Name change and a little soul-bearing.
This blog has become more a blog about Jennifer than a blog about Jennifer's family. Which is okay. . . I'm just going to accept that it is just that, and let it progress in that direction. Someday maybe Matt and I will do a family blog. Right now I can't shake the thought that for me, and maybe for someone else, this will be a good place to share and keep record of this constant effort of mine to know better, do better, and be better.
"Do It Anyway". It's a phrase I've heard a lot, but it's a philosophy that I've taken to heart most recently. I think we all let things into our lives that block us from the paths we really want to take; or we allow those things that are unavoidably there, and not by our choice, to paralyze us from doing what we need to do to be who we want to be. That's what this blog will be about, at least for now. It's about getting out of bed and opening the curtains and taking care of my home even though I'm going through another depression. It's about loving and accepting my children for the unique, frustrating, wonderful people they are, even if they don't seem to appreciate it. It's about getting back on the elliptical machine or the yoga mat even though the scale isn't budging. And mostly it's about being grateful, and joyful, and anxiously engaged even when life seems tedious or scary or uncertain or hard. . . because really, the secret to joy is finding beauty in the storm clouds and peace in the chaos. It's seeing and accepting the not-so-fun parts of mortality and facing them with bravery and even gratitude and enthusiasm. Even when we don't feel like it. We do it anyway.
And so now I'll take my sweet 5-year-old to school, steal some snuggles from her little sister, and fluff the nest for my 8-year-old and my sweet husband to come home to, because I am so blessed to have a beautiful little home and people I love to fill it, and to be able to be here to do the carpooling and snuggling and nest-fluffing.
<3 J
"Do It Anyway". It's a phrase I've heard a lot, but it's a philosophy that I've taken to heart most recently. I think we all let things into our lives that block us from the paths we really want to take; or we allow those things that are unavoidably there, and not by our choice, to paralyze us from doing what we need to do to be who we want to be. That's what this blog will be about, at least for now. It's about getting out of bed and opening the curtains and taking care of my home even though I'm going through another depression. It's about loving and accepting my children for the unique, frustrating, wonderful people they are, even if they don't seem to appreciate it. It's about getting back on the elliptical machine or the yoga mat even though the scale isn't budging. And mostly it's about being grateful, and joyful, and anxiously engaged even when life seems tedious or scary or uncertain or hard. . . because really, the secret to joy is finding beauty in the storm clouds and peace in the chaos. It's seeing and accepting the not-so-fun parts of mortality and facing them with bravery and even gratitude and enthusiasm. Even when we don't feel like it. We do it anyway.
And so now I'll take my sweet 5-year-old to school, steal some snuggles from her little sister, and fluff the nest for my 8-year-old and my sweet husband to come home to, because I am so blessed to have a beautiful little home and people I love to fill it, and to be able to be here to do the carpooling and snuggling and nest-fluffing.
<3 J
posted by The Rummler Family at
11:15 AM
3 Comments:
You really have NO IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS!!!! Thank you!!!! Please keep at it for those of us who need a little inspiration!!!
Please know that you've been on my mind today, my dear friend! I hope everything is okay with you. I know you have lots of changes coming up. I can't wait to see you!
Love the name CHANGE!! Yea!!
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