41 weeks and one day. 288 days. 6,888 hours. 413,280 minutes.
That's how long it took for our baby to grow and decide it was time to enter the world. And in a matter of 26 hours, she had arrived.
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I've been told there are two types of people in the world; those who decorate for Christmas before December, and those who do not. For years I prided myself in being a member of the latter group, exercising self-discipline by banning all decorations, music, and anything that hinted at Christmas until it was at-least after Thanksgiving.
However, this year I changed...
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Give God room to prove himself faithful.
As I've said time and time again, I am a planner. I like the lists and the calendars and all things filed and color-coordinated. I like having all the ingredients for a recipe, paying the bills early, and having a spare toothbrush in the drawer for unexpected guests. Preparedness is my jam.
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After I finished high school, I decided to take the non-traditional route of going to college and instead I found myself living in Clarksburg, Ontario with a house full of strangers, ready to embark on a twelve-month, gap-year program, geared toward ministry and leadership and teamwork. Try explaining that one to your high-school guidance counselor. I'm fairly certain that women was convinced I was falling off the deep end and there was no saving me.
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One of my goals this year is to hone in on my writing skills. I decided months ago I would blog at least once a month in hopes of challenging myself to process things more deeply and to get back into a hobby I really enjoyed. However, I've been finding it harder and harder to find inspiration. It's not that good or challenging or inspiring things aren't happening around me. They definitely are. But in the midst of seeing God move, I've lost my confidence in being able to be "____________ enough" to communicate it.
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We just recently returned from a weeklong vacation at one of our favorite places. For those of you who have never had the privilege of visiting Elk Lake, Ontario, picture a quaint little town with the population of about 450 residents (if that). The town has only one "store", a little variety mart where you can find just about anything for triple the average cost. Running through the town is the gorgeous Montreal River, a series of lakes and tree lines filling in the space all around. It's breathtakingly gorgeous, even when the weather is bad, and its one of our favorite places to be.
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