We have also started taking Benny swimming on friday afternoons. Hubby is done school around lunch so then we go when it isn't too busy at the pool. Ben slept from 830pm till 630am that night and then we had a lazy day waking up! It was wonderful and would rather have that family time then go out for supper.
We have also been making ALL our meals at home. That's been wonderful, although I need to work on my cooking skills. and we are trying to eat healthier but with cold winters, the produce prices are high and they don't last too long. I can't wait for summer again... although I need to work on my gardening skills too... I love having a veggie garden, I just can't keep up with all the weeds back there and I refuse to spray them with things. we might skip it this year, and get the weeds under control and then plant next year...
Jon and I became Godparents to our little nephew J! We are soooo honored to be his Godparents! He is a special little guy who is fighting hard for life since the moment he was born! He's thriving! (All our nieces and nephews are very special to us!) Ben, Jon and I continue to pray for J every night! We are so glad that he gets to be home with his family and that his twin sister K is keeping him going with all her love! They are both so precious!
I am still searching for my faith. I know it is there, I believe in God and His son Jesus.. I seemed to have fallen out of everything over the years.. so I guess it isn't searching for my faith but to reconnected with it. I say that every year that we need to get back into church and be more involved with it. And to incorporate Jesus' teachings in our everyday life. It's the simple things... like holding doors open for someone and remembering to say please and thank you. I find that city living can make you forget about all those simple things and it is so easy to fall into the negative lifestyles. Maybe it's that I want to raise Ben in a respectful society even if others aren't.
So I leave you with this... do something beautiful this week. You don't even have to believe in God to do this... it can be as simple as saying hi to the stranger walking by, or in this weather to stop and help someone who is stuck. But do something beautiful for someone else.
Celena, I love this post! Charity really is the most Christ-like quality I can think of. And these days most people seem to seriously lack it. What a great practice : )
ReplyDeleteaww thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am trying to be more positive. I once made a resolution for our second year at school to be more positive.. in assignments (specifically photoshop class) and while driving (road rage) and in everyday life. I kept it up for a year and found that things were really good in life when you were positive. I fell out of practice with it almost 2 years after making it and quickly fell into a nasty attitude towards life again. Not cool! so I am back at it! it's great! so far.
There is quite a lack of it in society these days and I am finding it not just in the younger generation but the older (senior) generation too. I was leaving the dollar store today with Ben in tow and this elder lady was in front of us who clearly saw us coming and just let the door shut on us. Not that I need the door to be held open, but it would have been nice. So in return I waited a moment and held it open for a lady behind me. I let the "incident" go because i don't want to dwell on the negative. lol if that even makes sense!
Anyway I am trying to be a better person. even if the world around me isn't at times. but that's what it is all about. :)