Here we are in a new year and I have yet to stop by my own blog to say anything. Hmm. I don't get it either.
As usual, I'm living it up over on Instagram. I'm involved with a great photo challenge this month as part of the #knittogetherbyadoption "group." It's been really challenging me to readdress some of the things I've learned over the years through our adoption journey and giving me a lot of material to write about. If it wasn't an Instagram challenge, I'd probably make better use of my blog space writing it out here. Anyway, if you click the square camera button on the right, you can check out some of those posts if you're in the mood for reading more about our adoption experiences.
Word on the street is that my blog posts and Instagrams lately have been a little depressing for people.
Okay, I'm sorry about that. This is my real life and I'm trying to remain as hopeful as possible through something with which I'm really struggling. But sadness and frustration are emotions that, as humans, we all have.
That being said, I don't want anyone worrying themselves that I'm going to throw myself off a bridge or something. My hope is in the Lord.
I love to know that we are raising kids who seek out pure stuff to put in their eyes and ears. Let's face it, there is plenty of impurities in this world and they are inundated with that every day whether they seek it or not. Sometimes the darkness seems appealing and I'm not saying that our kids don't ever seek that stuff out for themselves -- we live in a sinful world and we all fall into temptation at times.
But this post is about an awesome moment I had with H this morning. He was listening to the radio through his iPod this morning and came running into me (writing the end of the year questionnaire for them to complete today -- nothing like last minute, ha) and asked me to listen to a song that was on at the moment.
In classic idiot-mom form, I said to him, "Do I have to do this right now? I'm trying to finish my stuff up."
I know my blogging lately has been sparse. I think mostly it's just been spring and lovely weather and I have a need to be out there doing stuff, enjoying the days and haven't had as much need to sit by my computer and write. Everything has a season, right?
The blogging season will return, I am sure of it.
In the meantime, the Lord has been bombarding me with a lot of good music and videos and other messages that draw me closer to Him. I'm loving it. So much I wish I could share here, but then don't take the time to do it.
For Mother's Day. my family got me, among other things, the new WOW 2012 CD compilation. I love the WOW CDs because they are like a compilation of my favorite songs from the year (last year).
I got through listening to disc two in the set today while driving N to school and near the end was the bonus track. The song is I Wonder by Leeland.
Honestly, I'd never heard of this group until today. Now, I can't wait to look for more of their songs.
There is something about this song, I Wonder, that because of the moment or where it caught me in my train of thought that just really moved me. I love the vulnerability of the lyrics and the music and now I'm anxious to hear my husband sing this song in his style and voice.
To me, the best songs are only made better by listening to him sing them. So hopefully, he'll jump at the opportunity to impress me (ha -- he does that every day) and learn this song. I'm hopefully anticipating the results.
In the meantime, here is the official video of the song to tide me over...
Listen. Enjoy. Don't mind the background people paid to sway (or so it seems in my cynical heart).
Update: I had heard of Leeland, I just didn't know it! They sing Follow You featuring Brandon Heath (another favorite of mine). See Leeland's website here. Take the About tab to read about their background. The three on stools (in video above) are siblings. How cool.
Once again, the day of love is upon us and once again, I allowed too many things to get in my way. So my Valentine's cards are still sitting on my desk, unsigned, unmailed. Just like last year.
In doing some final shopping on Amazon this morning, I ran across this free download of "Must Have" Christmas music. Just in case you didn't know this was out there ... enjoy some holiday cheer. For free!
Our daughter, S, told me about this song yesterday and I hadn't heard it before. I love the lyrics, the sound of the song and even the simple idea behind the video. Take a look...
It's a Monday and I am just really not usually a fan of Mondays. But this is the day the Lord has made and I'm trying to keep things in perspective. Each new day has the hope of "anything is possible." Sometimes, it's easy to forget that.
On my way to dropping off my nieces at their schools this morning, this song came on the radio and it just really hit me in a precise moment when I needed to hear it, I suppose, and suddenly I was crying my eyes out at the lyrics.
Our church hosted the group Desiah out of Southern California for a concert this evening that we attended. I wanted to post a few pictures here and spread the word about this group in case you haven't heard about them or to let you know that if they are coming to a venue near you (they're on tour right now), you might want to check them out.
Desiah is a group of teenagers from a performing arts school in Hollywood set up to help teens pursue their dreams of acting and singing, etc. (performing arts), in a more positive environment. The concert tonight was a benefit concert to raise money for Friends Feeding Friends.
My mother-in-law just sent me the lyrics to a great anthem for all the mamas out there. I thought I'd share a link to the song (video) here. I've never been a big country music fan, but the lyrics to this one are great. I did enjoy watching Scotty McCreery's growth on American Idol, so even though it's country, I'll give it a shout-out. His mama must be so proud of him.
I want to start with a non-anniversary story because it's chronological even if it only fits in the "etc." portion of my post-title. I took our girls and some friends and extended family to see Rebecca St. James perform the other night. There is a lot to the overall evening that I could write about, but I'll just say, overall, it was a nice time even though there were some weird things about the whole situation.
We have a couple road trips coming up over the next few months and I'm trying to load my iPod with some good music to play over Vannie White's speakers (especially in those middle of nowhere places along the way where the radio won't tune in).
Is it sad that I have nothing to post? I've even gone through some of my old posts from my private blog because I wanted to share something today. But, I couldn't choose one. I'm feeling uncreative and melancholy. Out of sorts.
Maybe tomorrow.... I hope your day is better than this one is for me. I mean, I know I'm blessed in the grand scheme and God is in control and all that. No worries, really ... just looking forward to a better night's sleep and a surge of energy and desire to do what I love: to write.
