The Little Things In Life

I don't know about you but sometimes life just gets soooo busy. I won't ever deny it and I try not to complain about it, I like being busy. I don't think it is because I am trying to cover up some emotion or some hurt. I think it is because I love to enjoy life. I love to take it all in. I love doing fun things. But when  things do get busy I sometimes forget to enjoy the little things in life. So I am working towards even in the craziness of life to try to take in all the little things too. I would say a good example for me is....

The other night I was trying to get the kitchen cleaned and Aj's lunch made ASAP. I really just wanted to sit and chill. I was tired from my busy day. This routine of kitchen cleaning and making Aj's lunch all happens after him and Rylee go to bed. There are MANY times when after Rylee is in bed that she gets up to see me. She might want more prayer, or another hug and kiss. Really anything to delay the inevitable of going to bed. (She is pretty sneaky that way). So that night along with many other nights in the past I was really tired. Normally I would pray or give her the hug and kiss she wants and then send her on her way. A lot of times she will ask me to tuck her back in. Now due to being tired and my laziness I  often say no to that. I tell her that she can go back to bed on her own. This night though I really felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to give her that extra few minutes and take in these special moments. She is not going to ask me to tuck her in to bed forever. This really might just happen for a few more years and that is it for the rest of her life. (eeek that sounds so dramatic....but true!!) So that was a moment for sure that I felt like I need to enjoy the little thing in life. 

Life does get busy and I love it. I have fun with it. I feel blessed that I have so many wonderful friends to connect with. And that I have such an amazing family to be with. And I am thankful for all the fun things that Rylee and I get to do together. I am just going to make sure that in the craziness of the day that I take time to enjoy listening to Rylee sing, enjoy drinking my iced tea, enjoy the few minutes that I sit to look at fb, enjoy eating meals with my loved ones, enjoy all the BIG and little things in life. And make sure that I always say thank you to the one who gives it all to me!!