First, the kids have been asking to ride their bikes to school (we live about a mile and 1/2 from school), so this morning was the day. We jumped on our bikes and off we went. After dropping them off, I rode my bike to Sessions, our local coffee shop, to meet my wonderful friend, Marcy, for coffee and catching up. I can't express what Marcy's friendship has come to mean to me over the last couple of years. She is one of those people who you can totally let your guard down with, totally express your frustrations to, and know that she is deeply trustworthy. She's one of those people who you know is praying when she says "I'll pray for you!" and who you know will always be on your team. Thanks for a deeply meaningful time, Marcy! I can't wait to do it again soon.
After that, I got ready to leave the coffee shop to head back home when I connected with 2 more friends at another table. We enjoyed some sharing about motherhood, and planning some Girl Scouts events, and the moments slipped away. Obviously, I wasn't meant to catch up on my cleaning this morning!
Just as I was ready to leave a second time, I connected with another local women who also serves on our school board. Pretty soon, we were engrossed in a conversation about kids and sports and the role of athletics in a community......and I was 30 minutes from having to be back
at school to pick Hayden up. It was nice to connect with this new friend and share some meaningful ideas about such an important issue.
On the one hand, I didn't get anything done at home today.
On the other hand, I made several meaningful connections today and experienced several unexpected blessings in the meantime. And isn't that just like our amazing God, to show up in the details of life when it's least expected? I'm praying that God would help me to be intentionally relational this fall, to make the most of opportunities to connect with people, and to take some of my "surface" relationships with some of my friends to deeper levels.
And speaking of blessings......I WON! One of the blogs that I read pretty much daily is called Introspection, and Christine is both an incredible scrapbook artist as well as a very inspiring woman and mom. If you want a story of hope, pain and loss, but incredible inspiration, you need to read her story: http://retrospection.typepad.com/my_weblog/. Take some time to savor the details and deep journalling on her layouts, and you'll be hooked! She really shares her heart.
I won some colorful butterfly embellishments from her site and am so excited! Thanks for the kindness, Christine.
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