Ebb and Flow

Each Sunday afternoon or evening I sit down and look at my calendar and then start to write out my to-do list for the week. I include appointments I may have and write in what needs to happen each day. Some weeks I am overwhelmed and think, "I'll never get all this done." and yet, somehow I do.

I am thankful for the normal ebb and flow of life and that many times, after a wave of busyness, there is a lull in the amount of meetings and activities I have. This is one of those weeks and I'm going to do my best to keep my schedule free.

Yesterday, we had my daughter and son-in-law over to celebrate his birthday and it was an enjoyable afternoon. I had to laugh because my daughter told me she purposely wore a pair of jeans so I could take them up and hem them for her. I asked her, "What do you plan to wear while I do that?" 😀 I ended up lending her a pair of sweatpants.

Today I'm making the hour drive to go take my father-in-law to visit my mother-in-law. I'm praying for a good visit and that she will be able to move to where he is living which is supposed to happen later this week. Praying that actually happens as he is missing her and from a pragmatic point of view, it would make it easier on all of us. I'm always worried that he is going to fall when I take him anywhere as he is very unsteady. 

Conversations go like this...

"Dad, use your cane." 

"I am using it."

"Holding it up in the air while walking is not the way it's meant to be used."  😂

I am thankful for many things today and one of them is a less busy week! I'm hoping it stays that way. 😀