Who has time for jet lag when you have two three year olds a eighteen year old and a twelve year old. Ya! Ya! I got off the plane, drove my luggage and children home and ran off to the city to plan and prepare for my sons 18th Birthday Bash. A Birthday Bash it was and one I became much wiser with and will never do again. Good thing adulthood only happens once. Yes I know there will be 21 and legal all around the world but he can find a party somewhere else that night. By the time I went to bed I had been up for 30 hours before I crashed for three hours and up again with my three year olds. Life is so much fun, rah! rah! rah! Here is is Friday and I finally have time to spend on the computer sort of as the other child of the house has demands as well. The thing that has been coming to me alot lately is the whole thing about FAMILY!!! At one time family was important now people get too busy and very wrapped up in there own little worlds and before you know it 30 years go by and you realize you have not seen each other for that many years all together. Or your a family of three and you have partners that don't get along and you allow this to get in the way of your relationship with your sibs; or there is a big age gap between you and your oldest sibs that you and there children have nothing in common. You go home after years of thinking it would be great to have been around family, that you missed out on so much only to discover that even those who grew up miles apart hardly ever seen each other, know each other and seldom see each other because life is too busy. Then seeing this you realize even being thousands of miles apart you probably didn't miss out on more than that. Then you think of church family and you hear the words community and unless you are connected in giftings, something in common it is not really not much different. See each other on Sundays give one another the hello's and out the door we go to our own little worlds, and busy lives.
So what is this? I know it is not like this for all of us and that family matters is what we as individuals make it. I just wanted to blog a little about it as it has been at the forefront and my dream is that I will be able to show my small family the importance of family and keeping our roots, and staying connected. The church family is a tough one for as long as one desires it; it is one of those things that it all depends who you connect with and who connects with you!! The talk is always there but not always the walk. So this week my questions to God is what is it exactly that He is requiring of me in the area of BLOOD RELATIONS AND CHURCH FAMILY. Both areas have a place where the heart can experience pain; again a place where we can ask our maker or even challenge ourselves as human beings what is required of us as individuals to make it better. To stay connected, know one another and grow in relationship with one another. Better quit before I bore you all. It was a important topic for me over the past twenty-five days. I was very happy to have connected with family, getting to know them again, feeling some sadness but it is so nice to reconnect with those you love.
The wonderful sights and best part of my holidays was late nights sleeping in and not having to rush for anything. Waking up for 14 days to the crashing of the ocean waves and my babies(boys) saying to me mommy its day time. So we would rise and begin our days. WE did some touristy things, visited my family and rested. J'ai tai boujais parlers (sp?) francais beaucoup. Once they know you speak french they only speak french. I laughed one day we were going on a boat tour and one of the ladies heard me speaking french and when I went to get my tickets she said to the clerk, a parle fracais. So then I had to speak french in ordering my tickets. It was okay but I usuallly only speak to my family as I fear others laughing at me. With Cody and Riley going to Ecole Fracais I will be taking a french course as well so that I will be able to help them with there schooling. It will be challenging but fun. Then heading over to Cape Breton and visiting parts of my homeland I had never seen before was absolute fantastic and of course being able to go to the beach there and allow Shawn and Flinn to do body surfing with the huge waves that was coming it was great. Also seeing the seals that freaked Shawn out as they came about 10 feet away from him. The babies running and jumping over the waves and waking way out as the tide went out. Of course having a good feast of clams, mussles and lobster and doing it the right way. So upon returning home and back to the reality of life it did not take long to get into the swing of it as mentioned earlier. Well that is it!
So hello to all my friends and lurkers, good to be back and able to have this place to blog some of my thoughts. Hope it does make sense as I am somewhat tired here tonight. Have a great weekend, I am now on the countdown to school starting!!! Yeee Haw!!!!
