The Honey Writes A Post

THE HONEY MAKES  A POST

Mama Yahoo left for a weekend get away so I got to fill her shoes.  Yes that's right, I did a little B&E on the site for this special edition so I, "The Honey," could share some thoughts.

I thought it only fitting that if I was going to play the part of Mama Yahoo for the weekend, that I make an entry on the blog. You see, she comes back tomorrow. The house is in order, laundry done up, and now her blog will be up to date. So let me share some very important things I learned during this experience:


Mama Yahoo has big feet!
All I can figure out is her feet must be huge because filling her shoes has been an incredible task.  There was the cooking, cleaning, refereeing, loads of laundry, shuttling all the yahoos around, dishes, sunday morning get ready and out the door...to include a pony tail........which I had absolutely no idea how to do......that was loads of fun.....and of course one kid with a sick stomache that puked in the car last friday.  That's right puked in the car.  I should have known when Mama Yahoo handed me "the list" of instructions that spanned multiple pages that it was going to be an "experience".  And before we get too far down the road just know that I didn't even man up and do half the things on the list.  I bailed on school and called in support at least one of the nights.  I also didn't get to spiritual feeding of the kids, I did well just to stay in the game, let alone advance the ball down the field.  How does she do this?

Mama Yahoo, you are one tremendous and gifted individual. 



A Lesson on Oneness 
Through the first half of this past week I was on business travel.  So Mama Yahoo and I were like ships passing in the night.  I came in, got my orders, only for her to pack up and head out on her excursion.  In total we have now been apart for 9 days.  That doesn't sound like much, but for us it's the longest we have been apart in over 12 years.  What I have found is there is something very unique about this thing called marriage.  Over time you become one in all aspects of life.   

"For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." Gen 2:24

As the yahoos and I sat at the table for dinner or when we road to church there was just something missing for me.  It wasn't sadness or even loneliness that I think most struck me, it was the shear dependency that existed.  Could it be that the dependency we have with our spouse only shows us how incapable we ourselves are.  Sounds like a picture of Christ and how our sin and falleness shows us the great dependence we have on Him.

Mama Yahoo, let me say thanks for walking with me.  Not only in the day-to-day stuff but also in those deeper, spiritual moments.  I'm incredibly proud to call you my wife.


Leaving a Legacy From The Buffet Line
When it gets right down to it, not much we do in the present lasts that long or really matters.  Where our fruit will really show up is in the legacy we leave behind.  For those with Yahoos its all about the legacy we leave in those we are trying to raise.  There was this moment today at lunch, right after church, that I got glimpse of something incredibly special.  Given I had done enough dishes (okay 1 load in the DW, but that was enough for me) I decided to take the kids to the Depot.  We pulled in and got our table.  I instructed the 3 older yahoos to watch baby yahoo while I went to buffet line to get baby yahoo's food.  I figured the sooner he had something to occupy his attention the better off we all were.  And no I did not just use this as an excuse to go first and get my food.  After 3 days with the yahoos I quickly learned you have to focus on baby yahoo or you are done and ready to tap out!

As I made my way over to the line I could see the table where we were sitting and had one eye on them and one eye on the line.  What I saw was 4 very well behaved and disciplined children.  But there was also more, one had already moved a seat closer to baby yahoo and was entertaining him.  Others were interacting with the waitress and serving one another the right drinks.  They were smiling, laughing, and talking amongst each other.  Just the 4 of them. 

It was incredibly precious and something that did not just show-up on its own.  It was genuine and not forced.  You see its a reflection of a teacher investing in her students lives.  Mama Yahoo has done well spiritually feeding these children and I got a glimpse of that today from the buffet line.  Now don't get me wrong there were tons of fights this weekend and a few required corrections along the way.......but in this moment I saw the work of Christ in our children's hearts.

Mama Yahoo, know that your long hours of what sometimes seems pointless is making a difference.  The investement in these yahoos is going to be your legacy and a fine legacy it will be.  You see, you are giving them the tools they will need to sit around a table when we are long gone.  When it is just them they will be just fine if they recall the tools that Mama Yahoo shared with them through the Grace, Knowledge, and Wisdom of the Father. 

So Mama Yahoo, let me close with this.  This post is your tribute.  Thank You for all that you do.  Now get back to work, I need a nap!

- The Honey