The Payez Family

Twenty Things To Remember

1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

2. If you worry, you didn’t pray. If you prayed, don’t worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home every day.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7 God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It’s me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day — it’s like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. Come on in.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it; otherwise it’s just hearsay

18. Its all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you’re seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out it’s neck.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is… Merely what others think you are.

No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting. Leave gentle fingerprints on the soul of another for the angels to read. I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

**A friend from a website that I belong to posted this and I thought it was sweet.

A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”

God said,

“Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

The child further inquired,

“But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.”

God said,

“Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.”

Again the child asked,

“And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?”

God said,

“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.”

“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

God said,

“Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”

“Who will protect me?”

God said,

“Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”

God said,

“Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.”

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, “God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.”

God said,

“You will simply call her, “Mom.”

Most of you who read this know that music is one of my passions–it has been a big part of my life for many years. But I bet you don’t know how far back singing goes for me. I started singing in church when I was only 4 years old under the direction of Sarah Carr Parsons who has been a huge inspiration and mentor to me. I also was a founding member of the “Harrison County children’s choir” which originally had less than 20 members and is now known as the Chanticleer Children’s Choir which is also directed by Sarah and has grown into a well-known group consisting of 3 seperate aged choirs. I was in Chanticleer through high school and I sang for Sarah in church as well until I went to college where my singing seemed to end. I studied vocal under Pam Krall, and studied Solfege which is training of the sight to sound aspect of vocal music, and training of the ear to increase control of audible pitch. I was selected to attend all-state Children’s choir a few times in my young vocal career, as well as performing in 3 young musicians concerts. I especially enjoyed young musicians because I was forced to sing something I had never sung before-Italian. And of course I was in high school band. ANYWAY, enough of my musical background. THe reason I am writing this is to explain my love for music and it’s inspiration to me–it is therapy for me. I have started a playlist on the blog with songs that have inspired me during my journey to motherhood. They play randomly but feel free to pick and choose what you would like to hear. If there are any songs you think I would enjoy please feel free to leave the ideas in a comment. The playlist should load automatically and is shown on the footer of each page. ENJOY!

Today I got to experience the harder side to motherhood. The babies that I have bragged on and gone on and on about how perfect they are….well they are gone. And in their place, if only (HOPEFULLY) temporarily, are these two screaming inconsolable warm bodies that seem to think I am out to get them. From the time we woke up this morning (they wouldn’t sleep in their cribs so I had to put them in bed with me, which as it turns out is not as easy or as fun as it used to be) to about 5 minutes ago they have not let me get a moment of peace. Everyone in our families has gotten the stomach bug and now we are petrified that the girls will get it too, so of course I am worried that is what is making them crazy. But I don’t think that is it. Savannah is a bit dramatic on most days but when it is time for bed, she usually just goes right to sleep…NOT TONIGHT! But I did finally discover what is wrong with Mady…a HORRID diaper rash that I think may be developing into a yeast infection (yes, babies can get yeast infections). She gets rashes frequently and I can get them under control fairly easily, but this one is out of control. I had to give her tylenol and an oatmeal bath to even get her to calm down…poor little thing, I feel like the worst mother in the world even though I know there is nothing I could have done to prevent it. I change her very often, sometimes when she is bairly wet. Anyway, I really felt like bursting into tears so many times today, but then I talked to a friend of mine who experienced a pregnancy loss and all I can do is be thankful yet again. I can’t even imagine what she is going through and my heart goes out to her. If you are reading this, please know that I am thinking about you and my prayers are with you and your husband. That may be the hardest thing a woman can go through. I know though in my heart that God has a plan for you and you have to hold on to your faith…I know how important your faith is to you. Please, those of you who read my blog, say a prayer for my friend that she has the strength to overcome this and move on and keep pursuing her dream of becoming a mother.