Constant Reminders

I am constantly reminded by my amazing creator of how wonderfully blessed I am with the small things. Don't get me wrong I have been blessed with plenty of big things too, I mean I woke up to another day, kind of a Big Thing! About a month and a half ago I found out some of my dearest friends were moving. He works in Raleigh and she has decided to stay home and take care of the kids, who are 1 and 4, so living close to Winston is quite a treck for him twice a day, and seriously what young dad wants to put off the inevitable come-home-run-and-hug-dad routine any longer than he has to? So, they put their house on the market.

Every summer they go to visit family in Chicago and ask me to house sit and watch their pets. This year, being no different from the rest, I went over to hang out with them one afternoon when school was out of the summer and she broke the news to me. As devestated as I was I kept my composure and reminded myself this is what is best for their family. Well, yesterday, I went to go get their house key and my list of instructions, which hasn't changed in the four years I have been house sitting, but it was a little longer this year because of the house being on the market. I thought I'll get home from work, sleep, then go over get the key and my list and head to the library to write my paper for class.

Yea right, I got over there a little after 4:00 and ended up staying until they left around 9:30 for the long drive up north. I played with their oldest daughter, we both love our time together, the younger daughter still isn't too sure of me at times so she likes to stay kinda close to mom. I love their little girls like they are my own and have sincerely been so blessed to be a part of seeing them from when the mom was pregnant to now as they are growing up to be quite the little princesses, I'm not biased. :)

This week has been especially hard with the death of Allison, who I wrote about in my last blog, and another precious woman of faith from the church I grew up in, not only for me but for many in my community. So I am taking the little things like getting to spend my afternoon being with a beautiful child, instead of writing a paper (don't worry I finished it) and getting to see her grow and learn more and more as a blessing, and a reminder that God is whispering to me praise me in the hard times and I will surely bless with the good times! I sure and being Held.

Blessings to all,
Rebecca

Verse(s) of the Day: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew;a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate;a time for war, and a time for peace.