my heart felt so light yesterday. it was so nice. it was all Him. and the weather. the weather has been AMAZING! i don't know of the "light-ness" will last...but instead of dreading it ending, i'm choosing to be thankful for every minute it's here!
i painted a pumpkin. i love it. used painter's tape, grey spray paint and about 15 minutes.
bailey still likes to sit on my lap. and i love that. :-)
i had a comment on my post yesterday that i wanted to address. molly asked why i couldn't be "like lisa" to my girls. good question. and i probably wasn't super clear in that statement.
i have an amazing mom...and a wonderful relationship with her.
and i desire and am intentional about having close, real, OPEN relationships with my daughters.
but i know that i was blessed greatly and learned so much by the relationships i had with OTHER older women that invested in my life. my mom is, well, MY mom. there is value in seeing how OTHERS do things...in soaking it up...in taking it in and deciding what you will meld into your life, and what you might not.
it doesn't take anything away from what i learned from my mom. it added to it. in beautiful ways. and i pray that my girls have amazing women in their lives, like i did in mine!
she wanted one of the pictures to be black and white...
we ate dinner on the driveway. they love that?? so weird. but it made them so happy. leftover cfa nuggets from a paryt we had sat nite and fresh pineapple. easy! and done!
part of the beauty of yesterday afternoon was knowing i was going to escape and spend time with a friend. she called me at the last minute, and it worked for both of us (and our hard-working husbands!) it was such a sweet time, we talked so much and so fast that we practically talked over each other. she spoke into my heart and encouraged me so much. thank YOU, bridget!!!
this morning i laid on the floor for 30 minutes. sawyer and levi played on me like i was a playground. and an airplane. it was so fun. i was thankful for a healthy body that could take the beating they gave me :-) and i so appreciated the simplicity of those 30 minutes on the floor...and the amount of joy it brought all 3 of us!
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4 comments:
Courtney,
Our house has an extra bedroom in the basement and several young married couples have lived with us over the years. A great variety of other people have been involved in our children's lives through church activites. I am so thankful for the way God pours out His love, acceptance and guidance into our kids' lives through these people. I love the ways He loves us!
I totally agree with what you said about Lisa. I feel like adolescents and teens naturally pull away from their parents to find some independence. It makes all the difference in the world if another adult is able to love on them and mentor them during this time of finding themselves. You are so blessed!
And whoot! whoot! that Bridge called you on her night off. Glad you had the time together.
One last thing (boy I'm chatty this morning): now when Ryan jumps all over me I imagine it as a deep tissue massage. It changes how it feels in my mind. :)
I see, like an addition, not instead of.:)
there's a lot of wisdom in knowing we can't be everything to our kids--it's humbling, and that's probably a good thing. the Church is a body, and we are to surround one another, be a community, work together---we can't be everything to our kids, and it's not meant to work that way.
i think we probably knew that better in eras when we were less self-sufficient in practical ways---pre industrial change. But now, we think we're so self-sufficient---I think we're being fooled. And tricked to think being self-sufficient is a good thing. We're supposed to need others- I hate that, because I'd like to do it all on my own. But we need to need others- it makes us holy. Even the godhead exists in community as a model for us. Unity and diversity- we need to exist that way.
And i need to do a better job of praying for those people to be amongst my kids.
love you-
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