life

right now, life feels really busy. well more than really busy, honestly probably more like overwhelming and sometimes i really don't think i can make it through one more crazy day. last night, after a long week of work and other busy life things, my heart actually ached to be able to spend time again at home with Tripp and Nelson. To be together without having to run around and do things. To just sit and enjoy each other. it's not like there is any one big thing going on that is stressing me out, i think that right now, there are lots of just little things going on that add up to sometimes be too much to even think about. but then there are a whole heck of a lot of wonderful things going on at the same time. and one of those wonderful things is that my mom decided to "donate" her cleaning lady to us this week. it's things like this that remind me that my love language is gifts. i almost cried when my mom said "Emily, why don't we see if Sheila can clean your house this week instead of mine?" it pretty much made the whole week better. and since we all know that i am such a good cleaner, we know that she barely had to do anything when she got here :). i guess there is not really any point to this post except to say that i think i have really been learning some lessons in relying completely on God's strength and not mine. so until next time, let's all just take a lesson from Tripp and enjoy a little extra peace in our lives: