HE’S LEGAL ~ HE CAN VOTE

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Birthday, blessings, Carthage Missouri, Christian, family, kids, Life, miracle, parenting, son

This is my son Matthew.  Today is his 18th  birthday.  I can’t believe it.  I can still remember the day he was born.  It was a bitter cold day in Topeka, Kansas.  I remember that the evening ended in a blizzard.  His birth was an emergency C-section because he was breech.  He was our miracle baby.  Not only was he breech he also had the cord wrapped around his neck. Laura had beta strep and pre-eclampsia. The doctor told us we were very lucky and that we better enjoy him because we would not be able to have more.

It was really wild being new parents, but Laura remembers a baby crying in the nursery and she knew it was Matthew.  The nurses could not calm him, but they brought him to Laura and immediately she started singing to him and he calmed down.  In the womb Laura had sung to Matthew and wrote a song she sang to him.  He still loves to have her sing his song to him.

I can’t believe he is 18, but he is a great boy and we love him with all our hearts.

Happy Birthday son!

Love

Dad

The results are in! I am On-Purpose!!!!!

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Children, Christian, Christian Legacy, Faith, family, Kevin McCarthy, kids, Life, On-pupose, Religion, time managment

I finished the On-Purpose Person Book by Kevin McCarthy.

I know I talked about this the other day, but things have changed, I have changed.  

The On-purpose person is all about finding your true purpose and living your life On-purpose.  One of the tools Kevin uses is called a tournament.  In this you start by listing your wants in the different areas of life and then narrowing them down in priority order.  You end up with your Top Want in category.

I did this 2 years ago and I had to finally stop because I wanted everything.  This time I had a hard time coming up with things that were frivolous and silly.  I have changed! What this taught me was the importance I put on things.  Now the things that are important to me are things that will make a lasting difference in my life and the others around me. 

I believe I confirmed my purpose. 

I exist to serve by Building Legacy.

 “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (Ja. 4:14)

I found a great definition of the kind of legacy I am trying to build :

Legacy: “If you want your work to count for generations, then invest your time in building up your sons and daughters. A legacy of faith is something that you can leave behind for generations to come. As a father, there is nothing more important in my life than passing down a Godly heritage to my kids”.

 

 

 

Being On-purpose

Lowell Lane

Butter!

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butter, cooking, family, home, homemade bread, kids, legacy, Life, purpose

I have been working on my on-purpose person book and redoing my purpose statement.

I exist to serve by BUILDING LEGACY.

Building a legacy with my 4 children and future generations is my purpose. Little things sometimes are the greatest things that kids will remember for the rest of there life.  It builds legacy.

I just have to share this. We purchased some real milk and were able to get the cream off the top.  My wife decided to make some butter with the help of my 6 year old.

This is my little Amy. She is something.  In this photo she had butter all over her hands. She was washing the butter. 

See, she literally is washing the butter.

If you would like to read about the complete story, my wife has written about it on her blog.

www.lauraofharvestlane.wordpress.com

I can smell the homemade bread baking….. MMMMMMM  It is so good!