Grateful Fast Sunday XXXIV

On a recent trip to the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, AJP and BLP get their crazy on.

I have been so busy this month. The kids started school. I started school. I went back to my part-time job. I started observing in a classroom. All of that was in addition to my church responsibilities and the normal workings of our family (cooking, cleaning and laundry– to name a few). I can’t say that I feel much more on top of things since the last Grateful Sunday post but I am trying hard to manage my time and not get overwhelmed. I have been incredibly blessed in that respect. I have so many things I could write about that I am thankful for but here are just a few.

1. Happy and well-adjusted kids. AJP and BLP have been so great this month. They have been trying to adjust to their new situations as much as I have been and they have been troopers. They really are happy and well adjusted. OK – as well adjusted as a kid can be with JTP and me as parents. Seriously, though, we lucked out in the kid department!

2. The farmer’s market. We have been blessed to have a great farmer’s market really close. It has been a revelation to taste ripe peaches, a number of variety of apples, fresh watermelon, recently picked lettuce and so much more. I was drawn there because I wanted to support local produce but I kept going back for the quality. It is so amazing.

3. The Spirit to guide me. I have needed so much help this month. I have had a hard time dealing with my sister’s cancer diagnosis. I have also had a hard time adjusting to online classes and field work; and then juggling those with my commitments at home and church. In spite of all those challenges, I have felt an influx of the Spirit to guide me. I have been inspired to know the best way to manage my time, the best way to meet the needs of my family and the best way to cope with situations where there is no best. I really don’t know what I would do without the Holy Spirit guiding me in the ways that Heavenly Father and Jesus want me to go.

*Update: My sister had a mastectomy but is alive and fighting. I don’t think there is better news than that right now.