Just a Day in the Life of a Mom with Twins

Just for fun, with my birthday coming up, I did some searching on the internet to find some places that offer free items for birthdays. Below is my complied list! 1.        Baskin Robbins – Join their email club and you can get a free scoop of ice cream on your birthday 2.        Dunkin Donuts – One free coffee on your birthday 3.        Dairy Queen – Free Blizzards on your birthday 4.        Pink Berry – Free froyo on your birthday 5.        Hooters – Free wings on your birthday 6.        Denny’s – Free Breakfast on your birthday 7.        IHOP – Free Pancakes on your birthday 8.        IHOP – Free shortstack (free pancake day, usually happens in February) 9.        Olive Garden – Free appetizer OR dessert. Sign up for their eclub and include your birthday. Receive a coupon by email a few days before your birthday. 10.    Veteran’s Day (November 11 th ) - Olive Garden, Applebee’s, Golden Corral, T.G.I.Friday’s, and Denny’s offer free meals to Veterans and

The Lord is teaching me how to pray.  I grew up in a home that prays, my parents taught me from an early age. Just recently though, with some of the new situations Eric and I find ourselves in, I've been learning to pray more directly for what I want.  "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace. That we may find mercy and grace in time of need." Hebrews 4:16 I've been thinking and studying that verse a lot in the past few weeks and just the meaning of coming boldly to the throne. We can come with confidence when we ask the Lord to satisfy a need. I've been praying for Eric but in a sense of "Help him" and then I thought why am I not praying for what I want God to do specifically for him? Then I did and I got specifically what I had asked for (which wasn't good either because I didn't ask for the Lord's will to be done). And that's the other part to the story. We think we know what we want and have the answer to all our pr