My homeschool mom morning routine is always changing so here is a quick video showing what September 2016 looks like for me during this homeschool year.
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preservers.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Today is nine years.
When I think about the journey nine years has brought us in our marriage it's sometimes gets overwhelming. Two imperfect people join together to become one imperfect couple. The cliche is to say "it's been the best nine years of my life and I can't wait to spend another 100 with you" but to be honest its been the hardest, most amazingly difficult thing to ever commit to.
But so worth it.
The bond two people have in a marriage is so spiritual that no one else on the planet can feel. The space that lives between those two people is dynamic and miraculously singular that no one else will ever experience it.
No other couple has what you have.
No other couple will feel what you feel.
No other couple lives in that quiet, vibrational space that joins the two of you together.
What I have discovered over the short time of nine years connected with this space of feeling between us is this.
What you put in, you get out.
If you fill that bond with love but also with selfishness and resentfulness your output of what you in-turn receive will be just that given to you in only the way that you know can effect your heart. But, if you put in self-LESS-ness and submission and trust you in-turn will receive that in only the way your heart knows how.
So when I read the scripture in 1 Corinthians on our special day, I strive to replace the words love with Heather and the word it with she. Because what I want to give out of self in the next 100 years is love and trust and faith into the space between us that only we know. photo credit: HERE
Some people are attached to the baby blanket. Some people store away the first pair of shoes or a special outfit or something that reminds them of the sweet, special time when their babies were little.
For me it's my BOB. Now that both kids are out of the stroller, my once daily used piece of babyhood equipment is nicely stored away and taking up valuable space in the garage. But I can't let it go. It pulls at my heart strings and I get a lump in my throat when the conversation with Isaiah comes up. "When are you going to sell this thing?"
"This thing!" It's not just a thing!
This thing was my escape.
This thing connected me with other moms going through the same daily highs and lows.
This thing helped me train for my first half marathon.
This thing was a connection between myself and my babies.
It's not just a thing. It's a piece of who I was as a mom.
I know it might sound a bit cra-cra to give myself an identity through a stroller but hear me out. For three years I toted this thing around. I used it daily to safely carry my most precious possessions. I used it as a fitness instructor teaching classes to moms and connecting with my own kids. This stroller felt like another extension of me. It carried purses and diaper bags and extra sweaters and blankets. It lived through rain storms, blow outs, popsicles, and spilled milk. It was a crib, a time out, an a chariot all in one. Wherever my littles went, it went. If you are a mom, you can relate {sorry dads}.
This thing carries memories and the selling of it signifies the reality that we are done with "the baby stage." And while normally I am proudly waving the "out of baby stage" flag, this is the one thing that brings up that we are done, no more, fixed, and final and brings me to a moment of silence to morn the progression of that life stage.
So as we grow closer to big life changes for the Torres Four, my heart says no but my head says yes and in turn comes the big debate.
