Keep it Simple.
As mom’s we have to do this everyday without even acknowledging it most of the time. The moment we add a baby into the mix, simple things like grocery shopping become exponentially more complicated, not only are there more things to shop for, there are more things to bring with you to make sure that your trip is not wasted.
What are your go to solutions for ‘keeping it all together’?
I am going to share a few of mine:
Serious thoughts on virtual paperMy husband headed to Louisiana to help our friends who we affected by the flood in August. He will be gone a total of five days. I believe this is the longest that he has been away since we have had Bruce. Naomi was too young to remember the other trips that have taken Daddy away.
I was able to leave work early in order to pick up the kids and meet Stuart at the church so that they were able to say goodbye. That was important, but it also brought to the forefront how integral he is to the life of our family. Bruce always the tender-hearted one had said several times that he would miss him. After they drove away the kids were silent in the back seat with their thoughts.
For those of you who don’t know; Bruce has a blood disease called hemolytic spherocytosis. Follow this link to see more information: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hereditary-spherocytosis. In layman terms the red blood cells are shaped like basketballs instead of platelets.
His condition is severe enough that he needs to have his spleen removed; we can opt to simply watch him and be ready to do transfusions… but honestly his jaundice is scary to me.
As I was sitting at church listening to my pastor speak I began thinking about the word comfortable… Comfort is always foremost in my mind; not in the lazy, or safe zone since, more along the lines of if things are balanced no matter if we are seeing challenged we should be able to personally be at peace wherever that finds us.
My business name is based (loosely, do to the correct spelling was already taken) on the Norwegian word Kooslig, which means cozy or comfortable. The idea is even in a place of great challenge, pain and unknowns there can be comfort.
I took some time to see if I could come up with what comfortable should look like in our everyday walk.
