Why? Because I love families. I love moms who are real and vulnerable and aren't afraid to share the highs and lows of raising kids, while staying in tune with who God created them to be.
I've also been reading updates on families who are facing trials. Families who's babies are barely hanging on in the nicu, pregnant moms who are celebrating every day of their unborn babies life, knowing the probability of living with a partially formed brain is next to none. Families who are believing in miracles and trusting the Lord with so much that is out of our control.
Perspective.
Then I leave my screen and I go home and Brit always, always greets me cheerfully and delighted to see me. Always eager to kiss me and go do whatever will make me happy. This week especially has been one of "no plans". We're eating up the freedom to "just be" or "go do" whatever we want.
Freedom.
In reading about all these families, and hanging out with lots of friends who have their hobbies, their jobs, their pregnancies and babies, I'm realizing what a gift right now is. The freedom to lay around for hours with no one bothering me, the freedom to go drive to Breckenridge and Winter Park just because.
This week we've done something unplanned and spontaneous pretty much every day! One day we went to Hacienda, our new favorite mexican place because of their awesome happy hour selection AND they have soapapillas (instahappy)! We invited friends last minute and they came! They're about to get engaged so we spent a good amount of time pestering them about that. Right after that we got a call about helping to sale merch at a concert! Yep. Doing it. Didn't even think about it, we both knew it would be fun. Another night we took popcorn and a movie to another set of friends eagerly awaiting the arrival of their first baby girl. Another night we decided to fit our full size mattress and box spring on the top of our Subaru because we've done it before and some other friends need it for out of town guests. Didn't think about it, just did it.
Said Yes.
After having assignment at a camp where the common answer to questions is "No" I've come to realize how limiting life can be if we constantly live in a state of "no". I'm personally working on getting over myself and my fears and committing to say "Yes" more. As a couple we've committed to saying "yes" in this season and more seasons to come. When we have kids, we know we'll be limited but that wont' stop us from saying "yes". We've seen too many friends give up on friendships, on life adventures because of kids, because of finances, because of laziness.
I'm grateful. Grateful for moving mattresses, grateful for no plans and for adventures that we can say "yes" to.
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