sarah walston

God’s Daughter - Love you Daddy!

Christ’s Sister - Thanks Bro’ for all you did!

Royce’s Wife - Wow. Can you believe we’re still married!?! Last year was really tough. It’s really a miracle. I love you so much! You are so amazing in every way. God took a pile of dust and turned it into Pure Gold and I’m so glad I stuck around for the ride!

Adri, Ean, Hannah and Claire’s Mama - (ages 11yob, 8yob, 6yog and 4yog)

**Homework Overseer (I returned my “home schooling parent” badge of honor in exchange for my sanity and sent the kids to school this year.)** See next statement….

HOME SCHOOLING PARENT BY DEFAULT - I will always be honest on this blog. I thought I had turned in my “home schooling parent badge” for my sanity - but seems that I had to return the badge and so the school had to give me the kids back full time. I’m not really sure, right now, how I feel about this.

Ballet Teacher AND Ballet Student. I have the best of both worlds: I teach the most amazing students and I am taught by the most amazing teacher! I LOVE Cecchetti Ballet. I LOVE Ballet in general. When I grow up I want to BE a ballerina. I can’t wait until I get to start partnering. I LOVE dancing in pointe shoes!!

Aspiring 5k Runner **No longer aspiring. I finally did it. April 13th. Took me 32 minutes - but I finally ran that stupid 5k that I’ve been working towards for 3 years. I’m not sure if I should admit that out loud or not…. LOL!

Soon to be a “Returning to College After Long Break” Student (Yes. That is correct. I’m a gonna do it. I register June 11th. It’s gonna be the great social experiment! Major: Dance, Minor: Philosophy)

Amazing Seamstress I was thinking about sewing dresses again, it was true. But then I found the most adorable dresses on sale at Gymboree for $10 and at Target for $6 and at the Gap for $8 and decided…why bother sewing!! AND Dillard’s had all their $60 Easter dresses marked down to $10-$15 - and really…WHY BOTHER SEWING THEM? Actually - for those that care - I’m going to be selling my Sense and Sensibility patterns on eBay in the next few weeks. I’ve been using my sewing machine lately for cutting off jeans and hemming them into really cute shorts for Hannah, along with sewing on the ribbons and elastics to my pointe shoes… which was way more fun than sewing dresses!

Waitress to the Masses Nope. I am no longer working outside of the home. YAHOO! I don’t even cook for my family that often. I do provide food for them - but cook like hearty healthy meals - no. Why? They are content with simple easy offerings. Why complicate my life? If you’ve read this far - you can see why cooking just isn’t a priority for this mom!!

Biblical Scholar Wannabe Theology repels me. It just begets hypocrisy! I do love the Bible though - just don’t care to dissect it anymore. If I have questions I just ask God about them and He’s been pretty faithful to answer me. I figure He is the best source to go to anyway.** I’m going to qualify this statement. I was so terribly hurt by the spiritual abuse perpetuated by some former pastors - whom I willfully sat under their authority for years (the reason for which I have yet to really come to terms with) - that I just can’t “go there” again. Too many red flags are raised. Too many triggers are set off. Too much anxiety is stirred in my spirit. When one has been controlled by fear-mongering, no matter how legalistic or evangelical that pastor is, the damage is done and the victim is long-suffering in his or her recovery. Thank God for His grace and mercy. I do love God. I am a Christian. But I don’t care to study theology anymore. It’s not a requirement.

Blogger Extraordinaire!!!! I’m SOOOO reclaiming the title.

PARTIAL Slave to the Perpetually Annoying Laundry Cycle Not so much. We all pitch in. Now that the kids are home all the time - THEY are going to have to take over. Laundry is about as important to me as cooking… hahahaha.