Where does time go? Today my beautiful baby girl turned seventeen! How did that many years just fly by? My sweet Kelley Victoria is now a lovely young woman! I consider myself greatly blessed to be her mom. I feel that way about my other four kids as well, but she gets special mention since today is her birthday. :-)
No progress on my ongoing projects of weight loss, housecleaning, or installing the chandelier. A little frustrating, but other things come up and life happens. I keep losing and gaining the same two pounds. The exercise thing remains inconsistent, and I haven't scheduled that appointment with the surgeon yet. I think once I actually see the dr and start meeting with a dietician to get on some kind of plan, that will help. It's kind of hard to just try to eat "normally." Or to figure out on my own, how often I can have a treat or how much of the higher calorie or higher fat or higher carb foods I can eat. There's so much conflicting advice out there, and then people say everything is OK in moderation. But exactly how much is moderation anyway? And doesn't that vary from person to person?
As far as housecleaning goes, my next project is my youngest son's bedroom area, but there are several heavy items I can't move by myself, so I have to wait til Jim or my older son is home, and usually by the time they are, we have too many other things going on. Soccer will be over after this week, so that might help. We will see.
Every morning I plan to have a particular type of daily bliss but lately the things I've planned don't end up happening. By the time the have-to things of the day are done, it's often too late, or weather, schedules, and unplanned obstacles prevent me from doing as planned. And yes, this gets frustrating. But I also need to remember that even though I might not get to do the particular daily bliss that I had planned, it doesn't mean that there isn't joy in my day. Sometimes it's just different from what I was expecting, and that's OK too. Flexibility is important in pursuing joy.
I was able to bless Jim a few days ago, and that's a blissful thing for me. I know that sounds a little sappy or even fake to some, but whatever. Yep, I'll just come right out and admit it. I'm not normal. Never have claimed to be. So there! I told him in front of the kids how thankful I am for his servant's heart toward the kids and me. He works hard to bring in enough income to meet our needs so I can be home and educate the kids, and he gives us his unconditional love and often gives up some of his wants to provide stuff, time, and attention for us. Yep, I'm a blessed woman. I have challenges in life, but so does everyone.
So, how do you handle the days, weeks, or months in your life where progress slows or comes to a halt? Do you give up? Have a meltdown? Make changes? Wait it out? Keep on chugging along and chipping slowly away in little bits when you can? And how do you stay encouraged in the process? How do you incorporate joy into those times? Do you look for it in other places? As always, I welcome your comments! Until next time, here's to joyfully embracing life in the second half!
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