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waiting for normal

for those of you who read this you know that i have "complained" frequently about the many days we have not had school this winter. between flood days, snow days, teacher in service days, fog days, sick days, etc...i have not had what i consider to be a normal week since thanksgiving. that is quite a long time!!! for our town, last week proved to return to normal but i was blessed to have mapboy home 2 days with an ear infection.

so, as i anticipated this being the week our house returns to normal, God quickly decided to bless me yet again...with a snow storm on monday night!! we woke up to about 8-10 inches of snow and sure enough - no school!! well, i have so many other things to do than come up with more entertainment. but after a brief discussion with God in the shower, i was reminded to enjoy these times with my kids - it may have something to do with the book the preschool teacher read at mom's day on monday as well. the book about all the lasts we have with our kids really got to me.

so i called my sister in law who happens to have a very nice sledding hill in her neighbors yard and invited us over for the afternoon. she was gracious enough to accept our invitation and we headed out! for almost 2 hours we enjoyed the snow and sledding. it was very cold and windy but we were dressed warm and had a blast! i have to confess i thought mapboy would quit the first time he got snow down his coat, but he had his cousins there to get him back up. princess was off before i could blink and heading down in any way you can imagine and with anyone who wanted to go with her. i had my fun too!! i went down with my two and several of my nephews! after a while we headed inside to warm up and play a little before coming back home!!

it was such a nice day. i had dreaded it, but God gently reminded me to stop looking for the normal and to enjoy the day i've been given for what it is. i know my kids loved playing with me. because they knew we were going to play they even let me get my work done in the morning without bothering me.

so while i wait for normal to return around here (oh yeah, did i mention we have in-service again next week?!?!) i've decided to work at enjoying each day for what it is. if nothing else - it is the day God has given me to share His love with my family and there is nothing normal about His love!

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