Family Life

I was able to see a glimpse these past couple weeks of what our family life could be and what it should be and it has been amazing. We just got back from a three week vacation in Idaho and we all came back refreshed. Well maybe just me. It made Joel very homesick for Idaho. I have never seen him get that way any other time we have left Idaho. But we all made an effort after we got to our new home here in Cali to be united as a family. The relationship between Joel and I has been very good--mostly because Joel refuses to let me fight with him. He has been a master diffuser and very appreciative of anything I do. He has been a peacemaker in our home--which really should be my job. One of my goals is to let Joel be the head of the home and try to be the heart of the home.
Peace was the topic of our family home evening tonight at dinner and we talked about what it meant to have peace in the home and why it was important. I feel like the kids really are getting some of what we are teaching them but more importantly I have realized that they are picking up what we are DOING more. Which makes it imperative that I shape up and act like an adult at all times. I can't expect my kids not to throw temper tantrums if I can't control my own.
My kids teach me so much and the situations I find myself in teach me about myself and my strengths and weaknesses. Being a mother to me truly is a refiners fire and if I make it through I might turn out pretty good.