So we got a new (used) vehicle. We needed it for a long time. The car that I always drove, well, it's time is nearly up. It was my beater so to speak. Dogs? Kiddos? Eating? No problem. Well, this new car, an SUV because of all the stuff we do, has a feature (again, probably just new to me) of counting down the miles til the tank is empty. So the other day I was down to 11 miles, $4 in the bank, waiting for some payments in the mail and a job in the late afternoon! Why? So contradictory .... new car, business, no cash, no gas!
Finances are always an issue of stress for me. We are not in want or need really of anything. We truly are blessed and have so much to be thankful for. Yet, everything is always cut so very close. Barely enough. Nothing beyond. Yet, at the same time ... just enough. The Lord is good.
Sometimes I wish I could be a little crazy ... see something, want it, buy it.
It's May ... yet feels like winter. Wind, rain and cold. We are in, snuggles under a blanket, Pie watching a movie. I love these days ....
Time with each of my kiddos. Whether its play time ... like yesterday when our house was an obstacle course for Nerf dart gun wars. Bub loves doing that. We run around, hide, dodge, shoot. I love the fact he always wants me to do that stuff with him ... just talking time, or snugly time.
They both have such good hearts.
Yet even good hearts can be tempted and make bad choices. Bub (who's new nickname is Samson) got a good dose of peer pressure as of late. He's at such an impressionable age, just finishing elementary school, that we've had many talks about doing the right thing .... even when friends may not. Hard to do sometimes I know, but so important.
He has found himself grounded for a time for a bad choice. But the time has been good. A time to learn, grow and understand consequences.
It's hard ... yet good ... ever so rewarding as a parent.
We visited the middle school last night. Some fears were put to rest. It will be good. It's time. It's right. It's hard for my own heart. My hopes that all the time together, the teachings, the prayers will always be close to Samson, even when I am not.
God puts these children in our lives (truly for a short while) to mold, to teach, to love ... and little by little they become their own people.
What a beautiful, wild ride.
Off to edit a few new photo sessions and some home projects .... and if the rain stops, perhaps a bit of gardening. And if it continues, well, perhaps Pie and I will just bake cookies ....
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