All I see are clothes and chairs!

These past few days have been crazy busy trying to prepare for the clothing give away at my church. We started out setting up in the santuary, however that was a "no go". So, we had to put chairs and tables away and set up in our cozy foyer. I am having a blast hanging out with the other moms. The kids are having a blast being able to play in the west wing. Everything is doing well. I am so blessed with the amount of volunteers there are to help set up and volunteer to help on the day of. It is awesome. It is nice to teach pooky bear about giving. My family has done a lot of receiving over the years, and it feels good to be able to chare the blessing with others.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POOKY BEAR!

Here are some pics of Pooky bear when she was 1 1/2 to 2 months old. I can't believe it has been 4 years! We have a jammed pack week end full of Birthday festivities this week end. I think I will be sick of Birthday cake when I am done this week end. Totally worth it!

Goal Day

I am having a goal oriented day! (or at least attempting to!)

Goals are:

=> DISHES!!!

=> Laundry *including folding and putting away!!

=> sort clothes for clothing give away and sort kitchen "stuff" for garage sale

This does not sound like a lot, however, it is enough for me to take in a small chunk rather than feel too ambitious in the beginning only to realize at the end of the day I only half completed my list. This way it is attainable for me and I can add to it later. (The chances of me adding to my list later are fairly small given my lazy mood I am trying to over concur!)

Appology

I am sorry for not posting anything recently. Things have been rather chaotic in my house and I have been using my spare time to clean, sort or sleep. Not much is new to me and my family except we are getting ready for Pooky Bear's 4th Birthday. Wow, I can't believe it has been 4 years. I am so blessed to have her and her sister in my life. Children can really change who a person is, I am really thankful for this.

Question

If we are suposed to forgive and forget, like how God forgives us, is it Ok to always allow people to walk over us? Ex. If someone takes advantage of someone, asks for forgiveness, that someone is supposed to forgive and forget. How many times is this suposed to happen where we take what we have learnt to forgive, but not forget?

Further explanation:

It is my understanding that we are supposed to forgive and forget. The forgiveness part is easy, the forget part, much harder. We tend to remember and learn lessons from the event which caused the need for the appology.

My problem is, if we were to completely do this, in theory, abusive relationships could continue forever. Where by the abused would continue to forgive and forget the abuser and the cycle would never end. At what point are we allow to stop forgetting and just forgive?

In God's eyes, is this OK?

I welcome any comments on this.