opening the windows

some refreshing moments from the past few weeks:

a get-away with my sweet and our littler sweet to indianapolis. grammie flew in --



(second from the left, followed by joseph, mama, and jude)

-- and blessed us with three days away. in return, we handed over joseph, the keys to the 4runner, and free reign of the city of louisville. and comfy cow was had.



re-reading the joy of quiet. in light of going on a get-away. and in light of realizing how much screen-time/my-face-hurts time is in my life lately.

reading this post the other day. and laughing at yogurt. and reallllly wanting to watch the sound of music. i don't personally know the author, greta -- in fact, i think she's the first we're probably never going to meet blogger that i started following. the first post of hers that i read was about the chronicles of narnia and breastfeeding. you had me at hello. :)

the word. this, in particular --



-- psalm 119:25. speaking truth to my aforementioned my-face-hurts habits. spurring me on in keeping the giving-it-up-for-lent that i've had a really hard time sticking to: no facebook and blogs during the day. oi.

reading more of this book. sigh. i think that i thought it was going to be kind of like captivating. maybe the butterfly on the cover or something. i'm not saying captivating doesn't have its strengths, but this is not captivating. it's refreshing. the author speaks right to my heart and tells me what is most true about me: that i am in Christ. and how this changes everything. highly recommend it.




this moment. following a particularly rough morning. opening the windows in my room and embracing that joseph stillll loves to tunnel under the covers.



annnnd jude in a diaper. always refreshing. :)



happy tuesday, y'all.