I feel like I've been caught up in the daily humdrum of life lately. Laundry, dishes, laundry, driving kids here and there, laundry. I'm beginning to feel like nothing more than a mom again. Not that being a mom is a bad thing, because it's not. I'm honored that God entrusted these 5 children to me and I take that job very seriously. But there are some things I've been wanting to do that I've been neglecting. So I'm not going to neglect them so much anymore. I know I have time to be a wife and mom and work on these things. Just takes a little more organization on my part, but I know it can be done.
Unity, I feel like I've lost this connection with so many people. Once again wrapped up in daily life and failing to reach out to others beyond Facebook, blogs, or Twitter. I want to extend Christ's love beyond cyber-hugs to my friends. This quote, ironically found on Mark Driscoll's Twitter recently, really struck me...
"Unity is gained slowly and lost quickly and therefore must be labored for continually."
Reading, which I talked about yesterday. I've already finished "Brave New World" and picked up "The Great Gatsby". "The Great Gatsby" will be my at-home reading. "Hunger Games" is in my purse. I'm going to start that this afternoon while I'm at the kids' practices.
Photography, I want to take more pictures and actually learn to use my photo-editing software. I love taking photos and it kills me when my pictures don't turn out any better on my newer camera than they did on my old cheap point and shoot.
So as the year progresses I pray my friendships will be stronger, my pile of "to-read" books will be smaller, and my pictures will get better. As for the laundry, that pile isn't getting any smaller so I'm going to tackle a load while I have the chance.
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