TEAM Work

When I taught  5th grade, the school that I was in had shirts made one year which said TEAM . . . Together Everyone Achieves More.  This motto has stuck with me all these years because it really is a true saying.  This Brownie vest shows Archie's and my TEAM work recently.

If you ask me how I am doing, I will almost always give the same answer . . . things are good . . . but they are so BUSY!  Working full time, having 3 kids, being a wife . . . a cook . . . a maid . . . a homework checker . . . etc. along with Archie and all the work that he does with our business and etc.  we truly ARE busy.  Honestly, it's not a bad thing, and I do believe that we have pretty good balance overall, but things are non-stop a lot of the time . . . and just BUSY!  Anyways, one night after I cleaned up before going to bed, I put out Madison's new Brownie vest and all the patches that needed to be ironed on along with the iron out on the counter.  I need to see things so I can be reminded to DO things, so this was serving as a visual reminder for me to get this done and hopefully it would be done the next day.  Lo and behold, to my surprise, I woke up the next morning to the picture that I took above.  Archie woke up early and ironed all the patches.  I know that this truly is a small thing, but it reminded me how  people really do need to be a TEAM to have success AND it reminded me of how great of a teammate Archie is (even though I forget that at times).

Since this time of our life is very busy right now, the Coleman 5 need to be working together as a TEAM more than ever now . . . and I need to make sure that I am appreciating the small things that are done that are truly blessings. 

Small things which have really made a difference recently and which I am thankful for are:  Archie preparing my breakfast and getting the kids ready in the morning, family (Colemans and Beslics) helping out with childcare for a few hours here and there, the kids helping by taking the groceries out of of the car and into the house, my TEAMmates at school, people taking time to pray with/for me, a friend that takes Madison home EVERY day from school, Jenny not only watching our kids-but also putting away dishes and laundry, and ALL the ways that God shows how he continues to provide for and bless my family. 

It's about the kind of heart that a person has; a loving and serving heart  . . . or a selfish and self-serving heart.   I have been served so much out of love from others, and I hope that I am able to serve others back out of God's love.