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Thoughts for Thursday: Coffee Talk
If we were sitting down at a table having coffee together this morning, there would be a lot on my heart to share with you. A few things we would talk about:
\\ Walker's last day of school was last Thursday, and let's just say I'm missing it already. ;) In all seriousness, he had a great school year. We loved his teachers, he learned a ton and he enjoyed going so much. I mentioned it two weeks ago, but he will be going three days a week in the fall and I think it will be good for all of us. He's also going to a one-day-a-week summer camp there in the month of July, which he's already asking me tons of questions about, including, about three times a day, "Mama, when is camp?"
\\ He's been calling me "Mama" a lot lately, which, with his little Texan accent sounds a lot like, "Mooooom-muh," and I just want to bottle that sweet voice saying that right up.
\\ Speaking of Walker, his sleep has gotten much better. It was a definite regression, and we still have some one-off nights that he either has a hard time going down, wakes up in the middle of the night crying, or wakes up at the crack of dawn {or sometimes, all of the above, yawn}, but for the most part, it has really gotten better. The incentivized sticker chart and the lack of screen time {I totally hid the iPad and he hasn't been on it in almost three weeks} has played a huge factor, I personally feel. Thank y'all for your sweet comments on my post two weeks ago, however. Y'all made this tired, struggling mama feel like she was doing something right!
\\ This day last year, I had a three-day-old baby. A THREE-DAY-OLD BABY. While those days seem so long ago in some ways, they feel like just yesterday, too. Because Knox was so tiny last summer -- and because we live on the face of the sun in summer here in Texas -- we were holed up inside a lot. This summer, I plan to slather sunscreen on my babies and be at the pool, splash pad and just enjoying summer this year! Knox is definitely my water baby and practically dive bombs out of my arms to try to touch any and all water: fountains, pools, splash pads, the water coming out of the faucets...
\\ Speaking of summer, Brandon gets off work at 11 a.m. on Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day and I am SO RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED for that. Reinforcements + a longer weekend + more time to take a road trip if we want to? Yes, please!
\\ Brandon and I are due for a date night, y'all. I mean, sometimes he comes home and I feel so awful for not even greeting him and instead just practically handing him a child and barking instructions at him on how to best help me. This stage of life we're in is just hard sometimes, and I hate admitting that it's not all "Leave it to Beaver" up in here when he gets home from work daily. June Cleaver I am not. It's Memorial Day Weekend and I'm thinking about calling the babysitter to come over Saturday night. I totally took date nights for granted before I had children.
\\ Our pastor said something at the conclusion of his sermon last week that really stuck with me and I've been replaying it over and over in my head: "The reality is, there is nothing more exhausting in all of life than trying to get from others what others can never give you. Much of the bitterness in our heart is caused by someone not meeting our expectations. Let me just tell you something: every person will disappoint you. Even a mother. Every father, every friend, every brother and sister. You will constantly be disappointed if you have placed all of your hope and all of your desires in a person. If you haven't found the freedom of being fully accepted and loved by Christ, you will never be able to be like Christ in His unity." I mean, mic drop, right?! My husband always tells me, "You expect too much of people and it's going to disappoint you." He doesn't mean it ugly, he just knows me and knows I do expect a lot from certain people, only to find me disappointed because I didn't get from them what I expected them to give. So when our pastor said this, I just started crying right there in church because that's me. I do struggle daily with allowing the Lord to rule and reign in every single aspect of my life; I'm trying to learn to let go, but am definitely a work in progress. So for that, I'm thankful for His grace.
Thank y'all for "listening" to me today!
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