It's Thursday, and nothing really spectacular has happened today...nothing has really been revealed to me during prayer time or any of my thinking time. Just an ordinary, regular day...a mixture of problems, solutions, conversations, emails, work, errands.
I'm missing my girls like crazy. While I am used to Casie being away at school, this is the first year she has chosen to go to summer school. I still haven't quite adapted to her being gone all year long, and it's now July. So yes, I'm missing her. And I'm missing Lindsey like crazy. This past year, she and I have grown really close as it's just been "us". The two of us living in our home. She is spending the week with her sister, which is great for them. For me, however, it just makes me want to be where they are or have them here with me. We love to pile up on the bed and talk and laugh, share stories and laughter over a meal, and just hang out in general. I TREASURE these times...I just soak it all in. Life is so short, and time flies so quickly...and I am always aware that our times together are valuable. They will be "home" tomorrow evening, and I will be a happy mama.
Today I am grateful for:
1. The bird outside my office window who actually pecked at the glass for more food (I had put out food on my windowsill yesterday). How fun! I went out and put some crushed up crackers on the windowsill (while he watched from a tree), came back inside and watched him fly back to my window ledge and eat away.
2. My prayer life. I think I am blessed to have been raised in a family that emphasized the power of prayer, and who prayed on a regular basis. Combine that with a wonderful church family growing up, and wonderful Christian friends along the way...and my prayer life has grown, deepened, and I treasure my time talking with and listening to God.
3. Crushed ice. I'm addicted. Totally. And it's a great treat on a hot summer day.
