So much cuteness!
A few miles down the road, Mom, Dad, and Rach took the kids and their friends to Top Golf for lunch today, which I'm excited to hear more about soon! I'm happy TJ and Gideon were able to join them!
On this day two years ago, I toured the Mend Pregnancy Center then had lunch at Old School Bagel (I'm sticking with its original name) with Chet and Kristin... I remember it was the first time I mentioned the Cleveland County job opening (total God thing that I even saw that) and discussed the potential application and OKC move with anyone. They offered some good wisdom and caution that day, and both were very quick to be supportive when I felt a little overwhelmed as it became clear that God was opening that door. What I was picturing then versus what's happening now are two vastly different things, as that move became a catalyst for forward momentum with building a home, entering graduate school, moving toward a career change, and pursuing a pregnancy. I have prayed repeatedly that God would open the right doors and close the wrong ones, and I trust that He has been faithful in that! I feel very grateful looking back on that day for the many doors He has opened!! I trust His will and timing, and I'm excited about what the future holds. I am also entirely grateful that Chet Lee and Kristin Renee are still very close and trusted friends who speak wisdom into my life, and that the move did not have a negative impact on any of the friendships I hold most dear.
I've been thinking today about how we all have a choice in what we focus on and how we interpret what happens to us. And we have the power to create positive change in our lives (not to control every detail or have all we want in our preferred timeline, but to keep moving forward with faith and intention, pursuing meaningful goals). This quote in today's Atomic Habits email felt very fitting for all of that:
"Some people get addicted to chain-smoking their problems. They spend all day going from sorrow to sorrow. It doesn't have to be that way. You can live each day going from joy to joy — like a sunflower that turns to face the sun as it moves across the sky. It's not about having a problem-free life, but about focusing on the light. Sunflowers still have shadows, but they are always behind them." ❤
~James Clear
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| The Sunflowers, a 1997 singing sensation! ;-) |
Walk in God's light, friends.
That's really all for today!
❤
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