Life Just Keeps Happening

I love this little girl. It's hard to believe that in just two weeks she'll be two years old. Every time I blink, it seems that more of her life has passed by.

I have been wrapped up in work and assignments over the past couple of months. The work is good, but I'm sad that I haven't spent enough time blowing bubbles and drawing on the driveway with my little lady.

We've done those things, but we haven't done them enough. Sometimes I feel like life is happening to me. Like I'm on the outside looking in. Like I'm not actually living it.

The key, I think, is to slow down enough to take it all in. Take pictures. Capture the moment. Draw and laugh and sing and blow bubbles. The work can wait.

She is my most important work. Sometimes I forget that, but don't worry, she has her own ways of reminding me.

I don't want to wake up 16 years from now and wonder if we played enough, laughed enough, and loved enough.

So I'm putting on the brakes and slowing down for a while. God gave me this one life. I'm going to live it.

Will you slow down and live it with me?

Until next time, grace and peace.

How Happy Are You?

{print available from MaryKateMcDevitt}

I stumbled across this print on pinterest this morning and the words stopped me in my tracks. It's easy to let our situations dictate our attitudes, but the truth is that we control our emotions. We shouldn't let them control us.

So here's my question for you: How happy are you?

If you're waiting on life to be perfect before you can settle into happiness, you'll be waiting for a long time. Life will never be perfect. It's better to choose to live happily now. The rest will follow.

That's my two cents, anyway.

Until next time, grace and peace.

Going Home

Note: This is a follow-up post regarding some medical trouble that my nephew has had. You can read all the posts about Logan's condition here. The posts are listed by recency, so start reading at the bottom of the list.

This is just a quick post to share the fabulous news that Logan went home yesterday! When I consider where he was last week and where he is now, I am overwhelmed by God's faithfulness to heal my little nephew. So thank you for your prayers, and please keep them coming. He'll be on steroids and anti-seizure medication for several months.

He's not 100 percent, but he's a lot closer than he was last week. Clearly, he was feeling well enough to ride a trike down the hospital hall yesterday. Whenever you think of Logan, please pray for his complete recovery from ADEM. We appreciate those prayers more than you know.

Until next time, grace and peace.