I love that Ruth invites us to celebrate each week. That
chance to reflect and find the moments worth celebrating centers me, even when
I forget to blog about it. Check out her blog HERE for more celebrations linked
up at the bottom.
Here’s what I’m celebrating this week:
One – Anniversary
Chris and I celebrated our 19th anniversary on Monday.
I met Chris at the University of Illinois when I was 19. We married when I was
22, he was 23. Looking back I think we were so young, but at the time we seemed
old. Time is funny, our wedding feels both forever ago and that it just
happened at the same time. I’m excited to see what the next 19 years
brings.
Two – Games
Forgive the sporadic blogging of late. I returned from All
Write and Choice Literacy last week and then went into tournament time. Luke
had a basketball tournament Monday – Wednesday and played in five games, mostly
during the day. Liam had a baseball tournament Monday-Friday and had seven
games – all at night. We finally got home last night at 10:45 pm to have
dinner. They gave it their all, and ended up in third place. So proud of those
kids, but so grateful to have a few weeks off from bleacher life. Well, until
football begins in August.
Three – Taking Charge
I believe I have mentioned before, but I have anxiety. It
ebbs and flows at times, and has improved greatly over the last few years. One
huge trigger is flying. Tomorrow I will be hopping on a plan with my entire
family (parents, siblings, nieces, husband, children) to head to Ireland for
almost two weeks. I cannot wait. This past Sunday I awoke and found my anxiety
was back and in full force. Realizing it had to do with being trapped on a
plane for 7 hours, I decided to take charge. Thanks to my doctor, I will be
traveling with some Xanax. Feel free to pray for calm skies, lack of turbulence,
and some sleep on the flight for me. I’m looking forward to this adventure.
Four - A likely blogging break
As I mentioned above, I’m heading off to Ireland tomorrow. I
have no idea what internet access will look like and I don’t know what my
time will allow in regard to blogging. So there will likely be a lack of posts
for the next two weeks, but expect a huge recap when I return.
Have a Happy 4th. See you in a few weeks!
