....from the official beginning of the wedding weekend! My baby boy is getting married next Saturday and the following Thursday, he will turn 29. From the beginning of those 29 years, I've known this day would come and unlike some moms, I've looked forward to it. I genuinely have never seen it as losing him. I don't know why it never occurred to me - maybe because I have enough faith in our relationship to know it will withstand whatever tests come. Maybe we have been fortunate because our family has walked through really hard moments together and we know we will finish still standing. Don't get me wrong, there have been a few times where they only way we have still stood is by linking arms, supporting each other, and not allowing the wounds that threatened to take us down win. Still.we.stand.and.I.love.my.boy.
Next Saturday, Mattie officially becomes a Mitchell and Augy is officially part of our family. Family means everything to me and I believe that God brought both of them into our family very purposely. I am praying that I will be the mother-in-law and Zannie that God wants me to be. I want those two to know that we will ALWAYS stand with them and that we will love them unconditionally.
But, for the next week, I am going to work very hard not to lose my mind, to stay calm as we finish up the thousands of last minute details, and most of all, I am going to try to live in the moment and celebrate each one of them. You only get to do this once and I want to savor it. I want to be grateful and rejoice that God has allowed us to walk through this.
I'll keep you posted!
The week of March 31st has begun and there have already been several BIG events....
1) We used our grill on Monday evening and I forgot how much I love GRILLED chicken, assuming, of course, that it has been in a good marinade first 'cause let's face it, chicken on it's own is pretty bland. The thought of burgers, hot dogs, steaks these next month are making me very, very happy!
2) I started pulling my sandals out of their clear tubs under the bed AND wearing them! I would live in sandals all year long if it were a possibility, but even in Georgia, from about October through March, it just doesn't work. Of course, I realized that I would live in sandals but I would also want to wear my cool boots too so maybe colder weather has a purpose. Actually, I know it has a purpose because my sandals would look rather funny with my jeans and sweaters which is the outfit I would live in all year long if I could. In the end, I've got to give props to God - we do need all four seasons!
3) I washed my car last night in my very own driveway. Growing up, we always washed our cars at home but I've run mine through the car wash more times this past year than I want to admit. The daily rain last summer was a huge issue for home washing but I still need to own the fact that I've been kind of a slacker on that front. Last night was awesome as I realized that I realized it was even more white than I remembered once I got that bottom layer of dirt off - the one the car wash never seems to get.
I'm pretty excited that it is only Wednesday and I have a few more days of this amazing weather to figure out ways to make my heart happy in this wonderful Spring weather. The sun literally makes things appear brighter but it also lightens my heart in a very real way. I don't know that I've always been as affected by sunshine as I am now. I used to love rainy days and if I can be at home, all cozy, I still feel like I would be quite grateful for an occasional drippy day. Not often though - not too often.
Does sunshine change the color of your world?
