This morning I awoke to a nice quiet, dark room. Karen was still sleeping and I’m not one to lie there when I know I can be out and about looking at some of God’s greatest artwork. I tried my best to get up without making a sound, and I nearly managed till I was just about out the door when Karen said good morning. I know she likes to sleep (she has a 3 yr old…I think that is enough said) so I felt bad if I broke that rhythm for her. She knew I wanted to go out and do the morning stretch so she told me to go and she’d take her time getting up.
Despite the scathing 85 degrees of the Texas morning the breeze was fantastic and look at this view:
I sat and read from “My Daily Bread”, taking in the message that I need to focus on only doing what is pleasing to God. I don’t think many of us intentionally do what is not pleasing to Him but the message today was making that extra effort daily to pay attention to this focus.
Drew (the activities director/trainer/eco gardening guy) came up at about that time and asked why I hadn’t made the 8am morning hike. It probably would’ve been nice but it would have also been just me…I’d rather have Neal with me. 🙂
He didn’t seem to be too interested in doing an early morning stretch (and at about this time I was feeling a bit ‘off’ inside) so I went back to see how far Karen was along in getting up. She was nearly ready to leave by the time I came back so I could see she was just as ready to get home as I was.
On our drive home that ‘off’ feeling was persistent and I couldn’t tell if it was allergies or the fact that suddenly I felt very guilty for having left the boys when I know Neal and I will be leaving them again this Thursday for another weekend.
When I got home I was greeted (nearly tackled) by Seth as soon as I walked in the back door and before I had time to get my bags in the bedroom he was asking me to play Monopoly with him. (I still didn’t feel well, but the message from today stuck, “try to do what is pleasing to the Lord”). I knew that this weekend of rest was a gift from God, but I also know spending an hour or two playing a game with my son is just as much a gift, if not more so.
We played Monopoly (with Neal coaching on the side lines) and I ended up winning!! 😉
That ‘funny feeling’ is gone…I did take some Zyrtek…but I also think it was that I just needed to be with my family. Now I get to go to Mass and get Ryan from his audition and spend one on one with him for dinner. Another great gift for this day.
Blessings
Shannon