It's been a long time since my last post. I don't even know where to start.
This past month we've only had four of the kids here. During their school breaks, they go home to their families, and it gives us some time to reset. Normally during these breaks, I focus on resting (maybe a little too much) and try to take advantage of the extra time I have to do nothing. I've found that when I do that, though, I don't feel very rested at all.
This time I've been really intentional about forming better habits. Those things that I've put off in the past because "I didn't have enough time" are now things I know I'm going to be able to continue doing even when the kids are back.
This week alone, I've read seven books (obviously that's not something I plan to do every week haha) and finished an audiobook I've been working on for months. I've had personal worship; I've drunk enough water consistently and made sure to stretch and work out every day. And with consistency, I've formed habits that I don't have to be super intentional about completing anymore.
I know when life starts back up as normal, I'm going to have to push harder to follow through with what I want to do in a day, but I'm excited for the challenge!
Something I've learned through this process is that you can't just wait around for the right time for everything. A lot of times, you have to make time. You have to carve out pieces of your day for those things that are important to you that you've been neglecting.
As I'm writing this, I'm spending the last day before the kids start coming back. There will be new faces added to our group, and with that comes struggles, but also more joy. There will be more pain to share, but I pray that we'll be able to do that gracefully. That we'll be intentional about letting God work through us to change these hearts.
I can safely say that I'm very ready to have all of them home again. The break was really good, but now I want to put everything I've been learning throughout this past month into practice. I'm ready to live real life again.
disclaimer: the kids got back on sunday. i wrote the post on the day before they got back.
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