Biggest Valentines Day Pet Peeve: People who say "ValenTIMES day. Grrrrr..There is no 'M' in Valentines!!!!! Okay...Just had to get that out. If you say this around me..I will publically call you out. K? Thanks.
Wow! Post # 2! Are you surprised? I'm committing myself to one post a week for the next year. At the minimum. Yeah, we'll see how that works out. So, it's Valentines Day. Yeah, I'm not that excited either. Don't get me wrong, I love my hubby. Alot. I've just never been the romantic type. Ever. I know some people think it's weird but Chris and I rarely exchange gifts for things like V-Day, Sweetest Day etc. We just never have and we're both OK with it. The only Sweetest Day card I ever remember getting from Chris was the first year we were dating. I went over to his apartment to go out that night and he had stopped at the Dollar Store to get my card. Only they didn't have any Sweetest Day cards left so he got me a card that said "Happy Birthday Sis!" Nice. I still have that card in my cedar chest...Loved it. But, for all of you folks that DO celebrate Valentines Day with cards, candy, flowers etc...Hope you are having a day filled with chocolate, hearts and love:)
It's not very often that I have a Sunday off but I took today off to spend with the family. Chris spent much of last week plowing and salting during the "blizzard" so we literally saw each other in passing a few times and that was it. I got up and took the big kids to church the morning while Chris stayed home with little man. He is still battling croup(for the 2nd time in a month!!!) So Daddy and Joshua got some bonding time in this morning and the kids got to go to Sunday school..while Mommy had an hour in church by myself:) Have to say..It was pretty nice. This is the second Sunday that I have gone to the church up the road from us. Jackson goes to preschool there so I know a few of the people. This has been such a hard transition for me. We have been going to New Life Chapel in West Chester since they opened their doors and I love love love it there...But I have to be realistic. It is almost a 45 minute drive for us to West Chester. And after getting myself and 3 kids fed, bathed, dressed and in the car....a 45 minute drive locked in the car with 3 screaming kids just seems unbearable. Just sayin...SO I'm not sure where God will lead us.
Do I feel the same way at this new church that I did at our old one? No. Am I comparing it to New Life? Yes. Will it ever compare? I don't know. But I feel like for the sake of my kids, I need to give it a shot. I want them to have friends that live near us, that they go to school and church with. In order for that to happen..I need to start actually "living" out here in Indiana. I've been resisting for 5 years. I have been telling myself for 5 long years that this is just a temporary move and that *eventually* we will move back to Bridgetown or better yet to Glendale to be closer to mom. I have never really *lived* here. 5 years and I still dont have pictures on the walls. It took 3 years for me to even bother painting the walls. It has never felt like home to me..until this past fall. I made the decision to switch Jacksons preschool so that he would be closer to home this year. I had been making the 25 minute drive to Western Hills for 2 years just so he could go to school with all of his old friends. Seriously? He was 2-3 years old and I was worried about him having to make new friends!! So he started preschool out here this year and WOW...changed my view of things entirely. Number one:Love love love his school...his teachers, the directors, the other moms...all of it. Love it. Number 2: Through his school..I also found out about a great Moms group(MOPS) that meets at the church(yes, the new church that I have been going to!) Through this group I have met some amazing, postive, supportive women. I soo look forward to my MOPS Fridays!!! It gives me a chance to be with other moms that are going through the same types of daily ups and downs, struggles, joys, etc that I am. So..if you are reading this MOPS girls..Thank you...You have given me a hope for our future here in Indiana that I was lacking before. I have started living in the here and now instead of in the future. I have decided there is no better time than the present to start LIVING for the present. I would always say, "Things will be better when we move..or when we are finally able to be closer to Maw...or...we will be happy when our kids can go to this school..or when we can go back to this church".....I made a conscious decision this past year to stop living my life that way.I am living for now. Period. That is all we are promised. Today. Not tomorrow. Not the next day. Not 10 years from now. Today. God has big plans for us and I am trusting that we are exactly where HE feels we should be. I am no longer on my timeline...but rather, on His. Who knows what amazing things He has in store for this family. I think thats a good place to stop rambling. The kids are BEGGING to go play in the snow so...I'm off:) ENjoy the rest of Valentin(m)es Day!
Sheila
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