sigh.
It has been far too long. This is the place where I wanted to share my journey towards a simpler life. My heart's desire is to own a bit of earth. A place for my babies to roam and grow. A place to rest my heart and to just be an Ezer. {See, Genesis 2:18}. For now, I focus on finding the place to homestead and raise my babies.
Currently, my days are filled with work. Photography and loving on the Mommas and at the end of the day and before the sun rises, loving on my own babies. It is not easy. My road is hard and filled with many challenges. I am thankful for these challenges. I have learned it is best to embrace the hard times as well as the good, because the hard help you to appreciate the good so much more.
It has been a hectic ride. This last year. I have gained a certain toughness that I wasnt sure that I had. I made it. Financially, I made it. And let me tell you, there were weeks where I worried. I worried how it would all work. But it did. I had to dig my heels in at times and then there was a lot of leapin of faith. Turns out, I am a pretty good leaper of faith.
This year also saw a bit of collapse and expansion of my heart. I would be lying if I didnt say that my heart still clamors a bit for the past- the couldas and the shouldas. Not a day goes by that I do not think about it but with that being said, I also do not live in the past. I just cannot.
So anyways, my babies have grown in leaps and bounds this past year. I cannot believe, I have finally left the terrible twos for the rest of my parenting days. As awesome as that feels day to day, typing that made me well up a little. My babies are children, tweens and a teen. wow. It all happened in a blink of an eye.
We are now preparing for the awesome Christmas season. I will be not working, and home with my children for almost 2 full weeks. I CANNOT WAIT! I have worked between 50-70 hours a week and 6-7 days a week since August. I am grateful for the work that provides for our home. It is a tough pace to maintain along with properly attending to your home and being present as a Momma. A break to just snuggle in and rest will be wonderful for my family.
Our Christmas gift giving preparations are in full swing. We have been making lists of what wonderful gifts we will be making and for whom. Bake it or make it, is definitely our focus of this year's gift giving... and quite honestly, a homemade gift is the bees knees!
It is funny, that as I notice everyone else revving up for a busy holiday season, I am slowing down. I am thankful for the chaos of my days that I have had. I am grateful that I get to slow down after a lot of hard work. I hope that you find yourself slowing down this season, and being able to focus on all those whom you love.
Thank you for taking your time to read this. I appreciate you.
Choose love and be blessed wildly,
Wendy
It has been far too long. This is the place where I wanted to share my journey towards a simpler life. My heart's desire is to own a bit of earth. A place for my babies to roam and grow. A place to rest my heart and to just be an Ezer. {See, Genesis 2:18}. For now, I focus on finding the place to homestead and raise my babies.
Currently, my days are filled with work. Photography and loving on the Mommas and at the end of the day and before the sun rises, loving on my own babies. It is not easy. My road is hard and filled with many challenges. I am thankful for these challenges. I have learned it is best to embrace the hard times as well as the good, because the hard help you to appreciate the good so much more.
It has been a hectic ride. This last year. I have gained a certain toughness that I wasnt sure that I had. I made it. Financially, I made it. And let me tell you, there were weeks where I worried. I worried how it would all work. But it did. I had to dig my heels in at times and then there was a lot of leapin of faith. Turns out, I am a pretty good leaper of faith.
This year also saw a bit of collapse and expansion of my heart. I would be lying if I didnt say that my heart still clamors a bit for the past- the couldas and the shouldas. Not a day goes by that I do not think about it but with that being said, I also do not live in the past. I just cannot.
So anyways, my babies have grown in leaps and bounds this past year. I cannot believe, I have finally left the terrible twos for the rest of my parenting days. As awesome as that feels day to day, typing that made me well up a little. My babies are children, tweens and a teen. wow. It all happened in a blink of an eye.
We are now preparing for the awesome Christmas season. I will be not working, and home with my children for almost 2 full weeks. I CANNOT WAIT! I have worked between 50-70 hours a week and 6-7 days a week since August. I am grateful for the work that provides for our home. It is a tough pace to maintain along with properly attending to your home and being present as a Momma. A break to just snuggle in and rest will be wonderful for my family.
Our Christmas gift giving preparations are in full swing. We have been making lists of what wonderful gifts we will be making and for whom. Bake it or make it, is definitely our focus of this year's gift giving... and quite honestly, a homemade gift is the bees knees!
It is funny, that as I notice everyone else revving up for a busy holiday season, I am slowing down. I am thankful for the chaos of my days that I have had. I am grateful that I get to slow down after a lot of hard work. I hope that you find yourself slowing down this season, and being able to focus on all those whom you love.
Thank you for taking your time to read this. I appreciate you.
Choose love and be blessed wildly,
Wendy
