October 26, 2012

"The days are long; the years are short."--Gretchin Rubin

I'm not sure what it is about this week that makes this quote reverberate through my mind.  Could it be after three long weeks away, my husband is home, which makes it easier to enjoy the beautiful moments of our everyday chaotic, crazy extraordinary?

Maybe it's the fact that after his four year apprenticeship, Ernie is finally, officially done!  He is a journeyman now and with that comes a choice.  He can look for jobs that are closer to home and my head isn't subconsciously worrying that he may be moved at any second back up North or to Arizona.  This week we enjoyed four glorious days together.  Mornings, lunches, parent participation classes, and him spending some one on one time with the kids.  Oh lest I forget. . .the backyard is presentable again.

Could it be that Jonathan has lost four teeth in two weeks and Lene visited an orthodontist to talk about a two phase treatment?  Then I look at my youngest who will be three-years-old almost one month from today with her little, bitty baby teeth, cute gap in the front and all--stretched out so long in her footed pajamas across the bed and I think, wow!  Holding her cousin as she ran across the pumpkin patch yesterday, I noticed how perfectly he fit in my arms and how right he felt and realized how done I really am with having my own children from this body of mine.They are all getting so big and I'm here.  God has blessed me with this time here at home with them.

The PTA obligations, the Tech committee food truck event, student council speeches, the parent conferences I held this week for my part time job, talent show practice and Halloween costumes, the faith formation class I'm teaching, the imoms group I attend, the new friends God has blessed me with plus the old ones who have been a part of my growing journey. . .it's all so totally, completely worth it!!!  I am feeling so richly blessed.  God's had His hand in this all along and I am filled with gratitude that my eyes--this week especially, have been open to all the richness, all the beauty that flows freely through this little house of ours.

I breathe in His glories deeply, and I exhale complete and utter gratitude.  I've been a little busy in front of the camera, to take time behind it--and it feels so right, so good, so true, and so absolutely glorious!