Wahoooooo! Kent is home for the weekend. I needed him back, bad. We went for a little walk in the rain and enjoyed being a real family for a day, before he goes back to Vancouver again.
Sometimes it just feels that way to me. I’m trying hard to give the kids good stuff but it often just feels so busy. Chelise is at the age of destruction and mischief. This board game is a great illustration. I’m trying hard to keep it real in my photography. This is life at our house tonight, with one kid away at a sleepover…..
I was feeling at the end of myself today. It’s hard doing this parenting thing solo. I felt like a bird in a cage – unable to get out, get away, get some space, and I guess ultimately I’m lacking perspective. I can’t think of anything to do with the kids that is both easy and fun for us all. They are off school for two weeks on spring break and we need to do something.
I needed a run so I decided to get them on bikes, and Chelise in the stroller and GO. I very rarely take kids – running is my thing, but when I’m desperate I will. I felt desperate today. But of course I took them a dumb place, and though they didn’t complain too loudly I was more discouraged when I got home than when we had left.
And God, in his awesome goodness, had my good friend drive by and stop just as we were getting to our house. And I didn’t have enough in me to pretend that I was OK. She came back and got the kids and took them to her place. I got to go for a proper run by myself. The kids got to have an awesome afternoon with their friends. I got to have some quiet time at home by myself and then she invited us to stay for dinner. What a sweet thing it is to be blessed by friends 🙂 She turned my day from sad to glad.