage in my children's development, they change.

The unexpected twists and turns in the daily life of motherhood is exhausting.

I always feel inadequate and unprepared. Like going on a new ride at the theme park, I never

know when the next big drop will come. I wake up wondering, will they get along today?

Will anyone get hurt and have to go to the emergency room?

We have to cancel our plans because of an unexpected virus they caught from another child?

Will homeschool go smoothly or be a long drawn out ordeal?

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