End-of-the-school-year (G is gone camping for 3 days with her class, little graduation ceremonies, school concerts, outings). Soccer season starts (P is playing competitive soccer this summer, which means 2 games per week one hour after I get off work, which means rushing to pick him up at school, then trying to find time to get something nutritious in his body, then get him to his game on time…..plus practices and tournaments…..need to find alternative to McD’s….find time this weekend to come up with fast easy things to eat that can be prepared at home & taken along). Mr. C has a new job (have to brush up my massage skills to counter those 10-hour days on his feet….and need to make those minutes left over at the end of the day count. It’s nice to take care of those you love). New digs await us in a few weeks (we haven’t started packing yet…..but we are SO ready for our new place with THREE bedrooms! No more mouldy apartment……). Meeting my new sisters-in-law (SIX of them!) and their families next week at a family wedding for which I don’t have a dress yet…….I tried one on yesterday, a nice cream silky number with a beautiful purple flower print & a sash, except I looked like a big grape (no pressure, I still have 7 shopping days left……minus 3 soccer nights and one child’s friend’s birthday party evening, so 3.5 days left, really….ok, there’s a little bit of pressure there); need to find something that makes me look like I am, a happy woman, wife and mother, not something that makes me look like I’m rushing from one thing to the next, trying to keep up with this culture that imposes too much on everybody, and certainly something that doesn’t make me look like a giant fruit, no matter how tasty.
So I’m taking this little moment with you, to breathe and thank God for all my blessings. I don’t usually like to ask Him for favours, but if I can be given what I need, to be the mother, the wife, the woman that I have to be, that’s all I can ask for. And I’m willing to put all my energy into being that being. In spite of my human frailties. Maybe because I’m such a human.
Blessings to you as you go on living your day and being your own being for those you love.
Love,
Chantal xoxoxoxo
