Awww... I remember the days when the only choices I had to make was how long to workout for, where I wanted to eat lunch and what to make for dinner. As well, excitedly exploring the next options for the upcoming winter trip. Or better yet, just taking a beach chair, towel and SMALL cooler for an uninterrupted all day beach event!
When did simplicity get so darn hard to come by? Can I just buy one bottle of it? I like simple. Simple use to like me. Not sure where or when our relationship took a turn. But I sure miss it. Acutally, I long for it.
If I think back, the day simplicity went out the door was when the "bag" of alphabet soup showed up with a never ending expiration date.
Day in and day out my life involves speed bumps, pot holes, detours, and even u turns. Don't get me wrong, there are also great seconds, moments and sometimes hours. I hold on to these great, happy times and can say I truly cherish them and hold them deep in memory. There is a reason God blessed me with Seth and his bag of mix, but honestly, I sometimes wonder if I am capable and worthy of the job. This makes me sad. But no self pity here, I just remind myself how blessed I am for all that we are blessed with and how much worse things could have been. There is a special reason and purpose God made him, him. I pray that he will find his purpose and will greatly flourish in it.
Here are just a few photos from many of our good moments in time....
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| Acting like Momo (his step-grandfather) |
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| The super hero family. |
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| Catching a morning sunrise |
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| First year wrestling at age 5. He LOVES to wrestle. |
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| Boxing his step dad, Shane for fun and exercise via the Outer Banks Bootcamps Family Fitness! |
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| A morning of family fun exercise with Outer Banks Bootcamps Family Fitness! |
With that said... I long for simplicity but until we meet again, I will not be holding my breathe for this reunion. It may be awhile and I have learned to be ok with this. Until then... I tread lightly.
I know what you mean, this is one of the many reasons I came back to exercise to let some of my stresses out because my kids life was not taking the path I expected it to take and exercise helped me to release the stress.
ReplyDeleteThe golden word; EXERCISE! Yes, I am right there with ya. Though, my injury made me take a back seat and my endorphins left. : ( I am slowly getting back to pounding the pavement. Major stress reliever.
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