Its a New Day

Last night I had dinner at Rachel and Ryan's. Tristan asked to pray after dinner and my heart swelled with love and thanksgiving for this little boy and his prayer. "Dear Father, thank you that I could go to school and daddy could go to work safely. Thank you that Hannah is healthy and we could play outside. Thank you that Jen loves us." Hannah wanted to pray too "Dear Father, thank you that Tistan could go to school and be invited to a birthday party. Thank you that daddy could be safe. " How could you NOT love these nutbars :)

I have just finished reading a blog from another site that was written about being a single woman and the struggles that come with that. The author was very candid in her writing and got me to thinking about my life. There seems to be a stigma in the church that if a person (past a 'certain' age) is single there must be something wrong. Or that it is some sort of a curse. Everything is focused on the family (which I am not disagreeing is very important) and those not 'in a family' (whether married and childless or single or widowed) are often left out. After many many many years of struggling with being single, the Lord in his gracious kindness has helped me to learn to be content in being single. I know that there are many things that I can do as a single woman that I wouldn't be able to do if I was married. (I also realize that there would be things that I could do as a married woman that I can't do as a single.) I know that the grass is not 'greener' ...

I've been thinking about my family a lot lately. Growing up I always wished for 2 things 1. to be an only child 2. that if there had to be other kids that there would be some brothers Now I wouldn't trade one of these girls for the world! I am overwhelmed with thankfulness when I think of all my sisters (even if I don't have up to date photos of them) and the beautiful, gracious, lovely women they have become. So (in no particular order... this is blogger after all).... Amanda Mandie is the youngest - the one that we actually DID want to be a girl :) Mandie is a very independent, strong woman who works at a law firm (Big and Smarter... seriously that is the name) in downtown Toronto. She is planning a wedding to Chad (Ryan's brother) in September and though she has spent just about every weekend over the last year at Rachel & Ryan's it will be nice to have her living closer still (where ever they decide to move it will be closer than Toronto). Kimberly Kimberly ...