Well, it's been over a week since I last blogged. I've been staying up way too late either reading, watching the Olympics or working on MOPS stuff so I find myself very tired lately! Side note - I LOVE to watch the Olympics but am finding myself enjoying going to the Olympics website and checking out the results ahead of time. That way I don't feel quite so bummed if I miss seeing something since my kids don't always want to watch it with me & I can not stay up to watch it all!
Gregg has been away this weekend on the 1st Annual Sherrard Men Only retreat at his brother's cabin. They competed in fishing, bocce ball, cribbage & I'm not sure what else. He told me he won - didn't really surprise me. You've just got to know my husband, he isn't overly competitive but he's good at stuff and usually just does win. Especially if there's a target involved. Sounds like they had fun. I've had the kids by myself before when he's been gone but it's been awhile and now there are three. Made me definitely more appreciative of having him around most of the time! My "energy" drained faster than normal!
I wanted to update on my quest to find more joy in my day to day life. Well, this weekend was a bit trying but overall I think I've been walking in more joy. I still have much more to learn about how to remain joyful throughout my day but I have tried to be more intentional about praying to God and sometimes deciding not to try to go somewhere extra or do something extra so I don't get stressed out (and therefore lose my joy). A couple of times I was going to take the kids on some errand and it was like God whispered in my ear, "why are you going to do that?" or "can't you do that another day and just stay home?" When I've listened to that voice, I have greatly benefited from it and never regretted it. This past week I had all the kids in the van, Josh was doing his usual protest, Alyssa was whining about something and Matt was crying about something and I took a moment and instead of yelling & telling everyone to be quiet I just decided we could go to the library the next day and I told everyone to just get out. We ended up playing at home and having much more fun!
Of course, I've also had a few times where I didn't listen and we did something or went somewhere that just was too much and we were all miserable!
The other thing I've been able to do is just focus on the amazingness of my kids. I could go into lots of detail about how amazed I am about my kids but I've just been trying to focus not on what they can do but just who they are. Sometimes while I'm laying with Matthew while he's falling asleep for a nap instead of getting frustrated because he's not falling asleep faster, I'll just look at him and marvel that this little boy is mine, I gave birth to him and God thought I would be a good mom for him. Wow! Believe me I remember giving birth to him but I still marvel at all my kids sometimes in who they are becoming.
So, I keep working on this joy thing and am so thankful to know that God will continue to walk along with me teaching me. I know I still have more to learn.
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