Never Ever Dull
With every conversation, I always seem to end with "Never a dull moment"....our lives are rich, complex, and beautiful stories. Join me in laughing about everyday things and appreciating life-bumpy roads and all.
How do you react when life is throwing you zingers? With the events that have taken place with me personally and across the nation, I definitely experienced that knee-jerk reaction: to yank back and try to completely buffer my kids from life's hard stuff. I started rattling off places that were safe to my boys. Places that we could hang out, where nothing would harm us. The library. The library is safe. Nothing ever happens at the library and we could hang there, read, and just become more intelligent. That solved it for me. I had found a location where my people would be protected from life's problems. My youngest, KazKid (adopted from Kazakhstan) sheepishly grinned. He reminded me of the time we hunkered down in Tennessee as tornado sirens started going off, alerting us that a twister was in the vicinity. And then, there was that time in Charlottesville, when a random earthquake occurred while we were in the library. Bummer. So the library isn't always the ideal location. We bounced around other options. Grocery stores. Nope. Recently, I was wearing a long, very trendy summer dress as I did my shopping. My cart wouldn't go. I realized that my super-cool looking dress was tangled up in the wheels of the cart. In order to fix the problem, I had to go backwards down the aisle(s) to "unwind" the dress. Kind of embarrassing as I kept tugging the dress and trucking in reverse with my cart. So me =) Bummer. So the grocery store isn't always the best either. All week, I pondered what is "safe"? Amusement parks? Nope. You never know about those roller coasters. Water parks? Nope. You don't know what's in the water. Camping? Nope. You have all sorts of critters out there. Beach? Critters there too. The list can go on forever. No place is really "safe" from life's zingers. After exhausting it all for days, I finally concluded that I have to trust God to handle it. At the end of the day, He is really in control of it all no matter how much I try to grasp it on my own. So, I start another week. This time, I'm starting with prayer...and simply trusting.
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AuthorFun-loving mom to 4 kids and 1 big puppy. Fifth grade teacher of amazing little people who have never ending things to share with me. Love to discuss Jesus, diy projects, and life. Trying to keep it simple: Love Jesus, love people. Archives
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