A crazy thing happened today. I went to church alone, without Brady or the kids!! I’ll explain.
I had made a prior commitment to talk to a few people about some music stuff before the service began. With Solly still being a bit of a mess and no one feeling 100%, it didn’t make sense for them to come. Because I was already going to be there, it made logical sense that I’d stay and for the first time in a long time, actually take in the service!
It was incredibly refreshing to sit and listen to the service. Don’t get me wrong. I love when the kids come. Its so important for them to be in our church community, to learn, to absorb, and to make friends there! But let’s be real. They’re pretty distracting! Today was a whole new vibe, and it felt like a bit of a treat. I had my mom on one side of me, and a really good friend on the other side. It felt wonderful to be able to lean back and listen without shushing anyone, whispering anyone through an argument, pulling out or putting away a water bottle, etc. It was just me, and I liked it 🙂
My parents joined us for lunch, and we had a super lovely afternoon spent eating waffles, catching up on each others lives, and talking about the future. There’s never a shortage!
We couldn’t convince our guests to stay, so they’ve headed home, and we’re anticipating a very quiet evening of snacky supper and maybe some music. We’ve made a super cute kid-friendly playlist on YouTube of fun songs that the kids love to dance along to, so we occasionally “do” that in the evening. Mostly on days when everyone is wiped out but we don’t want to bite the bullet and turn on a show for them to zone out to. Music is move fun anyway.
Other than that, I have a few ideas brewing for future blog posts, so I may spend a chunk of the evening making some jot notes and planning out a few posts. I wish I was a “big” enough blogger to need to schedule and plan all my posts out in advance, but I don’t think I have enough to talk about 😂 Maybe one day!