thinking

I go to a woman's bible study and we are studying The Lords Prayer. I come away from each lesson with new truths and challenges. I won't get into the meat of our lesson on 'Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread', because I wouldn't do it justice. But there was a question that was thrown out that I found interesting...

If you were to wake up tomorrow with only the things that you thanked God for the day before, then what would you have?

I wonder how many of us would wake up hungry, naked, cold, lonely, unemployed, unforgiven, and on and on and on.

v day with a side of rock chalk

So today is the big ole Valentine’s Day. The day that so many dread and others anticipate. The day for me is a little bitter topped with some sweetness. Our home is overflowing with love today also because the Jayhawks take on the Wildcats tonight. Lawrence and I have been practicing our Rock Chalk chant. Even while wearing his a.m. outfit:

Which did score some major points since Corey came home for lunch today.

I made pancakes for lunch and made them heart shaped! Awwwww.

I was struck more by the pile of pancake remains that seemed unworthy and inedible. It reminded me of how my heart had felt for many years – disappointed and crumbled. The originally perfectly round and browned pancake – now facing an unfair ending to its day.

To my single sisters – those days are engrained deep in my heart and I will never forget them. And therefore, I will never take for granted my husband who loves and adores me. He arrived with a jumbo container of spackling; the heavy duty kind that can help patch a heart. And although there are some days that I still feel a little crummy and disappointed. Possibly a little more round than perfect. Or even unworthy of another’s love and patience. I will be forever grateful of the love that is so abundant in my life.

Even if it does come from a Wildcat.

And this was our afternoon outfit. I've always preferred afternoons to mornings.

happy friday!

moving forward (while cold)

I thought I had Spring fever last week when it was 70 degrees in Wichita. But I really have Spring fever today at -2 degrees. I feel like I am trapped in an underground cave. It doesn’t help that we got our electric bill yesterday and YOWZERS was it high. So today all of the blinds and curtains are drawn, the house is dark, and I am wearing my ski clothes. I was going to do some baking but I’m scared to turn on the oven. Okay, it isn’t that bad. But seriously – I am getting pretty envious of all of these snow/ice/cold days. I think I got 3 days off in my entire high school career.

Moving on, our baby is now moving forward!!! We don’t really know what to call it. It’s sort of a ‘lunging army scoot’. We had to entice him with the remote control because his toys just weren’t worth the effort. But he can easily get to everything in his room that he isn’t supposed to touch! Let the training begin!