reading
16 Mar
I obviously don’t have time to do much of my own writing these days as much as I would love to. And even less time to be on the internet reading other people’s thoughts, as enjoyable as that pastime used to be. But there are a few people I can’t afford to miss out on. People I don’t personally know all that well, but whose hearts resonate with mine. To be honest, I rarely read linked-to blog posts myself, but these two are worth it.
The first, from Sarah at Every Bitter Thing is Sweet, on why we have to learn to adore in the face of daily life attempting to convince us we’re nothing but victims.
And the last, from Marisol of the Zoe Foundation, a fire-under-your-rear call to the church on why we’re all dragging our feet or defaulting to “someone else with more energy/money/patience/mothering skills” to open our homes to the fatherless.
Both are well worth the 15 minutes it would take you to read them.
As for the Smith clan, we’re plugging along. The baby is starting to make his/her presence know with sweet little kicks at 15 weeks. Our ultrasound is schedule for April 5th…minismith or minismithette, to be determined.
Brighton lost his first tooth today…or rather I popped it out for him. What a brave little man…and mama. Blood and popping sounds give me the heebie-jeebies.
Levi is recovering from yet another ear infection. And this mama is wading through some sort of virus. But we’re all alive and kickin’, anxiously awaiting the warmth of spring…the first signs of green in our new raised bed, the hydrangeas and peonies to start blooming, and the weary cover to be rolled back to reveal a sparklingly blue pool again. The weekend ahead promises 80 degrees, so we’re slowly beginning to believe spring is really here to stay.
