With all good intentions to get my blog up and going and give myself a bit of creative space, I had to step back and evaluate some things. My family will always come first. Always.
That being said, its a new year and a fresh start and looks like a great time to pick up the reins again.
This year I am taking the Ann Voskamp Joy Dare, though I am starting by just looking for gifts throughout the day and seeing where that takes me. So far I have 15 or so (day 4) but I haven't written down today's gifts. And while it was a hard day, there are gifts and looking for them is a blessing. A heart lift.
My day started with the puppy having an accident in the house.
Then we ran late getting on our grocery shopping.
But not before our budget took a new year's hit.
Whiny kids.
Busy stores.
Some rude drivers.
Sick baby.
Whiny kids.
It is easy to list the negative. Believe me the negative was easy and I left a lot out. However there were gifts.
My 3 (almost 4) year old helping me lift a 25 pound sack of flour into the cart while I was holding a sleeping baby's head.
My boys pretending the car was a school bus.
Cuddling with my baby all day whilst we shopped.
A new exciting but scary job possibility for my husband.
My husband has a job. A good job. And doesn't look for new jobs, they come to him.
Food in the house. A menu planned. A warm house.
I found that once I start, I can think of more and more and more and more gifts that give blessing and hope.
Blessing and hope. Gonna dwell there a bit.
