A Wedding and Wyatt

I'm sitting by my table, my coffee and eggs sitting quietly beside, my fingers frozen from the chill of night and open windows, quickly writing. I see sunshine against spruce trees and blooming canola and directly in front of me, my almost blooming hydrangea. I so love this time of year. I love the green grass and long warm days.


So we just got home from Korwin & Raquel's wedding in Swan River. It was a quick, fun weekend. And a huge wedding. We stayed at Chris & Kimbre for night and our boys loved it. Wyatt and their little Bria played and played and played. She's such a little sweetheart. And Wyatt is such a little case. He never ceases to amaze me. He LOVES people. He loves meeting everyone of all ages and isn't one bit afraid of girls of any age. Eek. What have we on our hands. On our way home our older boys laughed until they cried about Wyatt walking around with some girl I had never met, holding hands and best of friends. I found out later she's Mark & Rachelle's 14year old. He'll happily go to any group of people and put out his hand and say, "Hi, my name is Wyatt." Maybe the most amazing thing is how everyone loves him. Dear friends and people, there are times I'm embarrassed too.


So, in other words, we're home for a few days. We're planning on heading out to B.C. to see Bill & Penny and Jerry & Karen, the Lord willing. Truly, with the fires and all, we haven't known if we should plan on going or if Bill's would be evacuating or what. But as of today, we hope to go. That means more jeans for Colby, new trunks for some, food for the trip and such stuff. Pat & I were hoping to run in to town for a special supper for our anniversary too, maybe. So many thangs. So many blessings.


Another thing, in my multifaceted life, is that Chris Boese has been painting here the last week, just a couple hours here and there. She is so good; painting is her forte. And I love having a girl and friend around to yack with. She painted Zach's room a medium grey (this is all his choice) with a wide lime stripe at an angle down the wall under his window, then two smaller and different widths of stripes in charcoal on either side. It looks really sharp. And she did Wyatt's room just a light almost blue-y grey. I've been dreaming of that one for years. It's a huge improvement over the black and red I painted before we ever dreampt of him joining our family. So ya. Good stuff. And since I'm on a painting kick, the lime bathroom awaits a transformation and so does our master bedroom. Why aim for the stars when there are whole galaxies out there?


Can you tell what I've been reading by how I write? I just finished L.M. Montgomery's first set of diaries. Wow. Just wow. I loved it. I felt validated. I felt sorry for her and yet caught such a glimpse into the real 'her'. So many of her books and stories are taken from her own experiences, which just does my heart good. Anyway, do you all order books from the library? I do. Because I don't like to pay for anything I don't have to. And there's so much available through the libraries. I just ordered her next four diaries. It might be heavy reading for some but if you're ever interested in her life, I'd definitely recommend them. One thing, when she was fifteen she came to Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, to live with her dad and stepmom for a year. I LOVED reading her view of the prairies.


Oopsies. Now my eggs are cold. Wyatt is up. The day awaits. I've been invited to Linda's for coffee for Ruby's birthday. I'm going to putter with my beloved flowers and maybe spend time in my sanctuary (my garden) pulling weeds. And if it suits Pat, we'll fly off to town for a while too.


Enjoy your day!!

Growth & Validation

So it's been a journey, the last year or so. A journey of growth and peace and joy. I don't deserve it and I'm not sure how to explain it even but so much has changed since some of our family moved away. things are going so good with folks and Jeffs and us. We have so much fun together and it feels like we can get to know each other in a genuine peaceful way. It's just been so so good. It's not only that though...


And ya.


Maybe physically things have improved as well. I've been on the exercise bandwagon. And I take copious amounts of liquid vitamin D. I need to take it faithfully every day but I'm to the place that I'm relaxed. I can tell if I need vitamin D. Like, one lady told me you know you need a little extra vitamin D if you're braking on the passenger side when your husband is driving! Yes. Totally. I get this. And much as I hate to admit it, sugar makes me foggy brained. So yup. All things physical.


But vitamin D falls under mental health as well. And I have two things I've been doing for mental health.

• be thankful
• wish people well, including praying that they will be blessed

But isn't that spiritual health as well? And so it's all intertwined. And spiritually, I've been reading Streams In The Desert. I love the depth of that book. I feel pressed closer and closer. I feel peaceful and loved. I feel strength upholding me that is not my own. I feel blessed beyond comprehension. I have so very very much.


It helps that my hubby is so supportive. He's the best. And our little and big men growing so fine and strong are a boost to me as well.


So thanks for listening as I bare my soul. ;)


May you be blessed in your journey. :) :)

Life & Feelings

And then one morning she woke up and thought why not? Why not write again? Why not quickly chop half the group off and write again with freedom? This doesn't mean that I don't want people here. It means I'm sometimes afraid of the silence. In times past, I've merrily written things from my viewpoint only to have them passed on and I feel so vulnerable.


But I've taken a nice long break. And it hasn't only been that. My life has gone from full throttle to overdrive. I am in no way needing something to do with my time like I used to. (I know. I admitted that.) My older boys have so much going and happening and it's just different writing about them. I just have to respect them in a different way than a four year old. So maybe now I could write a little bit about some of the things.


Like, Colby graduated this year! Like, seriously, the whole thing took me by surprise. Forever and ever we've been doing homework and trying to get him to sing and just like that he was standing with his grade, singing The Open Road (nervously, no doubt). But he did it. I'll always have this picture of him in his black shirt with the red bits of trim, his dark jeans and canvas high tops. We couldn't see the emoji socks that the boys all wore, matching, but they smiled because of them. He will always be my quietest boy, with a shy smile that you know hides a lot on his beautiful face. (I'm the mom, forgive me.) He has so much love for wildlife and little children and people that are left out. He's loyal beyond his years. He's grown in leaps and bounds this last year, in the area of spiritual understanding and the depth makes me cry.


There are so many things I want to write down and remember but my 'moment' is swiftly coming to a close. Bren and I are doing a 40th birthday party for our men at Pike Lake this evening, about a hundred people. (And we used perfectpotluck.com to plan it.) Chris Boese has been painting for me and will be here in a couple minutes. Yesterday she painted Zach's room, a medium grey and then on one wall she's going to do a wide stripe at an angle in lime green and a narrower stripe in charcoal a little ways away. I have Wyatt's room and our main bathroom on the list yet too. So hopefully I can write an update on it all soon.


Thanks to my faithful family and friends for bearing with me.


Talk again soon.