Points of Joy

Life is super exhausting these days.  Steve is studying day and night for his upcoming finals and I'm faithfully trying keep up with the 900 things on my "to do" list each day.  No, I'm not a superhero...I'm lucky if my three little attention mongers let me accomplish just one or two of those things each day. 

This past week (late at night, of course), a few big things on the list got checked off:  We purchased our tickets for DC (we're leaving June 12 and will return on August 10), we posted our "home for rent" on craigslist and are communicating with some potential renters, and Jonah's kindergarten registration packet is just about completed (he just needs a TB test which is scheduled for next week).  Done, almost done, and almost done! 

So, I'm tired and needing to get some rest.  But, I just wanted to share five points of joy from this past week. 

1.  Having a divine appointment to invite my neighbor and her family to Bridge of Life's Community Dinner on Monday night and them accepting the invitation.  Better yet, watching her kids and my kids have a terrific time running around together while we enjoyed great conversation.  Even better still, hearing her ask if she can bring a dish for next month's meal. 

2.  Three t-ball games for Jonah this week.  Someday I'm going to sit down and write an entire post about t-ball and how much I love it and what it's taught me about myself and my community in a very short amount of time. 

3.  Lots and lots of time with neighbors this week: in the front yard, at the park, walks around the block.  We even did soccer sign-ups together on Saturday to get three of our kids on the same team this fall. 

4.  Special time with my dad (a.k.a. Grandpa) at Scandia.

5.  Belting out the lyrics of this song in my car, while my boys plead, "Stop singing mommy!"  I can't help it.  I'm really loving its message of grace.  Plus, it takes me right back to seventh grade, singing every word of every song on "The Collection" into my hairbrush.

Yes, it was a full week...but it was a good week.  Hope you had some points of joy this past week as well!