The Gift that keeps on giving

One big bow... that's what a wedding is like.
It comes falling down way to fast and then it's over, and at first there is a sadness - but then like a child who was just preoccupied with the fancy box something came in you realize that what's inside is ten times better

Almost everyday I find myself surprised. Wecan never truly know everything about one person because every morning they wake up different. They look different (even it's only because their hair has grown), or they act different (because they don't get as over emotional about things as they use to -thank god!) and you find them even more joyful to be around. All of these changes are unexpected, pleasant surprises that bring tears to your eyes when you least expect. They are the changes in day to day life that make you happy you are with that sole person who is not at all boring, but instead your own personal pandora's box full of wonder and excitement. The dull and mundane days certainly come, after all, we aren't made to handle constant amusement... we would simply get burnt out by all that!

So this is what life is like, in the midst of a chaotic messy home with walls that still need paint and junk sitting in the den waiting for a good yard sale day, things that have yet to find their resting place in the attic and clothes that should have gone to good will a month ago. Every room is filled with something that doesn't belong, and the to-do list and the idea of organizing the mail just gets pushed aside to read together before bed time, or take a walk after dinner instead. When everything really can wait why doesn't it feel that way? I am reminded to sit in the stillness before my God and let myself, and him just be. Enjoy the sweetness of these days before children, while we are still young and energetic and dream and laugh... try to make it a habit to stop even in the chaos to soak one another in like the sun, so we can store it's warmth and save it for rainy and cold days.

This is what it's like.