I didn't want to go AT ALL. 
But after persuading me that it would be good (and since he was working on our finances) I thought I really should go to be on the same page with him. Since then we've been working on re-ordering our world in many different areas, from finances, to health even to how we run our house. Since then all of our kids have moved out...2 permanently and one is in transition between Bible school and ministry and home (sometimes). We've hosted 3 different wonderful girls from Korea...one is in college this year...and even though we should be empty nesters our daily life is very full of more than just our schedule. We've raised our kids and now we should have time for ourselves, right?
So here I am today, making dinner, while Dave is driving the Charger JV football team to their game. I have two girls here who I need to make sure get dinner and then get their homework done. My days are full of loving my husband, caring for my Korean kiddos, keeping my house running, investing time and energy in my students and my relationships with people in my church.I am helping my friends from my church go to Togo to help the people there build a hospital. We are going to do a yardsale. I never have success at yardsales, but I know people who do so I thought that this would be something a team could tackle. :)
I've been going through my closets and now I'm getting into my garage to find treasures to donate. In the process I've been putting "lost" treasures away and throwing old/broken treasures away.
I've been thinking about this in terms of a lot of my life lately as I've been re-evaluating my priorities:
GIVE away: What time do I want to invest in others? What clothes do I have to donate to a charity? What money do I want to invest in others? What food do I have that I can share? Maybe I should just invite that lonely friend over for a meal more often?
PUT away: What clutter do I have in my life that just needs to put away? Is it the laundry? Is it the notes that I need to send to encourage a friend?
THROW away: Is it all the emails that just get piled up in my mail box...can I just delete them and not feel guilty? Is it the projects that were started and not finished? Is it .... well just fill in the blank...
It's time for me to get back to studying for the evening. I want to be able to go to bed at a decent time tonight so that I can start my day right tomorrow! I want to be wise in all that I do. I want to invest my life. I want to leave a legacy.
