I really do hope to get back to regular posting...

Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! (or it was when I wrote this...)

I really do hope to get back to posting more regularly.  Between trying to be more intentional this Advent, the main water line rupturing below our house and my phone suddenly deciding not to work, I've been a little busy.

Strangely though, my family has been taking it pretty well.  It's frustrating when stuff like this happens, but it happens...  We were fortunate enough that we didn't end up needing to stay in a hotel (although I think my son was looking forward to it).  We were also fortunate that it doesn't look like anything in our house was damaged and as I told a friend, "at least it wasn't the septic pipe."

I had to let my son's teacher know what was going on because I wasn't going to be reachable by my phone or the app she normally uses and I was going to be working at multiple different clinics, so she needed to know my contact info was going to change.  I was able to borrow my husband's phone for a couple of days but it was all really rather confusing because this was also happening in the midst of the plumbing emergency.

I think my son's teacher was intrigued how I managed to kind of keep a smile and go with the "flow".  Haha.  My husband was even in pretty good spirits when I explained the plumbing "fix" to him using an analogy of a kidney transplant.  He then explained the mechanics of what was done and I said, "Oh, I totally understand, that's how we place a Central Line".  I think he has now been married to me long enough to not ask for specifics on how these things work, but to understand that I understand, and that's what matters.

Advent is a time of preparation, and I'm focusing on preparing our hearts and home for Christmas.  I'm also focusing on remembering that Christ doesn't ask for perfection.  I just recently read about St. Joseph and how he must have had feelings of inadequacy, preparing to welcome the Lord into a world where he didn't have much control.  He had to lead his pregnant spouse on a donkey and he couldn't even provide a room in an Inn for her, and the Son of God.  Yeah, that might make one feel like all the cards are stacked against you.  What did Joseph do though?  Did he whine to God and say, "yeah, you're kind of asking the impossible from me and I'm not up to the task?"  No.  From what we know, he trusted in the Lord, did the best he could and let his faith guide him.