This post was written last week while Blogger was not working so it was never posted. Although I am no longer feeling this way, these were valid feelings at the time and I try to keep it honest:
Tomorrow the girls and I will officially move into our new apartment. Sleep, bathe, cook, everything. It is the exciting day that I have been waiting for and all of the sudden I'm crying in the kitchen 'cause I didn't know it was going to be this hard.
Since March we have been in this protective cocoon at mom and dad's house. The house I grew up in. Now it's just us. I'll be the one to check to see if the front door is locked every single night, the only one to see if my kids are running into the street, I'll take out every bag of trash, make all the hard decisions myself. Lastly, I'll be the only one to scold the children when they are outside naked peeing in the garden and the neighbors start yelling (this actually happened.) No wonder I was feeling shaky. I didn't know it would be so lonely. That caught me by surprise. It's just not not supposed to be this way. There is supposed to be a Mommy AND a Daddy.
So I came home and did the only thing I could think to do. I sat down and prayed. Jesus.
Showing posts with label apartment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apartment. Show all posts
Friday, May 13, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Monday-Friday
I had 3 wants before I moved into our new apartment.
1. Paint the living room
2. Paint the girls' bedroom
3. Get the nursery border off my soon to be bedroom wall.
That is it.
None of these were Needs. We could have comfortably lived there with none of this done. Yet, God, in His revelation of his love for us has gone over and above providing for our hearts' desires. I hear babies crying upstairs, so the story of God's provision will wait til another day. But here are some pictures of the apt.
The Living room with white primer over the red walls.
My Beautiful Pink and White Living Room. I don't care what anyone thinks - I LOVE it!
The girls' bedroom went from brown to very pink. (Funky picture - it's got an OK sign in the shadow.)
Everybody "helped."
1. Paint the living room
2. Paint the girls' bedroom
3. Get the nursery border off my soon to be bedroom wall.
That is it.
None of these were Needs. We could have comfortably lived there with none of this done. Yet, God, in His revelation of his love for us has gone over and above providing for our hearts' desires. I hear babies crying upstairs, so the story of God's provision will wait til another day. But here are some pictures of the apt.
The Living room with white primer over the red walls.
My Beautiful Pink and White Living Room. I don't care what anyone thinks - I LOVE it!
The girls' bedroom went from brown to very pink. (Funky picture - it's got an OK sign in the shadow.)
Everybody "helped."
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Labor
I'm working on the new apartment this week and when I'm not, I'm too pooped to think. So, for the next few days, I will be "blogging in my head" only.
Pictures will surely follow (of the apt., not my head)
Pictures will surely follow (of the apt., not my head)
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