The Fall That Helped Me Take the Plunge…

We have what’s been affectionately dubbed as “Crazy Birthday Week” in our home – 3 birthdays all in one week! So it’s been a busy week of celebrating 10, 8 and mid-30’s {ahem}. The two kids who didn’t have birthdays this month learned lessons in contentment and “not-mine”.  I caught Greta inspecting Keegan’s cake, whispering to herself mine…

And then, the day after my birthday, the Lord gifted me with a blessing-in-painful-disguise.  He’s been moving me to a place of rest for the last month or two.  I’ve slowly dialed back some of my commitments so I can focus on my health and nurturing relationships, both familial and with my Heavenly Father. Once you get going, it is hard to slow down. I’ve struggled with fear of letting people down and other but, but, but’s…  And lately I felt that nudge to unplug and unwind, but have been hesitant to take the plunge.

So as I was hanging out with my neighbor and watching our kids play in the rain I noticed that Greta had dropped an umbrella which was now being blown away by the wind.  Only a moment after I sprang into action to recapture the runaway umbrella, my body went one way while my feet went another, landing me square on my elbow.  {Is it normal to see your own bone when this happens?!?}

Even two days later it is still painfully swollen and I am basically out of commission.  My sweet hubby is taking this post via dictation, so that I can let you know that I will be unplugging, mostly, for the immediate foreseeable future.  Looks like I will have plenty of time to tackle my reading list and continue to watch these kids of mine step up and help their one-armed mama.

Hopefully I will be back here in a few short weeks…