*I want to blog, but can't find words. I'm trying, but doing a lot more thinking than expressing these days. I think about discontinuing the blog, but then think I'll just be sporadic for awhile. That's ok, right?
*Spring break begins in 3 more days. I. can't. wait. Our home wants to be spring-cleaned. I can almost smell the Pine Sol and vinegar and lavender. This makes me happy.
*KTIP is almost over! Hooray! Remind me not to do this next year. Or any year. Ever again.
*Kaela and I got up really, really early this morning and took a girls' breakfast morning at Waffle House. (Eric let Ben sleep til normal time, and took him to preschool.) It absolutely made my day. There are times when I realize I am having a real conversation with my daughter--the kind you have with people you enjoy, and not people you are trying to keep clean and clothed and fed. This morning was one of those mornings. I love the person she is growing into. I am so proud of her, and so very, very much in love with her. I think we should have mornings like this once a month, at least.
*Ben reminds me so much of Mom and Grandaddy. When he wakes up, he still says, "What a beautiful day this is going to be!" When we drive under a canopy of blooming trees, he'll notice, "Did you see the whitish-pink flowers? Can't you just smell them?" and sometimes he'll just declare, "I love my life." His sister is the concrete/sequential one. Ben is my poet. He wants to marry me when he turns 10. I could just eat him up.
*I have the best friends in the entire world. Truly. Across the hall from me at school, at church, next door..... I was teary yesterday after a rough meeting, and my next door neighbor came out and talked to me about euthanasia and marriage and how to build a go-cart, and our kids played for a few minutes while my mind settled and I got to laughing....and I'm thankful.
*I am praying for discernment for next year's job situation, and have to give a decision this week about choices I've been offered. I am blessed to have choices, and want to be wise in making them, both for my family and for my school kids. I heart them.
*Books, books, books! Wow! So much to read, so little time! The weather's so nice, I have to wait til the sun goes down and everyone's asleep--but then I burrow under the covers and don't want to go to sleep! I'm reading In the Land of Believers, I think....(there's a subtitle I can't remember...details, details...) It's about a girl who is an atheist but pretends to be a Christian to see if she can learn about how Christians develop a worldview. It's fascinating. Denny Burk reviewed it....and so far, he's right on. I can't imagine never having gone inside a church, and trying to chronicle the entire experience. It's interesting hearing the observations from someone who is just reporting the facts and doesn't have a motive except for education. Very cool.
I just finished The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, and The Glass Castle whose author I can't believe I've forgotten. Great stuff!
*It's Easter week. We are having the best family teaching time this week. I'll try to share more on that later this week. Kaela and Ben are like little sponges. I love, love, love bedtime discussions with them. Love them.
*Next week, my friend Amber is getting married on an island in Georgia! Think it's time to buy plane tickets?? Can't wait.
*Sorry for the lackadaisical cross-referencing. I'm ready for bed. I'll have to edit later when I have an attention span. Goodnight!
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