Grateful Acres

I recently attended an old friend's wedding. How cool to watch her experience the dreams of the childhood we shared: truly, like a disney princess! I had a pretty discouraging day today. My husband and I are deeply seeking God's will for the direction of our family, specifically in regards to our business. As I laid my head in my hands against my desk, the tune playing on my laptop was an old hymn, " Teach me some melodious sonet, sung by flaming tongues above..." That's right where my heart was. I had been praying for some sort of encouragement, something to lift me and direct me. Then my mind wandered to that wedding... and then back to my wedding. These are a couple of my favorite pictures of my husband and I on that day... do you see the "melodious sonet" in our hearts that day? Here's the "melodious sonet" God sent me for today: My husband and I are still deeply in love! We have been through so much in the last 5 years... horrible dea...

I have so many rich blessings to express thankfulness for this Christmas! ...just a few: {Henry's sweet, goofy little smile. He crinkles up his nose, shrugs his shoulders, and squints those blue, blue eyes. His smile is a slice of heaven! {Jonathan's wild, little-boy laugh. His laughter wipes away the stress of each day, it's charm re-focuses my heart to what really matters. His laughter is a slice of heaven! {My wonderful husband Josh's warm, consistent embrace. I'm so grateful for the peaceful love we share, and for the comfort of his arms each night. His embrace is a slice of heaven! {the Christmas cards we've been getting in the mail, from friends that are sharing this season of the early years of family life. Each card I opened had a photo of dear friends and their spouses and children gathered around... what a gift! {the WONDERFUL straightener my husband bought me for Christmas!! {the expressions on my kids' faces when they opened their stockings and g...

I had one of those moments today. I was sitting in a cold, empty church all by myself, tuning a piano. {This particular piano is my Achilles heel!} My brain began to make a downward spiral that went something like this: I felt like I got up and went to work today, which feels odd/not good odd- I would never go back to work full time unless extreme circumstances forced me to- the only extreme circumstances I can think of are if my husband died-wow it would be terrible in so many ways if my husband died- what would I do? how would I still be home with my kids? UNNECESSARY MENTAL CRISIS! {my family has experienced an unusual amount of loss through death in the last few years, which is I think why this became so emotional for me} After some time attempting to wrestle my brain back to logical logic, I called my husband and told him I love him. I hoped that would end my downward spiral, but down, down I went again! As I was test-playing the piano, my fingers wandered back to the hymn I play...