This weekend there were many split seconds of recognizing the blessing… It seems that in that split second when I acknowledge the blessing, my gratitude grows and my appreciation for where we are, who we are with, how we are loved, blossoms.
The Teen went to the prom…. with a nice group of kids…. with a nice young man…. and she looked great, but 4 days earlier we had an extreme dress crisis, (and in case you are wondering, there is no mall in Ellensburg), so we put out the ‘call’ that a dress was needed… and she ended up not only in a beautiful dress, but with multiple beautiful dresses to pick from.
The curfew was extended because it was Prom, and in the morning I was surprised to not see some Prom ‘mess’ laying about… I went to feed the animals and was more surprised to not see her car in the garage…. gulp, but I stayed quite calm and went to her room, where there was a big lump of sleeping girl…who rolled over said she’d had fun, but had been too tired to drive home….good decisions…woo and hoo!
We gathered up our new ‘family’, that we happily and gratefully acquired when Number One Son got married….who’d been enjoying the beautiful Ellensburg morning and went off to church together….such a blessing to me.
Sharing the same ‘language’, the guys come home to work on the ‘new’ truck, which does have a name… Whoa Nelly Walton…but she’ll be called Nelly for short, unless she is in ‘trouble’ then it will be the whole string of names. Notice Jubal standing by, because the guys stole her battery for their ‘work’. Luckily, Jubal’s pilfered parts have been replaced….
For me… more split seconds of gratitude… that we could share in this life together… the things that we treasure…our faith…our children….our journey in this adventure….our animals…our work…our mess….my gratitude blossoms.
Laurs looks so pretty! Glad she had a great time at prom.
Great post as always, great picture of you and Laura. Looks like Nelly needs a lot of work, good luck on that one!!