Carrot, Egg, or Coffee Bean???

My daughter is working on her introduction...well actually she wrote it out but it needs some editing. She's not so sure about this blogging thing. She has a lot of ideas but once it gets to "show time" she draws a blank....ha ha....she gets that honestly.

I have had some awesome blog ideas but then when it comes time to pound these keys...it's gone. I lay here at night & it's so awesome in my head but then once my fingers hit these keys...I draw a blank. But I guess that comes with time...well I hope it does because if it don't this is blog is not going to be long lived.

We are sitting at home today. The hubster is busy so the kids & I are boarded up in my room watching movies. Well not really the kids, they are coming & going depending on what movie is playing but me, I've been in my room all day. 

I think living with others has really began to get to me. I'm isolating myself from others in the house. I can't wait to get our own place, we've found it just waiting on the biggest part of it....the cash!!! Shouldn't be too long though....I pray!!!

I read this on facebook earlier & I wanted to share it with y'all because it really made me & my daughter think.

Grandmother says...carrots, eggs, or coffee; which are you?

A young woman went to her grandmother & told her about her life & how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it & wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting & struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs & in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit & boil without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out & placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out & placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out & placed it in a bowl.Turning to her granddaughter she asked, "Tell me what you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, & coffee," she replied.

She brought her closer & asked her to feel the carrots. She did & noted that they got soft. She then asked her to take an egg & break it.

After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled, as she tasted it's rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked, "What's the point, grandmother?"

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity-boiling water-but each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard & unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened & became weak. The egg had been fragile. It's thin outer shell had protected it's liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her granddaughter.

"When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain & adversity, do I wilt & become soft & lost my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened & stiff?

Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter & tough with a stiff spirit & hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot it releases the fragrance & flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better & change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest & trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?
                                                                                              ~UNKNOWN ARTHUR


That will sure make ya think huh? Well it did me & my daughter. She said she was a carrot, she wasn't even going to try to lie about it but that she was going to try to change & be a coffee bean. I'm somewhere in between all three....but I am going to try to think of this every time I have something hard going on to remind me to be a coffee bean. Which are you?

Just the beginning

I've blogged before & I've been hm....well I can't say unsuccessful because I really enjoyed it but this I've talked about & thought about for a while. A family blog....now I can't promise my husband or my two youngest kids will blog much.....not sure if they will ever blog although I think my youngest daughter would like to try it, I'd probably have to type for her, but I do know that my oldest daughter would love to blog. We actually talked about it tonight. So in the midst of not being able to sleep, fighting my husband for my side of the bed along with the covers, I figured I'd go ahead & start the blog & see how it goes. I can't promise you any set areas of blogging there is no telling what we will blog about but I'm hoping for some interesting posts & some different views with more than one of us blogging. So to start with I'm going to introduce our blog, then myself, then my daughter. Tomorrow I'll let her do the same, should be interesting to read the two of us describing each other & our other family members, huh?

For now we will not be using our real, government names on the blog, just for safety reasons (or paranoid mom reasons, LOL). We will blog about shopping, deals, clothes, fashion, make up, hair, crafts such as...sewing, knitting, making all sorts of things, budgeting, cooking, the bible, our relationships with God & others, school, daily life, all sorts of things. Hopefully there will be some structure.

As I said we will not be using our real names for now, so y'all will know me as Daisy. I am a stay at home wife & mother. I have three children & I've been married for almost 10 years. I love blogging, writing (typing more than writing sometimes), facebook, youtube, all kinds of crafts, couponing, playing monopoly & other games, cooking, music (music like 50 times), church, my friends....I really could go on & on!!!! My husband & I are almost the same age. My family is not really a low income family, at least I don't consider us low income (my mom does though) but we do live week to week. He is funny & strong. He's quiet but also loud...yes I know that's contradicting but it's true. My oldest daughter is smart, strong, sincere, caring & awesome (like her mother). She loves to write but has never blogged, no one in my family has ever blogged but me. She loves to read, draw, talk, do bible study with me, craft with me.....she loves fashion, doing hair....I think she would love to have a try at make-up but I've been putting that off as long as I can. She's a great daughter & big sister. My youngest daughter is funny, feisty, opinionated, determined, strong, caring, quick tempered & every one's friend. She loves to draw, play outside, pretend, write plays, act, craft with me & sing. Poor thing is the middle child so she battles for her spot as the baby & the boss. My youngest is my son. He's all boy!!! Playing cars, trucks, army, war, basketball, football, baseball, shooting guns, running, going, going, going all the time....I don't know where he gets all his energy from. He's the baby & is spoiled. He is very protective of me & his sisters. He's outspoken, determined, hard headed, loving, a loyal friend. He loves to be active.

As I sit here thinking about this blog, I'm really excited. I'm going to go ahead & start our first post together but won't post it until after my oldest does her introduction & finding out if the rest of my little family is interested, if not then this will be a mother/daughter thing, which will also be just fine.

I really hope y'all enjoy our blog as much as I know we are.
~Daisy