I have recently realized that my blog can seem redundant if I'm journaling or talking on the phone a lot to people back home. In my journaling I put my thoughts on paper to God and clear my mind a little of all the things I'm thinking about. When I'm on the phone I'm putting my thoughts into words and sharing and hearing from those I love. Recently though, I have had little time to talk on the phone and little energy to journal, so here I am, eager to spend some time allowing my racing brain to settle into word format....
This past week my sister and mom visited. It was a whirl wind trip filled with the giggles of my girls and great conversation and fun little adventures with two of my favourite people in the whole world. Sadly, all good things come to an end and off they went- back to the other side of the country. The past couple months have actually been a steady stream of visitors that I have loved to tour around. Unfortunately, there are no scheduled visitors beyond this and the reality that Christmas is still 2.5 months away is setting in, and so the reason for my title "my heart sighs".
Don't get me wrong, God has been so incredibly good to us. I feel like Chilliwack is my home and each week I am overwhelmed with the number of options I have to spend time with various people I have grown quite attached to already. My prayer most days is for Dave, who unlike me, has very little time to get to know people out here. It seems he works such long hours that the little time he has off leaves him with little choice but to spend at least a part of it studying or getting things done. Each day he returns and we share how our day went, and so often I find myself thanking God that my husband is not a complainer and that most days he loves his time consuming job. Thankfully, he has a much deserved vacation week coming up where we will be able to just enjoy some down time.
I wish you all could see what I'm looking at right now. I wish you could be sitting here next to me, sipping tea on my back porch in the sunshine. The mountains are clearer than ever, or maybe I just grow to appreciate them more when we've had days of rain. Either way, I love that today I can see snowy tips that I've never seen before. I love that I can hear the sounds of children all around me and that the even the construction noises across the street are somewhat comforting. I love this busy little neighborhood that I live and play in; I hope that many more people will come out and experience all that Chilliwack, BC has to offer. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to spending some much over due time with my maker. I'm eager to hear from him about his plans for my empty basement space and for some direction on my ever growing list of people to connect with.
