Josie and I took the Amtrak train/bus to S.L.O. for a few days to visit family.
Josie LOVED playing with her cousins. And I enjoyed weather in the mid 70's, relaxing, and Smores (thanks Lindsey).
Now we are home and it's quiet, too quiet.
Before they left for camp, the noise was making me, well, CRAZY!
To be honest, I didn't like myself all that much. Playing referee is exhausting.
They are kids. They make noise- silliness, laughter, arguing, asking, yelling, wanting, needing,
crying, playing, dreaming, exploring, creating, hoping, knowing, singing, dancing, jumping... NOISE!
Sometimes I want a bit of quiet, until it's too quiet, and then I want my noise back.
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Everybody has to change or they expire. Everybody has to leave, leave their home and come back so they can love it again for all new reasons. I want to keep my soul fertile for the changes, so things keep getting born in me, so things keep dying when it is time for things to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago. Only a good story has a character that's different at the end than it was in the beginning.
Through Painted Deserts -
Donald Miller
"Our whole life was only given to us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country."
Lancelot Andrews
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"So here's what I want you to do,
God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life -
your sleeping, eating, going-to-work,
and walking-around life -
and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you
is the best thing you can do for him."
God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life -
your sleeping, eating, going-to-work,
and walking-around life -
and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you
is the best thing you can do for him."
Romans 12:1
3 comments:
Isn't that funny how that happens? You want what you can't have until you have it and then you don't want it.
Hang in there and enjoy the quiet. The noise will return soon enough!
I have been feeling a bit crazy and not liking myself so much either. Toddlerhood and and older one who is proficient at teasing are not the best blend!! We are all working very hard at better language skills and praying for the Lord's help!!
Can't believe you were in SLO!! It'd be so fun to meet sometime! :)
absence makes the heart grow fonder - even for noise. i am sure they are having a great time at camp but they will be longing for home and time with their mommy.
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