OK, so this post probably will have nothing to do with Valentine’s Day but I have decided that naming these oh-so-random blog posts of mine is always tough so let’s just go with the holiday that’s tomorrow. =)
So it’s been almost a month since my last post, so I think I’ll go with the bullet point catch up entry. How’s that? Here’s some of what’s been going on in my world/head lately:
- GroupLink!! Yes, this is my new role at Buckhead Church and GroupLink happened at the end of January. Over 1100 people connected in to small groups. Wow. That’s a LOT of circles happening around the city each week. So cool to literally have a front row seat to watch God form these groups. Here’s a pic from the beginning of the night:
And here’s one of the end when the groups have formed! (oh, and yes, these pics are from two different nights in two different rooms…but you get the idea, the same thing happened each night…you literally watch people go from rows to circles, very cool.)
- It was VERY cool to watch all that happened at GroupLink but the highlight of my day each day is always the time spent with this one. Here’s a pic from perhaps my favorite memory we made this month – baking Valentine’s cookies for her class party. Girlfriend loves her some dough. Oh, and there’s a picture of her cute class enjoying them. Let me just take a moment to give a HUGE shout out to our incredible teachers at Waumba Weekday!! Oh my goodness, I can’t even tell you how amazing they are. They truly LOVE Lindy, and I know for a fact every parent feels that they feel the same way about their child!
- Lindy is just at SUCH a fun age! Oh my goodness, it’s just ridiculous how much fun I have with her these days. Though she doesn’t SAY a ton clearly (baby, Daddy, bow, no pronounced as “doh”, Mommy, hot, heart), we have conversations constantly. She definitely is communicating, and she’s doing a great job at signing “more”, “please”, and “all done”, which is making meal times nice. =) I have so much fun doing things around the house with her and having her “help” me. Her favorite foods are waffles, bananas, oatmeal, blueberries, and yogurt (and yes, clearly breakfast is her favorite meal…), her favorite toy continues to be “baby” her beloved doll. She’s just such a joy.
- Babies, babies, everywhere! I guess it’s because Lindy is over a year now but I’m definitely in the next phase of hearing lots of pregnancy announcements. Which is so sweet because I do LOVE talking babies and truly rejoice when anyone is expecting. But it’s weird how even now on “the other side” of infertility, it never really goes away. It, being the voice that says “why is it so easy for so and so, and so hard for me”, and the great unknown that comes when having a baby is just all sorts of complicated. 90% of the time I’m truly grateful for the journey we’ve been on. I’m convinced it’s shaped me in deep ways as a Mom and given me a deep level of gratitude and appreciation that I may not have otherwise. But 10% of the time I just get frustrated. And I’ve lived in some of that 10% lately. Just being honest. I’ve given her a shout out before on here, but if you don’t already, please become a regular reader of my dear friend Buford Betty. She wrote a post this past week that is a must read for anyone going through infertility, or who has a friend that is.
- Reading: I really am trying to read more this year. I have a stack of 5 books by my bed that are high on the priority list for me right now. That said, it’s SLOW going for me…but, I just started reading this book and 25 pages in, can tell it’s going to be huge for me: Not exactly your light reading (which, send me any recs you have for that category as I would love some good fiction), but it’s what I need to be reading right now. I’m realizing just how little I know about heaven, and it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot since Mom died. That’s a long and deep blog post for another day, not for a bullet point entry, but it’s part of where my head has been lately.
So there you have it. Lindy, GroupLink, infertility, and heaven. That’s a brief summary of my head and heart these days.
Happy Valentine’s Day!! I hope you eat lots and LOTS of chocolate. (I may or may not have texted Andy and said “all I want for Valentine’s Day is a Publix heart shaped cookie cake”…pretty sure I’ll get it! Can’t wait!)
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