My MOPS celebrity...and faux paux

I get these emails from MOPS, intl. ever so often but in all honesty I delete them.  Shh.  I'm sure they're full of wonderful knowledge that I should be reading, but when I'm online I'm just reading too many blogs and facebook status updates...and twitter.  Again, shh...anywho.

So today I got this email and hit delete per usual.  A few minutes later my friend Jaclyn emailed me to ask if it was Reid at the bottom of the MOPS email and if it wasn't, it was his twin.  Ha!  I had two feelings enter my mind: 1) oh, that must be a really cute child if he looks like Reid and 2) Aughhh!  What?!  How did they get a picture of my son?!  What!?  {panic}.

Well it is Reid at the bottom and his little Sweetberry Farms Strawberry eating self.  Fun memory!  I obviously must have submitted that picture with some of my other gems last year for that photo competition.  I guess they held onto the pic...smart people, that MOPS!  ;-)

The BEST part of the whole thing is the caption when you run your mouse over Reid's face. It reads "Strawberry Girl."  Um...he's a boy, MOPS.  I take back the "smart people" comment.  Now while I might have turned that photo in awhile back, I definitely did not title it "Strawberry GIRL."  hehehe.  Oh dear.

MyMOPS Forums Giving MOPShop Finding God in the Mirror  By Shanna Groves, Council Coordinator I am not sure I like what I see today. Sags under my eyes, a mass of hair twisted into a low ponytail, my ears completely exposed. It took me two years before I'd let this much of myself show. I usually blend in with the other moms at our kids’ sporting events. But today a profile of me with a low ponytail says it all: There is something wrong with me. I am wearing hearing aids. The chatty crowd becomes a little more subdued (at least I imagine that it does) as I walk past them with my hearing aids in full view. This is the first time they’ve seen me with my hair pulled back. "Only when we accept the truth of our brokenness can we be healed." How can I face these moms who usually see me as I want them to, an extrovert who likes jumping into their conversations with a gracious nod as if I've heard every word they said? God made me this way. "By His stripes we are healed," writes the prophet Isaiah. "I am the way, the truth, and the life," says Jesus. In my journal, "Only when we accept the truth of our brokenness can we be healed." So I face the mirror, face the moms and their polite stares, face the cruel reality that has a surprising hint of beauty behind it. This is who I am. I am slowly going deaf. This was meant to happen to me, to help me hear beyond what comes through my flawed ears. It is the voice of God speaking to my heart, reminding me that he is here. God, please show me how my failures and shortcomings are a part of your plan for me. For more of Shanna’s story, visit her blog. Thank you to Tommy Nelson for sponsoring this Mom-E-Mail. Tommy Nelson, publisher of all things Christian for children,  invites you to join them online: visit their new website www.tommynelson.com or find them on Facebook and Twitter! New articles, websites and blogs to keep you entertained and healthy this MOPS year. www.mops.org/MyMOPS MOPShop Visit the MOPShop today for exciting new book releases like Beth Moore's So Long, Insecurity and more.

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