Busy week

This week has been one of those really crazy weeks. Yes, I know the saying, “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?” Well…Everything this past week. All I know is it is Sunday and my soul is desperately running a 10K trying to catch up with the fast pace of my life this past week.

Sabbath.

Still in jammies trying to decide whether to get dressed and go to worship or do I just STOP and do NOTHING.

Breathe.

As I quiet myself I can feel a bit anxious and tearful, it’s almost like all that I have carried and held in over the week is now ready to bubble out. Or maybe it’s because my neighbors, who have been doing construction on their home, have the workers out there at 8:30am this beautiful quiet Sabbath morning, and are playing with saws, drill and a nail gun! Seriously boys, go home get back into bed and enjoy your Sunday too! Oh well… let the bubbling begin.

As I settle and allow myself to exhale, which is like popping a top of a soda can, thoughts of the past week flood in.

Things that made me smile and giggle started to rise….My sisters mother in law who tried to do a set-up, Grace’s sweet belly laugh that filled the house this week “Ba- Ha Ha”, a major rat-tail towel fight with all ages, Jackson’s dream about a Lama that drooled on him, Our first chocolate peppermint milkshake of the season YUM, the new young… as Jackson says, “HOT” Principal climbing the rock wall at Harvest Hoedown, major giggles at Wed. morning girls group, cool weather and open windows!

Things that touched my heart… coffee, bacon and warm bread with 2 girls friends and great conversation, snuggling with Grace and Jackson, my dad leaving a voice mail that said “I love you.”, my friend who plays “Mom” when I have to be out at night and surprises us with “Outback” (so glad she doesn’t cook!) Dinner for 8 that turned into 9, my amazing clients, holding baby William and watching him work his pappy, my Sweetly Broken group and all they carry, an unexpected lunch with my sister, learning about Samaritan Village, and a friend saying she smelled Coco on someone and missed me.

Things that I need to let go of… guilt from having to work 3 nights this week, worrying whether “they” had a good time, fears of making it, not exercising enough, am I going to eat my way into 2012? How am going to juggle next week? So glad this list is shorter than the others, now to loosen the grip and let it go.

Blessings mixed in with the “busy” life makes for a lighter heart. We just have to slow down, quiet the noise to remember what was good and given within the busy. Then be thankful. The Sabbath was not made for God, it was a gift to us. We just have to remember to take it, open it and enjoy it.

Happy SABBATH! Looks like I am staying in my jammies today and enjoying God within the walls of my life, right where I am….HOME!