Lately, we have been so busy with life. Sam has weekly cross country meets, Jake has football practice 3 nights a week and games on Saturday mornings and I have to work on weekends, so I feel like we are just keeping our heads above water.
I forget how life can become more than just the mundane without even realizing it. There are "high" highs and "low" lows that can cross our paths. One friend is welcoming her new and unexpected baby this week. She is beautiful and will undoubtedly be lavished with love, no expense spared. Another family has been hit with the equivalent of a Mac truck finding out that the husband and father of their family has been diagnosed with cancer. Another completely unexpected diagnosis. I am so ensconced in the day-to-day life that I am unaware of the tapestry we are a part of weaving, the Big Picture.
It is so easy to accept the blessings and highs of life and so much harder to see how the Creator of life can decide it is time to bring a speed bump into our lives. Amazingly, both seem to be considering each experience as a blessing. I hope I would be able to feel the same way, but I am not sure my faith would withstand the same situation. I pray for both families as life as they have known it is changing in ways unimaginable. I pray for peace and wisdom as this new life, becomes the new normal.
Our God is too good to be unkind and too wise to make mistakes.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Let the Games Begin
Fall is officially here. Labor Day is coming to an end, the air is cooler and football has started. Jake will be playing his first year of tackle football. I was surprised to hear he was interested in playing. He is probably the most adventurous of he boys. He is bound and determined to succeed at anything new he tries. There are neighbors up the street who play football and Jake is actually getting better each practice. He is learning plays, has better equipment than Scott claims to have had in highschool. He is a Viking this fall. He seems to be gravitating to Safety as a position. He recovered a fumble after assisting on the tackle during his scrimmage last week. We have team photos tomorrow night, game faces required.
Sam is running cross country, again. He is staying committed to practice and even ran this summer with the highschool team. He has made goals of not walking during the race and not being last. He is learning perseverance and how to really be part of a team and family of athletes. I like the coach and he is getting to know some nice guys to be friends with.
Sam has also transitioned to highschool very well. He still rides the bus, but in very short time, he would be able to drive himself to school. It is hard to believe we are already to that point. WOW!
Nick is adjusting to Spring Creek 6th Grade School. Seems like we are on a roller coaster. The first day he said it was fantastic, but then he has also come home frustrated with the homework and having to remember assignments from two different teachers and multiple subjects. I remember Sam having a tough transition, too. We are hoping it will all go well. I am easily frustrated with what to do to maximize his academic experience. He struggles with any abstract concepts. He has 'high' highs and 'low' lows. He doesn't want to play any sports this fall. He sporadically plays with the neighbor kids, but would far rather play on the computer or on the Wii. Our goal is to find Nick something he is really GOOD at and foster that.
We will start being pulled in many directions with rides to and from practice and games or meets. I need to pray that I will remain a good example to my boys and those around me.
Sam is running cross country, again. He is staying committed to practice and even ran this summer with the highschool team. He has made goals of not walking during the race and not being last. He is learning perseverance and how to really be part of a team and family of athletes. I like the coach and he is getting to know some nice guys to be friends with.
Sam has also transitioned to highschool very well. He still rides the bus, but in very short time, he would be able to drive himself to school. It is hard to believe we are already to that point. WOW!
Nick is adjusting to Spring Creek 6th Grade School. Seems like we are on a roller coaster. The first day he said it was fantastic, but then he has also come home frustrated with the homework and having to remember assignments from two different teachers and multiple subjects. I remember Sam having a tough transition, too. We are hoping it will all go well. I am easily frustrated with what to do to maximize his academic experience. He struggles with any abstract concepts. He has 'high' highs and 'low' lows. He doesn't want to play any sports this fall. He sporadically plays with the neighbor kids, but would far rather play on the computer or on the Wii. Our goal is to find Nick something he is really GOOD at and foster that.
We will start being pulled in many directions with rides to and from practice and games or meets. I need to pray that I will remain a good example to my boys and those around me.
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