It has been one year...365 days...12 full rotations of the moon
(here I am just guessing, but it sounded good!)...
My year of joy, of survival, of change and redefining myself...
In short...one of the best years of my life!
I have been given so many gifts and blessings...
...and have been learning to count each one of them.
In doing so, I find that many things I once esteemed seem very small when compared to the weight of appreciation for all the blessed moments that I used to miss...
I have been able to encircle myself with friends worth more than a ransom of gold...
I have been able to encircle myself with friends worth more than a ransom of gold...
I have been able to watch my daughter bloom and grow...having the opportunity to get to know her as the amazing young adult she is becoming...trying to learn how to balance control & freedom...
I have seen my middle son walk bravely up the 24 school steps to a new first grade and step inside...
and graduate in three months from the squeaky wheels of a scratched, yet still smiling, blue train to wielding light sabers and telling me of dark knights and battles...
I have held my baby during sleepless nights, wondering if his birth mother across the world knows that he is loved...that kisses are showered upon him...hugs freely given... and that he is an active toddler with a grin that will open many doors for him in his future...
I stand in amazement...remembering a time over a dozen years ago, crying out in desperation from a pile on my kitchen floor for the children that seemed to ellude us...the three children we yearned for...then to have even one seemed out of our grasp and ability...yet God was faithful...and good...and generous beyond belief...
and my husband...my darling husband of almost twenty years...kindness, gentleness, patience... I could write every one on that list from Galatians...love being at the top...
...this has been the year of reflection...of trying to cook more and eat less...of filling shelves with organic and wheat and local... and pinching pennies when I must...of trying to smile more and complain less...of being grateful for my health...and trying to remember to do what I need to keep it...
I have life, I have love, I have food, shelter & heat, I have messy floors and smudged windows, I have paint on my clothes, and the desire to create, I have, I have, I have, I have...
I have a most high & Holy God who has blessed me beyond belief...
that is what my year has been...
Kijsa, I have really missed you and your bright light. And, I am so glad I came to you today and read this wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteYour bright light has warmed my heart, and my heart is full with your joy.
Thank you for sharing, sweet friend.♥
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