12 in 12: April

So it is already April 4th and I haven't posted my goal for this month. March went pretty well I think. I wanted to focus more on my family, but failed in a few areas. 1)Aidan wore awful clothes for Spring pictures, 2)Finn wore hideous clothes for class picture day {this happened the same week} and 3)I have not been the most attentive mom and wife the last week, because I was focused on a craft fair that occurred yesterday. But in general I know I did more for my family {including daily prayers on their behalf} than I have in a long time. So...YAY for me!! HA!

Speaking of the spring craft fair I was in with my wonderful friend Ashlee.....that is where I got my current goal idea from {yep, gonna end that sentence with a preposition! Ha!}. The show was a bomb...not a complete one, but let's put it this way....we made a $15.00 profit!!! I know...what a waste. However, I am choosing to look at it in most positive way I can....at least for our next show we won't have to make a thing...we had so much inventory left over.

But after waiting forever for anyone to stop by our booth I began to get a little {okay, a lot} catty about people that were around us. I made some observations about a few people being stuck in a time warp, pointed out people sporting mullets {business in the front, party in the back}, laughed at a few people trying to sell cats made out of material from the 1980's, and was just overall in a nasty mood. I know that part of it was jealousy that other people were selling their wares and we weren't {especially since our things were and ARE so much cuter!!}. But I was just flat out giving in to sin...I was exhausted and irritated and basically just took it out on those poor innocent people.

I have caught myself talking in a derogatory manner about others in front of my kiddos, and that is not the image I want my children to remember and emulate. So can you guess my goal for this month?

I am going to do my best not to gossip, put down or talk bad about others. This is something I struggled with earlier in my life, and was finally able to get a grip on. So now I will try and overcome this nasty habit for good!! Whoohoo!!

Proverbs 20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.