Making Memories

Here it is... my birthday week.

This year I'm celebrating the birthday of Jesus - and my birthday - and twenty-five years with my husband.

He asked me out for our first date on my birthday twenty-five years ago, and somehow, we've been happily together ever since. We've been through our ups and downs and stayed together in ministry and in parenting. We've had our stressful moments and blissful moments. Through it all, love has been the bond.

Milestone moments are great times to remember who you once were and thank God for personal growth. Hopefully, as we get older, we get wiser. God gives us His wisdom, and then He gives us a family to keep us from thinking we're wiser than we really are.

I thank God for my family. They keep me laughing. I can't take myself too seriously because of them.

This week is my play time. The work gets done, but it's not really work when you're having so much fun. I'm hosting my family at my house this Christmas, and that by itself will liven up things.

The writing is on PAUSE this week - and maybe next week, too. It makes sense to cherish kids when they're small and family when they're here. I'm anticipating my joyful return to writing. But, for now, I'm seizing the moment and making memories.