Forgetting to live

This weekend was unexplainably joyous... but I will try to expound on that.  My husband is in the hardest part of flight school this month and being completely flexible with schedules and practically giving your husband to the Marine Corps can be difficult, and while I try to handle it with grace, sometimes it doesn't happen.  I got word last week that he was scheduled for a cross country trip on the weekend that we had concert tickets to see one of our favorite bands.  I was heart broken and it was as if the entire weight of flight school came out in those tears.  Fast forward a few days and we find out that his cross country trip is cancelled due to some lead paint in the hangar... and along with his cross country, we were also blessed with the entire weekend together.  This hasn't happened in so long and I was incredibly grateful for it.  We dated all weekend, plus some studying, of course. We went for walks, out to dinner, to a concert. He even took me shopping. It was just what I needed to get through the season in life that I was going through.  

It reminded me that I hadn't been living intentionally.  I was forgetting to stop and be grateful and to remember how much I enjoyed the little things.  I had become bored, restless, lazy, and uninspired.  This happens to me every few months. I just need a reminder that life is good and God is good.  Today, I have already tackled a lot of my to-do list that I had been putting off for a long time.  For the rest of today, I will work on a meal plan this week, so that I can grocery shop more purposefully, finish my quilt, bake something tasty, eat more fruit, cook with my herbs that I am trying desperately to keep alive in the heat, laundry, finish my photo wall... and the list goes on... not all for today, but a start.

The picture above is of my little cilantro plant.  I have quite a few pretty pictures of my plants, but I am just too lazy to edit them all! haha... So that will have to do.