Life has taken on a different pace with kids out of school and summer jobs in swing. My workload and hours have shifted like many other stay-at-home moms. I wouldn’t say I’m less busy, or more flexible, it’s just different. But the warm weather sure makes for more outside fun.
I love the slightly later morning routine where I can slip outdoors for a longer Biblestudy with coffee (there must be coffee!). I love seeing the faces and hearing the voices of my children throughout the day. I never know exactly what each day will bring or where I’ll need to drive… life is more off-the-cuff. It’s a blessed season and I can’t think, at the moment, of anything that makes me more thankful.
Is everything set? No. Is everyone settled? Hah. 8 people (plus friends) constantly in motion? Have we met all our goals, paid all our bills, mapped it all out? Hardly. But, I love these people I get to do life with. They are funny and interesting and talented and changing. My house is messier and my cupboard incessantly bare! Yet, I wouldn’t change anything, because they -change -me! They stretch me and challenge me to rise to the occasion.
They put all my faith and all my love into action… family. Never have I struggled so hard, prayed so much or enjoyed something so deeply as with this incredible gift from God. It has morphed over the years and with each stage I love it newly. I remember chubby hands and swim floaties. I remember skinny lanky kids who looked like I didn’t feed them. I remember lost teeth, lost shoes and chasing toddlers. Everything moves forward, just keeps moving forward, but that’s ok.
It could be, I’m thinking about these things because of our graduate, or because all the women had a real girl’s-night last night and stayed up late together! I’m not sure, I just know I’m super thankful at this moment for all the blessings He’s given. God is really good. His timing is perfect and His faithfulness endures.
We head out of town in 2 days for this next surgery. I will take every precious moment with me in my heart and look forward to when our family can be together again, for more summer fun!
ForGlorySake! -Anna
