Monday Madness with Mel

As I sat down with Pastor Kenny Ott of Fellowship Church today, we began to hash out some new ideas for upcoming fundraisers for Miles & Memories for Melons. While we spoke, it occurred to me that I couldn't be happier with God's hand in our work. (Not that I was day-dreaming, Kenny!!) I'm not one who tends to go around with Bible in hand or one who stands at street corners handing out leaflets, but I am one who gets a kick out of noticing when God knows when I've taken all that I can and put it in His hands.

Three weeks ago, if you were a fly on the wall of my house... you would of seen one stressed out mommy/wife/team captain. It was mid-afternoon on a Wednesday or Thursday. Owen was down for a nap after an hour of rocking. I started clacking out an agenda on the computer upstairs in my 5th, 8th, or maybe even 15th attempt that week (or so it felt like it) to write out a game plan for our team meeting that Saturday. I had barely reached the end of my first semtence when I hear Owen begin to cry. "Seriously?!!" I thought. Then unexpectedly, I began to cry too.

Enter the pity party.
Enter anxiety.
Enter mommy-moment-of-meltdown.

It happens to the best of us, right?

Then, in midst of chaos, I had an idea. It was an experience that could possibly correspond with any animated episode of "Wild E. Coyote and the Roadrunner" where he has the switch of a lightbulb moment. However, unlike "Wild E." who is known for his consistent failures, my lightbulb was a different kind of light. It was part of me that said..."Go higher!" So I said a quick prayer for God to take it over. After all, I was too familiar of the never obtainable "Roadrunner" outcome ...and I was not about to take any part in that!

Fast forward to today. Here I am, t-shirt sponsors are rolling in left and right. This experience is amazing! Every time I start to question, I take a step of faith and it happens. If I would of quit that day, where would it of got me? I'm glad that I trusted Him, because their are a lot of people who can benefit from the $11,000 we intend to raise!

Overall, today was wonderful. The e-vite invitation for our "Boobie-Cue" fundraiser on Sunday, May 4th went out. If you didn't get the invitation, email us at walkforthecure@yahoo.com. We'd love to have you join us! I'm nervous and excited all at the same time about this event, but with a little hope and faith, I'm sure we will do just fine!

Thank you for your commitment in reading our blog....it helps the hope and faith run a little more abundantly and always appreciated.

I'll be back on Thursday.

Until then, keep reading....
Melissa