so, a couple of weeks ago, we got a new puppy. he is a shorkie and super cute. we named him charlie. today is sad, though, because i have decided to give him to a friend. i don't know what the heck i was thinking. he is so much work, and unfortunately, it is work i don't have time for. and hannah doesn't really care for him, which means i have to cage him off to keep him away from her, which isn't fair to him. i do think, though, that hannah is going to be sad when she realizes charlie is gone. it's really just a lose-lose situation for me, but i do know he is going to a great home!
this weekend is easter, and it always gets me reflecting on the meaning of it, but this year it's on my mind more than normal. i have been seriously lacking in my relationship with God, but i feel like i am getting closer to Him again lately. so, this year, i think it's hit me harder than it has in a long time what He did for us. i am just in awe that he would send His Son to die for me. i sure don't deserve it, but that is something i am working on. i know i will never deserve that, but i am working towards not always being so down on myself. i always love easter services at church, but i especially love that my church does a series in the weeks before easter leading up to easter weekend. the Story definitely deserves more than just one weekend.
we have a busy weekend ahead of us. tomorrow morning we are taking hannah to the neighborhood easter egg hunt, and i think she will love it. last year she didn't quite understand she was supposed to get as many eggs as she could. she would grab a couple and then was perfectly content to just play with those, not realizing there is tasty stuff INSIDE of the eggs:) this year i think she will get into it better. i don't think she will sit on the easter bunny's lap this year, though. we'll see, and if so, there will be pics soon.
we are going to the saturday night service, but i am actually working one of the sunday morning services. this makes me very nervous because it is completely out of my comfort zone, but absolutely necessary. cody and i have been at life church for 6 years and have never met a single person there. how sad is that? sure, we know a few people that we knew before we went there, but no one else. we are those people that go in for service and leave when it's over. i feel like it's finally time to give to the church, more than just our tithe. we need to be giving our time as well. we let someone else take care of hannah for an hour every week, but have never done anything in return. so, i am working this weekend, and i am going to meet some new people. scary and exciting all at once!!
Oh gosh I know what you're going through with the puppy situation. We got an adorable tiny beagle while I was pregnant with Otto. 7 months pregnant & I was all confident..I can handle this! It was a disaster. We've decided to wait on the doggie department til Otto is about Faith's age. It'll save so much stress & heartbreak even though I have killer doggie fever.
ReplyDeleteWe've been out of the church scene for a while. I have mixed feelings about it really. We do devotional time together as a family but I do miss the fellowship. I just feel like we need to concentrate on learning together as a family right now..if that makes sense.