Beam Me Up! Escaping the Daily Routine with a Spa Day

Have you ever wished that you could push a button and say, "Beam Me Up, Scotty!"? And then, poof, magically you escape from the chaos that is your life on Planet Mom to somewhere else entirely. Or do you remember the commercials from way back when that would show the lady surrounded by barking dogs, screaming kids, and a huge mess, and she would say, "Calgone, take me away!"? Then, the next scene would show her calmly relaxing in a nice bubble bath while the noises around her have been muted. Isn't that a dream that we often face on a daily basis... just for a brief moment to escape and relax?

We've all been there. In fact, it seems to be a law of nature that two mothers of pre-schoolers cannot carry on a phone conversation without at least one child running around in the background or screaming or fighting or making demands. If it ever happens, it should go in the Guinness Book of World Records.

But have we got a surprise for you! At our next MOPS meeting, we will be escaping from the daily routine by having a mini-spa day. We will have several stations set up where you can do your nails, enjoy a back massage, or make a necklace. We will also have a station set up to where we will be wrapping pajamas and writing cards to give to the women and children staying at Springhaven, which is a safe place for victims of domestic violence. The pajamas are being provided by the Earth care group.

So come join us on Monday, April 12th from 9:00am - 11:00am for a fun and relaxing morning as we pamper ourselves for a brief, but desperately needed, period of rest and relaxation. Breakfast is being provided to us by the Earth care group. Hope to see you there!

Living Together With God

When talking to other moms, the description that is most often used to describe our lives is "busy". Unfortunately, oftentimes in our busyness, we neglect to take the time to foster the relationship that should be the most important one in our lives, and that is our relationship with God.

A relationship with God is just that... a PERSONAL relationship with God. Just like in life, even if you have several friends who share a friendship with someone that you don't really know, until you have a personal connection with that person for yourself, you would not consider them a friend just because they are friends with several of your friends. How can you be friends with someone that you don't personally know? The same is true with God. We have to connect with Him personally. We cannot sustain ourselves on the faith of our parents or the faith of our husband or the faith of our friends. It has to be our faith.

At our next MOPS meeting, we will be exploring this concept of living together with God. And with Easter just around the corner, we will be creating our own homemade resurrection eggs (from MomSense Magazine) to help explain the story of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Afterall, only through Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection are we even able to have a relationship with him through the payment and forgiveness of our sins on the cross.

So come join us on Monday, March 8th from 9:00am - 11:00am in the Family Life Center as we eat breakfast, watch a short video, work on a craft, and talk and fellowship with other moms. Breakfast is being provided to us by our Mentor Moms. You won't want to miss it!