Simplify

We are getting back in to the thick of things, only this year I was more cautious with our time.

I want to see my kids, not taxi them everywhere.

I want to have dinner together and not be rushing everywhere.

In previous years I have been too easily caught up in developing talents, that I miss the mark;

piano, swimming, sports, art...all these things are good, but what is better, what is best?

Cramming everything in puts me in survival mode, survive not thrive. 

I think the moments we will remember most are those we spend together laughing, playing, creating, reading, talking.

My Sister's Keeper

Yesterday morning I woke at 5:30 to study scriptures and sit in quiet.

Katelynn's cries broke my silence, 

she had a nightmare and was crying every 20 seconds or so. I read for a minute or two then got out of my chair to see what was the trouble. I walked in the room to hear Allison say, "come into bed with me Kate." She pulled back her covers and Kate sleepily got out of her bed and into her sister's.

It made my heart smile. The girls didn't notice me. Kate settled back to sleep and I went back to my scriptures. Good morning.