I know... My mind has been engaged otherwise lately. There are lots of things to ponder and process and silence is a good aid for that. Nothing is wrong, nothing is bad, it is just one of those seasons where you really need to quiet your heart, take a good look and evaluate... call it a Fall cleaning of the soul, if you may.
All that being said, hubby went away to a conference for a bit over 24 hrs. I missed him horribly, I know, pathetic? What can I say? I miss him for the few hours he goes to the office every day! I don´t like being away from him and I miss him when he´s gone, even if it is only for a few hours. At any rate, we went out yesterday on a "date" of sorts... as a family. Although we value the scarce times we can get away by ourselves, we do realize that those times are scarce indeed, so we´re trying to learn to really see each other through the chaos and craziness of life with little people. By far, easier said than done, but not at all impossible.
Our drive opened up conversations that led to discovery of things unknown about each other... go figure! We still have things we don´t know about each other! That led to a wonderful conversation and reacquainting ourselves with each other. I feel like we fell in love afresh and I can´t even say that we had fallen out of love to begin with. It was spontaneous, interrupted ("Daddy, Elena took my doll", "Mommy, I´m thirsty!", "Mommy, blow on my pizza, it´s too hot!", "Daddy, want to play tic-tac-toe with me?" you get the picture), and very simple, yet it led to the sharing of each other´s heart and what other treasure do we have to share? It was an amazing time... hard to pull through but worth every minute of it!
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I'm so proud of you in so many ways, and this is one of them! Learning to be "one" in the midst of many is invaluable. Learning to share hearts while children observe (because in spite of pizza and dolls, they are observing!) is invaluable, for them as much as for you.
Treasuring your husband is wonderful -- may your love for all he is continue to increase and grow!
Praying with you.
Yay! I'm so glad that you had that time! We had a date of sorts on Saturday. We went to the mall to look for shoes and decided to make a day of it (and in the process discovered that the problem with the shoes that Greg wanted me to buy - I need some black shoes and he had an idea of what they should look like - was in fact, my pants.) So ... we didn't end up getting shoes, but I did end up getting a new pair of jeans - and we connected in such a great way. Somehow it was romantic to be together, each pushing a stroller as we explored the new Dicks Sporting Goods store. So many times I don't think of things as dates because we have the kids with us, but there was something different about Saturday ... and I really liked it.
Beautiful post. Beautiful daughter.
So nice to meet you!
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