While I was waiting for Toben to come downstairs this morning for our morning meeting, I realized it's been ages since we've blogged here. I've been blogging over at The Simple Wife as usual, but it's not quite the same.
So.
We've been in a very nest-y kind of season around here. Which will probably make sense to women, but I'm not sure how that translates to men. Let me try putting it this way: We've been turned a little bit inward, focused on our family of four, getting settled back into Colorado life, establishing routine and pattern.
We've found a church, a routine for the week that works for homeschooling, for Toben's working (here's what he's doing these days), for my being back in seminary. And we've been paying close attention to those things. Not to the schedule for schedule's sake so much, but noticing what's working well for the whole family, what needs to be changed or adjusted or tweaked. (Wrote about it some here too.)
Part of that tweaking is turning outward again. We are looking ahead to serving at church now that we're feeling settled there. We are noticing our empty guest room and wanting some company. We are adding some things into the weekly routine--one-on-one time for the girls with my mom, dinner each week with them, Bible study for me, regular dinners with another family, maybe church on Wednesday nights.
Life just feels really normal these days--a steady rhythm of daily life. And we're enjoying it.
Words can't describe what your blog has just meant to me in the last 10 minutes. My husband is bipolar, and we found out only one month after our wedding a year and a half ago.
Seeing another marriage, more mature than my own, going through the same thing, and seeking God all along the way brings me hope and optimism that I'm always looking for.
I truly hope my marriage can be just as much as an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your ups and downs so others (like myself) don't feel so alone, and that a happy marriage with mental illness is possible!
Posted by: Candace | 05/03/2011 at 10:33 PM