Whew! What a busy weekend! We ended up being WAY too busy, and sorry for it. We are exhausted. We did many fun and profitable things (shopped two consignment sales and found lots of great maternity clothes for me, played cards with good friends, sang at 4 church services, attended a meeting regarding the "mentoring ministry" at our church, had our first small group meeting after our summer break...), but running from activity to activity is not our style. We are drained and the house is a mess (no time to clean up properly after meals, for example, and it seemed we were always rushing in to change clothes, "dump" the load from the last errand, and rush off again). What a way to start the week!
It's easy to see that your life needs to be simplified, but difficult to discipline yourself to do it. When I look at my involvements there seem to be very few I am willing to part with. And more I feel I should add for fear of neglect! We are constantly bombarded with a myriad of disciplines for a balanced life: developing a relationship with God (personal worship, public worship, service/ministry...), maintaining a healthy relationship with your spouse (communicating openly and deeply, spending time [quantity counts]...), relating to your children (teaching, exploring, enriching, thoughtfully disciplining, studying on how to do all these things...), loving others (remembering occassions, making phone calls, keeping up with email, praying for them, hospitality, drawing them out/touching hearts...), maintaining our environment (keeping a clean house, organization, systems to keep our commitments in order, filing, errands...), keeping well-maintained finances, personal enrichment/improvement, hobbies, pursuing our gifts and talents... the list goes on and on.
Where does responsibility end and excess begin? And how do you find the balance without ignoring the important?
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So good to catch up on your activities and Benjamin's progress through his first year! We just attended Jacob's (Trevor and Tara's boy) first birthday party. He had a wonderful time and did all the right things for the camera like smearing cake on his face..such fun. He isn't as mobile as Benjamin yet as he is such a hefty baby but is able to get where he wants and is very content figuring out his toys. He is a bit shy with people until he is sure they are 'safe' and then he will put forth the baby charm. Isn't it fun to watch them grow? Hope you are feeling better now Kiersten and can have enough energy to meet the demands of your toddler as you get ready for #2. I'll check your website more often to see how everything is going! Glad Seth's trip to Israel went well and that things are getting back to 'normal' with him safely back at home. Love, Aunt Mary
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