Wow! This week has felt so incredibly busy, I don't even know where to begin or what to write about. Halloween is approaching which means now I'm starting to make my costume. I didn't realize just how much of a novice I am at sewing until it took me 3 hours just to decipher the instructions, pin the pattern to the fabric and cut it out without biting my tongue off. (Yep, I'm one of those people who sticks out their tongue while doing hard things. Just part of the charm!) I'm starting the actual sewing today so wish me luck! While waiting for the inevitable pictures to come, let me share my life lessons for the week.
Love and appreciation come in many forms. My husband has been wonderful about making sure we spend time just the two of us every day to check-in with each other and grow our own little family. He has also gone the extra 20 miles to treat me with all the pampering, love and respect any woman could dream of. We went out for family night (or for us, mini-date night) and while we were out, asked if there were any errands I wanted to run with him. Wherever we go, he makes sure his hand/arm is extended for me to grab so I don't feel like I have to walk alone. Wherever we drive, he makes sure to point out where we are in relation to areas he knows I've already become familiar with to help me learn the area quicker. When I break down and cry because I just can't be cheerful any more, he holds me close and whispers that everything will be okay. It's those times that I'm glad I married a man so much taller than myself so I can be totally enveloped in his arms. I know this is all cheesy and doesn't sound like much, but these little things have given me the strength to move forward with faith. His actions remind me that my Father in Heaven loves me.
Since moving into the house my husband grew up in, I've felt like more of an outsider than I ever did when we were just visiting. It's not anyone's fault. This is just a familiar place for everyone BUT me. I had some visitors the other day who kept asking about what was okay to do in my house and all I could think was, "I have no idea. This isn't my house." After a conversation with my mother-in-law and father-in-law, something clicked for me that gave me a lot of comfort. This may not be the house/home that my husband and I have built together, but our situation is still one that my husband and I build together. I may not be fully employed in running my own home right now, but I am fully employed in growing a baby, being a help meet to my husband, and being a light to those around me. This is a temporary situation with uncomfortable and hard facts, but it does not have to ruin the life my husband and I are building together.
Well, I hope that all made sense. Thank you for allowing me to share a little insight into my side of the changes going on in our lives.
Total sense. And I have been sewing professionally for longer than you have been alive, and the longest, most tedious part is still laying out and cutting out. Sounds like you are doing just fine. :-)
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