A week long trip to visit my parents is drawing to a close.
Miss Averie had her first trip on an airplane and did wonderful. People on the plane were amazed at her lack of crying an also at her ability to be content playing with her footies.
We took her to see where her Mimi (grandma) works. The folks in the office were glad to meet her, expressing how beautiful she is. (Of course she is, but I’m a bit biased)
The first couple days without my husband were eased by technology because we were able to put our iPhones to use and FaceTime’d one another. It’s not the same of course, but it was a welcomed alternative. We got to read together over the phone and pray with one another. The only part that technology can’t provide are those kisses and snuggles that we look forward to getting back to!
My Dad, Hollie, Carson, Shelby, Averie and I piled in the car to Six Flags Over Georgia for a day of rides and sun! Watching my young siblings go on daring rides was awesome. They are so brave, much more brave than I ever was at that age.
Mother’s Day was a success as we cooked for the ladies and had our extended family over for the evening. We shared some funny girl experiences while the guys had their time chatting in the other room. We also got to watch the kids play “Just Dance III”.
These last couple days we have been soaking in the last hours of family time!
Tomorrow we board the airplane again, with teary eyes both sad to leave and anxious to get back home to Randy!
Isn’t it funny how time apart makes us grateful for what we have? I am refreshed to the gift of being a helper for my husband, a mother to our little girl, keeper of our home and a friend to many. This break was wonderful and now I’m ready to get back to kick off the summer season!
After a trip like this I’m never left short of amazed by how good God is to us, blessing us with time together and using the time away to be thankful for who we have waiting for us back home. This morning while reading 1 Peter 1 God spoke through his word that he guards us through faith in a salvation that is to come! (vs 5-6) All this time here on earth is a gift, and while we enjoy it…a future inheritance to come in Christ is our ultimate hope!
That’s a wrap!
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being GUARDED through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith-more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire-may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:3-9)
Burris Blunders 