It appears that in order to be trendy and "in" with the rest of the world's bloggers, I need to choose a word that defines what I hope to be/do/embrace more fully in 2013. Though I've always wanted to be trendy, I've never quite hit the mark--really, when you were homeschooled in Idaho, you are so far removed from "trendy" that I don't think you can ever catch up in a normal lifetime. ;-) Then I think I ought to set some goals, but how to choose? How can I even try to predict what I can realistically accomplish in the coming year?
But intentional growth and change are good things. Goals are good, when they don't become gods. I've been mulling this over, and here's what I've come up with. My hopes for 2013.
I want to enjoy the life God has gifted to me: Enjoy my husband. Enjoy my baby. Enjoy being a homemaker and stay-at-home wife. Enjoy the juggling of cooking and cleaning and errands and friendships and grocery stores with a tiny, wiggly baby girl in tow. Enjoy middle-of-the-night nursing and snuggles, hours on the floor playing with rattles and taggies, because she is already growing up way.too.fast. Enjoy our small home, with its minimal upkeep and the fact that I can clean our whole abode in minutes and re-decorate the whole place in an afternoon.
I want to read more--not just anything, good stuff that will nourish my soul and stretch my mind. I've already started Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Jessica Thompson, and I really want to read this and this, too. Any suggestions on what I should tackle next? Crazy Love? Something by John Piper? Re-read Anne of Green Gables?
Speaking of enjoying the life I have--rather than wishing for some nonexistent reality where I have time to blog in leisure--Little Miss is awake!
Rachel Jankovic has written another book to follow Loving the Little Years. It's out this month from Canon Press, called Fit to Burst.
ReplyDeleteI'd add anything by Ed Welch. When People Are Big and God is Small would be at the top of that list, followed by Shame Interrupted. There are numerous others.
Happy Reading! :o)
Thanks for the suggestions! I started When People are Big and God is Small shortly before L was born...need to start it over.
DeleteI find myself sometimes envying you your ability to clean/redecorate your entire house in an afternoon, much as I love my house :) I'm hoping to read as much as possible this coming year as well. It is a very good way to feel like myself and not just get stuck in the mommy role. When I was still nursing Oliver, I read the entire "Anne of Green Gables" series. Such good memories! I love her books... entertaining yet wholesome without requiring a lot of brain power when you just need a break!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that is a LOT of reading while nursing!! I've read a couple books (and quite a few issues of WORLD magazine) while nursing...kind of wish I'd thought of Anne at the beginning so I could've done what you did. It's been a long time since I read them all.
DeleteSounds like the start to a wonderful year! And those books sound wonderful too - I certainly vote for the re-read of Anne of Green Gables (Anne of the Island is my favourite) ;)
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