This One's For The Girl!

Survive..... that is what my 2009 word is. I have had "one of those January's" and I am trying even harder to live by my word.
Even though my life is hard right now, I want to dig deeper, and talk about womanhood. I can never remember not "loving being a girl" I was born and raised on a farm, and even though I loved to ride bikes, play in the dirt, swim in the canal, play any kind of sports, I always loved getting dressed up, in the girly stuff.....Loved the yellows and pinks.
As I grew I loved being a girl, having a best friend, flirting with a boy, trying to dress with the clothes I made my self on my sewing machine.
I know I was predestined to be a mom. That is all I wanted. I didn't go to college, didn't work outside the home....I just stayed home and raised kids. I thought I would be doing this for ever. Well, it depends on what forever is. My babies are growing and leaving, starting their own lives, becoming respectable adults.
This has been very difficult for me. I am looking back, wishing I had gone to school, got a degree, did something with my life that I could fill this huge hole that is now in my heart.
It is very easy to become discouraged when your job is over, and you think, "Now What?"
Satan wants to find all of our discouragements, and scream in our ears that we are to fat, have pimples, stretch marks, not as beautiful as our friends or that we haven't lived up to what we thought we would.
I am trying to Survive Satan's snare. I know that I am a daughter of God. I know the Lord is pleased with me and how I have raised my kids. I know he smiles down every time I take in a meal or make a friendly phone call. I Love this song that is playing on my playlist.
This one is for the girls. All of us girls out there who struggle with life each and every day.
We can do it! We can find our inner beauty and learn to love ourselves. We can quit beating ourselves up.....and realize our worth.
I have been thinking about this lately, and was watching Good Morning America today. Dr Oz was on and talking about women and losing weight, ect... and he was talking about our kids, he said:
They are not going to treat themselves they way you threat them, they will treat themselves the way you treat yourself.
This is so powerful, If we eat healthy, (something I am working on) If we love ourselves, if we think and say we are fat.........
Here is a link the the program. It is good!

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6818395&page=1

I love to feel useful. I love people and purpose. I am learning that I also love to be alone, to think about the GOOD things in me and my life.

I love my Mother in Law. She has been one of my very best Friends for 28 years. She is having a difficult time right now. Please include her and my Father in Law in your prayers. We found out this week that Bill's cancer is bad, and there is nothing they can do. It has been so difficult to face. I think that Darlene is the most amazing and and loving Mother in Law I could have asked for. She worries and loves each one of us so much. She taught Jerry to love himself. I know Heavenly Father is pleased with her and the way she has lived her life and the love she has shown. You go girl!
I know we can survive these latter days. I know that it is us girls that have to be strong. We HAVE to love ourselves and be the example. We have to escape Satan's snare and truly believe that we are of worth. Go Girls!!!!!