I drop frozen meat and the crock pot on the counter.  Purposefully, I leave my husband with the canning jars.  It’s 7:00 am and these things can wait.

I skip downstairs to the best book I’ll read all day and a bit of quiet conversation with the One who made me.

Refreshed, I head back up to start my day.

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• White moth fluttering at the window
• Encouragement from Julia
• Sleep
• Boy splashing in the tub alone
• Those baby curls
• Bronwyn showing reading readiness
• Aeralind’s pretend world
• Bronwyn loving Mr. Eric’s music with her whole body, dancing, clapping, and singing to the top of her lungs
• Aeralinds reserved enjoyment
• Long afternoons at the pool with gramma and granpa
• A night of restful babysitting at Joni’s
• Tortilla Sunday lunch tradition beginning
• A few good talks with Derek
• End of the a busy season
• Sedryn crawling around with that pizza crust dangling from his mouth
• A & B constantly singing “The B-i-b-l-e”
• Clothes baskets and boxes becoming everything from cribs to freezers to reading nooks without my intervention
• Putting up the fourth bedroom wall
• Paint colors
• Bunk planning
• A hard work project
• Days filled with good work
• Bronwyn and Sedryn playing together laughing with the zany zoo
• How much Aeralind is like me
• Quiet mornings with the Lord
• First night in 4 weeks where Sedryn did not wake until 6
• Bronwyn snuggling with Joni when we left for our date
• Aeralind being silly by herself
• Good talks with Derek
• Transparency in our small group leaders asking for critique and suggesttions