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Mother’s Day Blues

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A mother, by definition, is:

Noun: a woman in relation to her child or children.

Verb: 1. bring up (a child) with care and affection. 2. give birth to.

Literally one of a few things that every human being has, is a mother. It could be a biological mother, adoptive mother, spiritual mother, mother figure, god mother, step mother, mother in love or mother in law. There is a woman in our lives that has birthed us, nurtured us, loved us or raised us.

Today, we give thanks to those women. No one is perfect at everything and there is no rule book to being a parent. Most mothers do what they saw their mother’s do or what they knew to do but I believe that everyone did what they could.

In the eyes of some children, teens or now adults, what their mother did could’ve been better. My mama for sure did what she could. For that, I am grateful. I focus on the positive things. We were never hungry, without clothes or a roof over our head. She is 77 years old. I’m grateful she’s still here and able to live independently and without any assistance.

I saw a video yesterday on Instagram, asking if you came back in another life, would you want your mother to be your mother again. My answer is complicated but simple. If I want to be me in another life, she would have to be my mother again. Everything about her and my childhood made me who I am, and I absolutely love me so…

I’ve always mentioned that I didn’t grow up with love, being shown love or even been told “I love you” unless there was at least alcohol or beer around. Even still, I can count the number of times it was told to me.

As I mentioned, she did what she knew to do and she did what she could. I’m grateful for her. When I become a mother, I will do a lot differently. My child will be conceived in love, showered with love, shown love, told love, and will know the truth of God’s love for us all.

So, happy Mother’s day to each mother and mother figure. Keep doing your best and if you can do better than your best, do that. You are literally changing someone’s life. I’m grateful for my mother and our relationship is fine. I only wished that the relationship was different, better. So this is my mother’s day blues because I’m grateful for my mother and I’m still praying for the day to become a better mother to my child than mine was to me.

Sincerely,

Angie

Questions for the Mind and Heart

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If you’re at a point in your life where you need a little bit of change or a shift, start by asking yourself some tough questions. Honestly, they don’t even have to be tough questions, maybe they’re just questions that will tug at your heart strings or cause self reflection.

To get the wheels turning for you, I asked DJ (resident podcast guest) to submit questions that he thought would be thought provoking or helpful to one’s life/future. I’m posting the questions as is so I didn’t rearrange the order or wording. Answer them to yourself, in a journal entry or however you see fit. I hope that the growth or change you seek, is on the other side of the questions.

Questions:
1. How long are you going to keep your gifts dormant?

2. Who am I?

3. Am I an architect or a demolition expert?

4. When people leave my presence, how do they feel?

5. What’s causing me to procrastinate?

6. What’s my relationship like with money?

7. What’s your legacy going to look like?

Happy March and happy growing!

Sincerely,

Angie and DJ

Be a Good Steward Over Your Finances in 2023

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Definitions –

Finances: The management of large amounts of money…

Steward: Manage or look after…

Of the many money blog posts that you can find here on Sincerely Angie, this is probably the first of its kind. This post isn’t to tell you about the many ways to get money easily like I have listed in the past or mentioned in podcast episodes. Although I did upload an episode recently where I shared how money literally came from everywhere last year and I don’t sell a single product or service. Listen here if you’re curious. This post is to help you manage your money. It’s great to save money by using everyday things like online shopping (Rakuten) or getting gas (Fuel Rewards) but once you get the money you’ve earned, how are you managing it?

I won’t deviate from the basics like writing everything down, as this is necessary to keep track of it all. It’s not impossible but it’s a bit of a challenge to manage every dollar in your head for a whole week, month or even a year. Being a good steward over your finances will happen if you learn to be organized and disciplined.

  1. Get an understanding of who you are financially, what you’re making and spending and your why or goals. This will involve you writing things down and diving deep into your priorities, habits (good or bad) and who is actually in control of your money (you or the things you think you need).
  2. Tithe. Giving God 10% of your first fruits shows that you are obedient to His direction, you trust Him to supply your needs and you are grateful for the 100% He blessed you with.
  3. Be disciplined. Learn to sacrifice a week, month, or year of what you normally do, to get you to where you want to be and learn to say no.
  4. Prioritize and execute. Once you decide what is most important to handle first, pull the trigger on those things.
  5. Be obedient. If you are lead to bless someone, bless them. Your reward for being obedient will blow you away. God will bless you 30/60/100 fold, for your obedience.

Of the 5 things listed above, tithing was something that changed my life the most. In most of my years going to church, I would tithe but I was not doing the standard of 10%+. I would give a tithe and also an offering. Both together may have barely equaled the 10% I should have been doing strictly for tithes. Now granted, I was still blessed because I believe God knew my heart and intentions but when I was more educated on tithing, I did a better job. It was the best decision I’d ever made. Imagine having $100 and scared or too tight to give God at least $10. Once you do it and you get blessed right back in return, your outlook changes and you realize that the $10 really didn’t hurt or take away from anything.

How many times have you been short on a bill or tab and it miraculously gets taken care of? Even times where you were sitting home wondering what to eat then someone calls you to bless you with a dinner outing? Have you ever applied for a job and once you were hired, they tell you that you were selected out of hundreds of other qualified individuals? That’s nothing but God. You may have made a decision to bless someone over being selfish or you chose priorities over wants. You are being rewarded for being a good steward over your finances. Try it out! You won’t regret it.

Sincerely Angie