I know I was starting to feel better from my recent sinus surgery when at 2:47 am I was thinking about writing again. I love to write! Unfortunately, for the past 2 weeks I have only graded other people's writing for work. It is fun to be back stringing together some words myself and there are no MLA citations required!
We have been shooting a lot of hoops lately (well, lately I have been watching mostly). I love this shot of ultra-competitive Daddy getting his shot in...I call it "Swoosh Slap-Down". When I am playing sports with Jeb and he gets hurt my mantra is "that is what happens when you play hard...people get hurt." So, he usually takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin since I have always just repeated that over and over. Believe me...he's not the only one that has been whacked during backyard sporting. I have had my nose wallumped, been whacked in the leg by a 5 year old with a bat, been tripped playing soccer by a golf club left out, and been thrown at while not looking myself. The joke in my family growing up was that if someone was going to get injured--it was me. ANYTIME there was a backyard game of anything I usually ended up with red marks.
My thoughts at 2:47 this morning were mostly about the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness." I started worrying about money and then feeling bad physically and then back to paying bills, then I ended up back at the hymn. Here are the words:
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever will be.
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
When I worry about finances ( we have had some large health expenditures lately!)...I always come back to the fact that God provides. The blessing that are mine are so abundant ...I came to the conclusion that If I wanted to fix things I know I could go back to work and make SIX TIMES the money I make...but that wouldn't bring peace. I want my kids to know that I would choose them ANY DAY than work and extra mula for things. I really spend very little time at night working about finances amazingly enough on a teacher's salary...but the few times a year that it gets to me I always come back to my this one conclusion about loving being home with the boys and wouldn't change a thing so I should just go back to sleep.
We had a family reunion of sorts in my sister's town this past month and it was so refreshing. We had been looking forward to meeting our new, sweet cousin, Sarah. She exceeded our expectations and was so precious. We were so sad when the trip was over. You can see that the boys enjoyed crabbing and Uncle Jonas was so good to get the materials, set it up, and help them with their new found hobby. I think they would have crabbed for days on end. We did a lot of biking and all the cousins that were Jeb's age enjoyed spending the night with us in our new camper. We also got to see Bob-O's new boat (and Nana's too). The boys enjoyed exploring it and we even got to see a dolphin in real life at the marina. Jeb was THRILLED. We made some great memories at the beach and the fall weather could not have been better. We even had a Bday party in the jam-packed weekend. Noah had his first "real smore" and Meggie went to the beach for the first time! They both loved their new experiences and it was fun to be part of it.
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