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nd the lord has greatly blessed me with over 30 students by the way i have so many awesome funny heart warming stories to tell you we let go of doing things that don t bring us joy so it is not a shock to anyone that knows us that we are not outdoorsy people we don t enjoy yard work and we don t spend a lot of time in our yard maybe because it doesn t look so good lol instead of taking on the daunting task of cutting back 19 years of overgrown bushes and trees we reached out to a local friend who owns his own business to help us take care of these things we are making more time to do things we enjoy while also contributing to a local business and now our front yard looks amazing win win win i m learning to let go of my children my children are not kids anymore they are young adults we dropped our youngest daughter off at college for the first time and i cried like a baby it was hard to put into words but after having complete oversight of everything they did and everywhere they went for so many years it filled me with such anxiety to leave her there and let her go i called her a couple of days ago and she sounded great she was doing laundry and taking care of all kinds of things i asked her if she missed being at home and she said nope her bed in her dorm is even more comfy than the one at home that was all it took for me to realize that everything we have done as parents for the last almost 18 years has prepared her for this and she is doing great and if she was good then i am good too since that call i have been able to let go of my anxious thoughts and trust god with the rest i m letting go of a bunch of junk in my house after living here for 19 years we have accumulated so much stuff i am getting rid of it little by little and it feels sooo good cluttered house cluttered mind i m letting go of expectations now that we are almost completely empty nesters and middle aged it is easy for me to think about all the dreams i have had and the expectations of where i would be career wise at this point in my life what i am doing now is not what i planned on doing but i get to make music with some amazing people and i get to make a positive impact on their lives every week and that brings me great joy i am learning that it s ok to not be busy all the time and that it s ok to actually enjoy life since my husband works from home full time now we are able to spend more time together than we ever have i never would have predicted how amazing my life would be today god s plan for my life has been far better than my own could have ever been so i continue to let go and surrender my days to the lord and embrace all of him he has been good to me and i have been blessed forget the former things do not dwell on the past see i am doing a new thing now it springs up do you not perceive it i am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland isaiah 43 18 19 share this share share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading new eyes july 13 2023 julie harris 2 comments life is all about perspective isn t it like tiktok i admit that i am one of those moms who has been dead set against my kids using it now that my girls are young adults i trust that i have raised them and trained them up right so i know they use it but i m ok with that in fact i started going on tiktoc after my daughters and i saw taylor swift in concert i realized that the more i liked a certain type of video the more of that type of content i saw so i got to see lots of taylor videos and then that turned into cottage cheese recipes which i am loving btw and then of course mom stuff speaking of mom stuff i am definitely going through a mom transition my girls are grown and my last baby is getting ready to go off to college i have been both happy and sad for a while it really depends on the day i am so excited for her to have this experience and sad that she will be doing all these great things without me but isn t it just like jesus to use something like tiktok to give me perspective he must have known how i have been feeling because i opened up tiktok the other day and there was a woman about my age talking about her life situation she was about my age and she had never gotten married and had never had children it wasn t because she didn t want those things she just never met the right man to settle down with she said she is in a constant state of grief mourning the life she always pictured she would have at this age she had even picked out the names of her children i instantly felt convicted because here i am basically living out my dream two amazing daughters and a wonderful husband teaching voice and piano lessons doing ministry and serving him in ways that are fulfilling to me and yet i was having a pity party for myself i tell you jesus must have known i needed this little reminder because recently i went with my daughter to her college orientation a day that i thought would leave me feeling overwhelmed and sad and i was genuinely happy it was like he gave me a whole new set of eyes to see the situation back when i went to college i lived at home and commuted back and forth i always wanted to know what it would have been like to live on campus and now my daughter gets to experience that what a blessing i don t know exactly what this new phase of parenting will look or feel like but thanks to a tiktok video i am reminded of the blessing that i get to parent two amazing adult children and i m ready to buckle up for the ride and enjoy the journey share this share share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading wild flowers april 28 2023 julie harris 2 comments i love teaching piano and voice lessons i met a new student recently she was an energetic 9 year old with a big personality as i talked to her she frantically played the piano keys i told her it would be hard for her to hear me over her playing and she placed her hands in her lap i could see her fidgeting with her clothing the buttons on the piano bench basically anything she could touch to keep her hands busy when she wasn t playing i went home that day and loaded my tote with all the things i put every fidget spinner i could find in it and also ordered literally a thousand fun stickers i was going into this one prepared next time imagine my surprise this week when she walked through the door of my lesson room with her hands behind her back she extended her hands and then opened them to reveal little wildflowers i picked them for you then began our lesson it was like a completely different girl not once did i have to tell her to stop playing while i was talking she loves to sing and i noticed she sang the words of every piano song in her lesson book as she played i love the way you sing and play i told her she smiled and said her last teacher discouraged her from doing this because she thought it was a distraction from her playing i told her maybe one day she will write and sing her own songs she smiled as she pulled out a piece of paper from her bag i already wrote a song and then she played and sang it for me i was super impressed it was called called wildflowers bloom i told her i love to sing too and in fact i teach voice lessons her eyes lit up and she shared with me all of her talent show wins with singing i think we are going to have great fun together what a joy it is to play a part in her and all of my students musical journeys i am blessed ️ share this share share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading be the church march 2 2023 julie harris leave a comment one of the things i love doing in the car when i am driving alone is to pray out loud i just start talking to the lord and i will start off praying about something and then it s like he puts other people and things to pray for in my thoughts so i just keep on praying until i get to my destination when i am driving to teach music lessons i pray for my students i pray for each of them and then pray that he would use me in their lives for his glory as i was praying the other day he gave me this amazing thought some of your students don t know who i am and some of them have never even been to a church but you are the church because you are my disciple and my spirit lives in you so when your students come to take lessons from you it s sort of like they are going to church and then i prayed that he would give me opportunities to do just that be the church and guess what happened one of my students mentioned that she had gone on a youth retreat this past weekend she had a great time but the whole week afterwards had been very challenging the lord prompted me to ask her if she would like to sing worship songs during her lessons she mentioned a song that she really liked and it was one i knew by heart i began to play the piano introduction and her whole demeanor changed she closed her eyes and sang with emotion i told her this was the kind of music that would help encourage her when she was feeling down when our lesson was over i shared with her mom about our conversation and that we would also work on singing a few worship songs her eyes lit up and then she opened her jacket to show me her t shirt which read jesus is dope she shared with me that they had just gotten back into a church after going through a tough time and then i planted a seed i said who knows maybe the lord will have your daughter singing and leading worship at your church one day it was one of several amazing holy spirit led conversations i had that day i often wonder would these conversations have happened if i hadn t have prayed for these opportunities you are the body of christ each one of you is a part of it 1 corinthians 12 27 share this share share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading radiate february 20 2023 julie harris 1 comment i had just left church to grab lunch for david and i both of us have been under the weather for what seems like weeks david stayed home from church and i went but i had no voice that is no fun leading worship when you don t have a voice to sing or even speak but we have an awesome worship team and it s not about me anyways so i got to worship through playing piano and the team really stepped up and sang their hearts out it was a little weird leaving church without my hubby and i wasn t feeling the best either i have been discouraged because i have not felt well for weeks now and after a while it gets you down know what i mean anyway i got to the restaurant and gave them my to go order paid and then sat down in a chair to wait for it i took out my phone and immediately put it back in my bag i just felt like was going to miss out on something who would have thought i had fomo on being present that s something i need to do more of i happened to look at the line of people waiting to order and there was a really sweet couple standing at the register ordering their food it was taking them a while to order and the cashier was being so patient with them this was a special couple they both appeared to have down syndrome and they kept staring at each other grinning from ear to ear it was the absolute most beautiful thing to see two people so in love they stood there for a moment and then a lady came up behind them to give them money she looked like she was possibly the mother of one of them they paid for the order and then took the change with absolute glee i was honestly a little jealous of their child like wonder they were so filled with joy just standing there together in love not a care in the world their smiles lighting up the whole room nothing else mattered in that moment i began to think about all of the moms through the years who have been faced with the prospect of having a child with special needs how many special needs pregnancies have been terminated due to fear of the unknown not knowing if they could handle raising a child that was different or maybe they were pressured by doctors to make a choice they hadn t even considered being an option i began to cry sitting there in the restaurant i was filled with joy watching the two of them and my joyful tears spilled out my number was called and i grabbed my to go order i really wanted to speak to the mom but i didn t know what to say in a split second i realized the only clear path out of the restaurant was right in front of this lady s table i walked up to the table and asked her if she was related to the couple at the register she smiled so proudly yes that is my son i told her that i saw the love and joy they had on their faces and that it was very moving she said that they had just recently gotten engaged to each other how wonderful i told her i just wanted to let her know that their beautiful smiles and the love and joy on their faces really blessed me she smiled and said they bless me every day we have all been created by him for his purpose i don t know if that couple knew jesus but i can tell you that the love of jesus radiated all around them for you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother s womb i praise you because i am fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful i know that full well my frame was not hidden from you when i was made in the secret place when i was woven together in the depths of the earth your eyes saw my unformed body all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be psalm 139 13 16 share this share share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading happenstance february 19 2023 julie harris 1 comment one of the best things about leaving my full time job recently is that i have more time to do things i love and the awesome thing is t...