The week has been full to say the least. Lots of work, activities, obligations and extra curricular .... some challenges, many sweet moments. Decisions to make about the studio. Giving. Receiving. Helping the kiddos navigate their school days. Chores. Friends and family. Laughter. Stress.
Simple issues we all face every day .... it's all in the way we handle them. Or perhaps I should say it's all about the way we handle ourselves.
My mind has been all over the place.
Missions .... So many people head to remote parts of the world to serve. Definitely worthy and desperately needed. I don't want to take away from that. But my heart goes to right here, my own community. Reaching out in all of our own communities. I think of the kids I sit and chat with each week at the middle school ....
The 6th grade girl who told me she was an outcast and no one liked her.
The 7th grader girl struggling with the D average, who just wanted to talk about baking cookies.
The boy who just wanted to wear a tie because it's a good day, despite what others said to him.
The boys and girls who'd rather be at school than their home.
Seems to me these kids want to talk and many need someone to talk to, have someone that will listen. It may not be grand, but it could change a life. Perhaps a mission in itself.
Do you ever look at someone and think they have it all together, all the time? Everything is perfect, the perfect family, the perfect home, the perfect walk, (the list goes on) .... and how do they do that? I do .... But then the other day I had a conversation with one of those "perfect" people in my life. And she actually said to me, "How do you keep it all together all the time?" Me, really? I had to laugh!
Most the time things are good in our home, but there are those days. Kids with bad attitudes. Moms with bad attitudes. Miscommunication. Days with no time to shower. Projects that flop or never get started. That list goes on and on ....
And this encounter was on one of those days. Running late, feeling off, a kiddo with a bad attitude, lost keys and to top it off, while shopping I dropped a half gallon of milk, which preceded to spill all over the floor and straight down my new Uggs!
Interesting the way we perceive situations, people, families .... verses the reality of them.
Finances .... more due than whats coming in. It's that sleepy time of year, my work is slow, always is. And thus the balance of what we need truly comes into play. I suppose the lean seasons makes the fruitful ones more appreciated.
Yet that attitude is easier to say than live out sometimes. But I'm working on it!
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Bub stayed home sick today. Despite not feeling well, we had good, quality time together. I enjoy my time with him, whether playing a game, sitting quietly and reading, or just talking.
Basketball is in full swing. But for our boys its not a winning season thus far (in their eyes anyway). Bub's team is made up of all 6th graders, friends. We play against teams of 7th and 8th graders. It's both frustrating and comical to our boys come up against 6 foot tall, 150 lb. boys with facial hair! Yes, facial hair!
But truly our boys are learning to play at a new level. They have to play harder, ran faster, be more aggressive. In the end it will only make them better. It's a learning year ..... there is so much more to be learned and skills to be gained in a year like .... opposed to a non-defeated season :)
And Miss Pie is out today .... a tummy ache and fever. Another flop out, restful kind of day. Chicken soup is on the stove and a fire blazing.
Guess we'll see what today's adventure brings ....
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