By zestybuzz 
Whats up and pleased Wednesday! Yesterday was probably the most insanely beautiful day. If I didn’t personal a calendar I by no means would have guessed it was an early February day, because the solar shone brightly, warming as much as a cushty 70 levels with a slight breeze.
Have you ever seen that meme that claims I by no means believed seasonal despair was actual till that first fairly day hit and I really feel like I popped a molly? Now, I’ve by no means “popped a molly” or actually even know what precise drug that’s referring to, however I can inform you the levity and optimism that pumped via my veins yesterday was a excessive.
First I acquired to take pleasure in espresso with mother and my Aunt Pat. My Aunt Pat is my dad’s sister and he or she doesn’t stay close by so we don’t get to see her fairly often. She came around my mother for every week they usually got here up for an evening. What a deal with. Aunt Pat is sharp as a whip, an excellent bridge participant, and lots of of her mannerisms remind me of my Grandma Betty (her mother). The entire go to was so good and left me feeling really pleased. Household is the perfect.
They took off within the morning and the women and I did our faculty work earlier than taking off to Hailey’s piano lesson. Whereas she discovered, I walked Finley via the Furman campus. I reveled within the sunshine and Finley reveled within the additional scratches and coos from younger school children excited to see a canine. The campus was bustling and lively.
David and I exercised within the afternoon with the doorways and home windows broad open. The children ran out to play with associates within the woods. I had a spring impressed dinner deliberate (Hailey’s request, Cobb salads) which I made with the home windows ajar. We completed off this glorious day with Kaitlyn’s first ever softball observe, which she left fully lit up with the enjoyment of her new beloved sport.
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It was a extremely nice day.
Over this previous yr I’ve given quite a lot of thought to pleasure and contentment. Making an enormous transfer is de facto onerous in quite a lot of methods, regardless of the catalyst. Being that ours was self motivated introduced a lot of its personal challenges within the type of fear or doubt. Nothing compelled us into this; have been we making the fitting alternative? It’s a problem, however a worthy one, to spend time discovering our priorities after which steering our lives in a course that matches them.
I received’t cheapen how tough this may be, as there are such a lot of elements to contemplate when making massive, life altering selections. David and I proceed to wrestle with some decisions that really feel scary to contemplate, however I believe this previous yr has confirmed to me that we do maintain actual energy in our personal lives. If we really yearn for one thing totally different that our present actuality, and it’s vital sufficient to us, then we can and may make actual strikes towards it and belief God within the course of.
My supply of pleasure on this season of my life seems totally different than in different seasons, because it naturally ought to I suppose. I’m discovering contentment in quieter locations. Some issues bringing me deep satisfaction today are outside hikes, doing college and life facet by facet with my rising women who nonetheless actually want grownup steerage however are rapidly and marvelously turning into probably the most unbelievable little folks lively and marvel, conversations with David on life, objectives, and time and the way greatest to spend them, studying new issues that make me a bit nervous like gardens and chickens, quiet mornings with Finley snuggled up at my facet, and connecting with group and forging friendships rooted within the fact of every particular person exhibiting up as they’re with no pretense.
Possibly it’s age or perhaps it’s progress, however I really feel I’m looking for and settling right into a calmer model of happiness. Maybe contentment? I’m not looking for thrills or highs, however noticing absolutely the magnificence within the atypical moments. And I’d even be beginning to perceive how folks like birdwatching. Ha. However really. Possibly birdwatching is taken into account a grandma behavior as a result of it highlights that you simply’ve gotten to a stage in life the place you understand how candy it’s to decelerate a bit and easily benefit from the wonderment of the issues that encompass us.
In my fifth decade of life I can extra simply see the seasons of life and the enjoyment of leaning into each whereas we’re in it. I don’t lengthy to be a school child once more however smile once I suppose again with gratitude that I acquired to stay that chapter in all it’s pleasure of moving into what appears like full independence. I don’t lengthy to be a brand new mother to a child and toddler once more (most days… some days I recall solely the highlights of that season and never the challenges and completely dream to spend a day in that actuality once more) however am in awe that I acquired to stay that life for a chapter.
My thoughts now could be targeted in on this season. How can God use me to greatest present up on this season as a younger 40-something spouse and mother to a teen and a tween. Who can I positively impression and the way, so {that a} decade from now I look again with satisfaction on how I confirmed up for myself and the folks I like on this season?
Anyway… that’s what been occupying my thoughts. Discovering my peace, defending it, leaning into progress and questioning how greatest to be a light-weight for others… whereas additionally driving children to practices, determining what’s for dinner, and moving into mattress by 9:30 so I’m not a grump the subsequent day 😉
And with that, it’s time to get off the sofa and and get shifting. I hope your day in the present day is a stunning one; thanks for stopping by