It has been too long since I've been in the mode of writing on my blog. It has been such a great way to document the life of our family as we grow and stretch and move. I've always loved having the outlet that my blog has given me to have a voice...even if it is just for my family and close friends that watch the blog.
For almost a year now, I've been working 100% on Simply Edits, helping it grow and mature and, now, just trying to keep up with it. I am loving the satisfaction that owning my own business gives me, I'm enjoying the mental challenge, and I do feel satisfaction that I can help contribute to our family budget again.
But, there are some things that have been difficult for me as I've been working, at times, 40+ hours a week. I'm finding the need to be a little more in control of my business rather than having it control me. Parenting from my office chair is just not something I'm a fan of at this busy stage of life we are in. Thankfully, I've found a few special women to help lighten the load and give me some breathing room. Its so satisfying to not only have the business help us financially, but then to pass that along. It is just good stuff!
Lately, life has definitely changed. We've entered a whole new stage with three children who talk, scream, argue, laugh, run, skip, giggle, yell, think, whisper, move and love - - all at the same time - - in the same house - - around the same parents - - at all times. It is all good, but it is also an all new kind of tired that Jason and I are experiencing.
We are also realizing just how important it is to work on our relationship and not be swept away in the craziness. And my goodness, it is so easy to let it happen! Right now we can easily see ourselves going down the road of survival and just getting through each day. Leaving "us" last because there are so many more pressing things right in front of us needing us at all times.
But we can't let it happen! We have to fight hard to not just survive next to each other, but find a way to connect along the way.
As I anxiously wait for him to arrive home from work, I am reminded what a blessing he is in my life...even when I only see him across the room, across the commotion, across the tball field, across the awana crowd, across the friends, across the family, across the lawnmower, across the computer, across the screaming children, across the family wrestling match, across the homework, and across the room.
Connected we are....even amidst the choas. We're not only connecting for each other, we're connecting for our family and for our children.
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