A Bundle of Myrrh

Living Seasonally

This is a season of life when it just feels like I’ve let or had to let everything go. Let it wait, set it aside. Mostly the extras. A season of either being behind or right on what is immediately needed. It seems like it’s been like this for a while now. And maybe this is just how it will be from now on.

This is a season of waiting to be delivered. This seventh baby has drained me of many things, mostly of energy and enthusiasm. I’ve been pregnant and sick with colds since before Thanksgiving. It’s been a long Fall and Winter. I just don’t feel like I have much of anything left to give anyone. We get through the days. I take care of the musts and on occasion, thanks to the help of others, I squeeze enough out of myself to enjoy a few of the extras with the babies.

I wait for the days that I hope are coming soon when I’ll feel normal again. Have energy to think, to talk, to read, to work and serve my neighbors as I’d like to. I wait to move past Lent, to enter into Easter and new life. Eager for deliverance and to greet our new little one in the joy that this new life brings.

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Living Seasonally:

Planning for Advent and Christmas can cause one to forget that we still have to get through Thanksgiving. I am coming to enjoy the thought the of this holiday a little more each year. The big girls are looking forward to it for the first time in their little lives so that makes me happy.

Especially when I’m the only one cooking and cleaning up after. Last year was a challenging for me but there were moments of Thanksgiving as I looked around the table at all my babies.

So as I prepare to prepare our Thanksgiving feast I’ve been thinking back on this Fall Season and all that it brought.

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Living Seasonally

I’ll tell you, Summer, not my favorite. But even so, every time it rolls around, I get a case of the Summers. And every Summer for the past 5 years I always think, this Summer I’ll relax and read and we’ll get outside! I always forget that Relaxing and Reading are easier said than done and honestly, Outside? Did I just say that? This Summer has been very different. It’s been cool and there’s been a lot of rainy days. Some days felt more like Fall than Summer. Glorious! There’s been less sprinkler and pool days, not as many popsicles on the porch but we’ve gotten to the park and have enjoyed a lot of salads, fresh fruit and ice cream!

We only had one ice cream cone left in the box, which at our house, will not do. So I DIYed it. Here’s an Ice Cream Cone Recipe for anyone else who doesn’t want to run to the mini-mart for another box of cones.

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