31 Days of Truth/Grace/Gifts

Maybe its because I just couldn't decide.  Or maybe its because I need more than just one thing in these 31 days.  I'm not really sure.  All I know is that I do need grace, for myself, for others, and even just to recognize it.  And truth, oh, sweet truth.  Its like cold water to my very thirsty mouth.  Which I'm sure no one has ever said better, ever.  And the gifts part, well, its not like presents.  More like recognizing the gifts in each day. 

Here's how it goes:

Truth for the day:  Handsome & I need to pay attention to each other, without the Riley factor, if we're going to truely enjoy this whole baby thing.  And by "this whole baby thing" I pretty much mean "the raising of our children", which is kinda looking like it could also be called "the rest of our lives".  So we need time by ourselves to just be us.  And, this little nugget is for me: I need to make sure that when I'm giving him my attention that I'm giving him ALL of my attention.  Not listening to him but interrupting with an unrelated question about RG because I wasn't paying attention, or checking my phone to see if everything is okay with her, or whatever.  Nope.  He deserves to have all of me.  

Grace for the day:  If grace is getting a gift you don't deserve, then my grace yesterday was when a friend volunteered to babysit for us so that Handsome & I could go celebrate THE END OF ALL CLINICAL HOURS EVER.  It was needed.  It was great.  I didn't worry about if RG would be okay.  I knew they'd either get along just fine, or RG would cry for the 3 hours we were gone, and we'd fix it when we got home. Worst case scenario, right?  And they did great.

Gift for the day:  This girl.  Oh my.  She might show up in this category more than once.  So for now, I'm going to only list her toes as my gift for the day.  They're delicious.  They're ridiculous.  So so cute!

So that's kind of how I see this going.  A little of column A, a little of column B, a little of column C.  Maybe some days won't have all 3.  Some days  might be encouraging, some chastising (to me, not you!), but I'm going to try & do all 31 days.  Happy May, my homies.

<3 M.