Weather report - Sunny, high around 40, slight breeze
As I look outside at the sun and browning fields, it reminds me that just last year at this time we had about 3 inches of snow on the ground and how thankful I am that the snow has held off for just a few more days.
I stopped blogging for a while... well, I should say I stopped finishing blog posts for a while as life has picked up and frankly didn't really feel I had that much to say in the daily life but then it hit me again..... my entire purpose of this blog was to capture the everyday of our life here in rural North Dakota. To write about the people and experiences and moments God reveals to this city girl now living in the country. I felt for a while that every time I put words to a screen it had to be an in depth devotion or story, yet isn't life captured in the everyday? Isn't there beauty in the day to day life of loving, sharing, laughing and sometimes crying? Practicing "presence" as I steal from Brother Lawrence :-) So I decided to write again... to capture.... to remember....to not hide the not-so-good things....to drink in the very good days. Life is found in it all.
So yesterday and today Cole and Corinne and I prepared for the informal winter children's clothing drive we begun after realizing that some kids around us may need a little extra to make these infamous winters a little more comfortable. I had been feeling sad for the past few days and maybe I'm just tired but either way, I wanted to do.... something. Something that would move me out of the house and into the world around me. So Cole and Corinne and I drove around posting our notices and placing boxes at drop off places and who knows..... we may receive nothing to pass on or we may be surprised and get to bless the school with things they can distribute as they find need.
I have fallen in love more and more with my kids these past few months, watching them adapt and grow and share. In the quiet and stillness of this place, we have been given the gift of one another again. Time to listen and be together. Cole tears up when he sees me sad which always surprises me as he is SO boy :-). But he's ready to make us all laugh in the next minute.
The days are getting shorter and shorter and the cold is coming each day and God is still good and still God. And that is enough. :-)
