Post-Thanksgiving Thoughts

Today, for the first time since I came here, I ended up not going to some kind of trip with my family - my mom, and my dad, and my brother went and I stayed. This kind of shocked me, because I have never done that before, but I just couldn't go. My reasons being that I have a sick husband and lots of studying before two weeks of finals ahead... Can you feel it? Sounds so grown up! It hit me today that the fact that I couldn't go, meant that I have a little family of my own now to take care of. No matter how nice my husband was to let me go, I just couldn't leave him alone at home and that felt good! As I was laying in my bed trying to decide weather I should go or not, I asked God to help me make the right decision and I did not regret the one I made.

Because my Evgeny felt bad about me staying home because of him, he took me to a restaurant for lunch and then to a book store so that I can pick a couple of inspirational books for myself. As I always do, I piled a huge amount of craft and photography books and magazines around a cozy arm chair and tried to evaluate which ones I want to take home with me. Well as I was doing so, it struck me how on the ones that ended up in a to-take-home pile some familiar names popped up - people who's blogs I enjoy to follow! One of the books I was excited to take home was Digital Expressions: Creating Digital Art with Adobe Photoshop Elements by Susan Tuttle

I have also seen an interview with this lovely lady in a magazine called Artful Blogging which is now in my collection of inspiring books as well.

There were more there and there that I just don't recall, but it was sure fun to randomly bump into these wonderful people's work, because following their blogs is almost like knowing them.

About Books and Moms

It's been studying- and-Christmas-present-making-in-between type of week and today is the first day I get to rest in the evening. I think I did good on my tests, thank You God for all Your help!

Now, I really don't have much to tell you about my life during the past couple of days, but I have been meaning to recommend you all an amazing book called Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul. My mom gave me this book to read, but I don't think she even knew how amazing it is!
This book has 101 stories that are full of motherly love and christian wisdom! I cry every single time I read another story! You should put it in your to-read list! And I looked on amazon, apparently they made many more of them and if they are as good as this one, I am so reading the Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul next!

Here is just one of the quotes that I love from this book:

"Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of love"

This book makes me want to have kids even more so! Well, I have already got myself a husband... haha Don't worry mom, I know, get education first...

I am on to making Christmas gifts - there is no time to waste as I have a big family and not so many free evenings...