To all the " daily circus" fan(s)-
I do know there is one person reading at least. Thank goodness I am not trying (obviously) to make blogging a business! Right? Blogging is the cheapest form of therapy next to my Frogurt meet ups with my girlfriends. Which also prove very effective! So time to get back into it again.
Well it has been 6 months (shameful blush) since I wrote last. Not because I have not wanted to at times. But let's rewind to explain.
May was a crazy month for us alot of changes at church and that meant extra hours of preparing and work. Our hearts were gearing up for taking our first foster child, we had even found a child we felt very connected to and got our hopes up. We prayed for her like crazy yet were not chosen to be her forever family and we trust that she is placed with the best forever family. So hard to be totally fine with that NOT being us.
Soon after June rolled around we got a phone call to take our first placement. That was a flurry of a day. 1pm got a call and we picked her up at 7pm. So things happened fast. "A" stayed with us for only a week. She moved to another foster home that was close to us and she also enjoyed our church K2. So we have been taking her as much every time we can and kept in touch with her over the past months. "A" is a sweet girl and once she can get motivated for her preparing for her dream- I think she would make a great social worker. I haven't seen her in weeks and my heart is sad about that.
June-August was a bit of recovery for the soul. I found myself searching parts of my self I really hadn't been able to see before "A" came into our lives. Peter and I felt like we needed to take a "hold" on actively searching out the child that would join our family for awhile. I think we have gained great knowledge and experience this summer. I think we are getting more focused on the age range we will be pursuing in our foster adopt journey. But I do feel the speed of the journey has slowed down rapidly. Which now, I am ok with. ( However has taken me a few months to be ok with that)
September brought new change. The girls transferred to public school. That always brings new challenges along with some financial relief! For the most part it is going well. I am thankful they finally got a seat on the bus and my running is a little less crazy everyday! Back in the routine of school is nice, and fall weather here is amazing. I embarked on something with thanks of my friend Trudi. She got a bunch of us women at church to make a team for the Dirty Dash. Which is a 10k Mud Obstacle course! I went from 3.5 years with no exercise to running 3 times a week! And the biggest part is I HATED RUNNING. And well now, I think I kinda crave it. As some would say this life lesson is gonna preach someday! We did the mud run and it was one of the most fun things I have done in a while! Training continues and I will have to post a new post about that soon. (Bonus part is I have lost 13 pounds!) Oh ya and we got another dog. (insert moment of silence for my sanity)
October was a blur, can't remember much of that actually. But I do know November has been great! Had a great birthday with a realization I am almost "Mid Thirties" (ew??!!) I don't know if I like that term and I in the same sentence. But really I am just getting more anxious about bigger and better things. Like changing the world, bring cultural change and solving global problems. (All pretty easy things to solve!)
November brings people and countdowns more people arriving! I have my sil Malin coming for a visit. Then my lil sister E. Then some friends from Cali. THEN (big fingers crossed and praying and hoping) more family! So we will have a flood of people in our home soon and I wouldn't have it any other way! I wish everyone would come and visit!
Should I bring up December since I have a hunch I will get to busy to blog?
OK! December comes with a giant red marker to cross off a bucket list item! We got tickets to see Andrea Bocelli at MGM Grand in Vegas. We got good seats too! I am working hard to fit into a REAL ( like fancy) dress too. Imagine that a chance to get dolled up! So I am brushing up on the Italian and getting the list ready for my sister the babysitter! Vegas here we come!
If you have read this far you might be wondering about the title of this post. You might have guessed I just saw the movie The Help. The main character said something in the last scene that moved me. Something to this effect "When I write the truth of how I feel, I never felt such freedom". I felt that like hit home for me. So out I walked from that movie thinking, it's time to dump all the feelings out and be free once again.
So here I am back again. Still the same me just totally changed.
