I’ve been quiet lately. For a multitude of reasons, a few of which I will list for you because I am so sure you care. {Honestly, if it weren’t for Five Minute Friday and Lisa Jo Baker, this blog would be fairly nonexistent at the moment.}

{one} How many times can I tell you about the same spiritual struggles? {Especially when it comes to parenting}. It’s not my goal here to whine or complain about my life, and so, it is important to find balance between truth telling and pity parties. Also, I am exhausted.

{two} In the same vein, my heart is pre-occupied with the events in our very near future. But again, my desire is not for pity, or a spirit of complaining, and so, I spare you the litany of preparations, of worry, of fear. Suffice to say, even in this, God is so good to us … “For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens….So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.” {2 Corinthians 5:1,6}.

{three} In less than two weeks I have the opportunity to attend Allume …“The Allume conference exists to offer a gathering place for kindred spirits to connect, learn, grow, and be refreshed so they can persevere in being a people who bring hope to the world through the social media medium.” It’s a blogging conference, y’all. I am so excited, and there is a small possibility I can put my story into the hands of those who can spread it. Now, let me be me clear … that is not my intention for attending. I am praying fervently for relationship, for in-real-life-community and for some technical knowledge for this former luddite. Plus my roommate is Miriam, rearranged, and I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE HER. But I would like to be prepared if the opportunity were to present itself. That being said, I am working semi-frantically to fine-tune a third chapter to our story {the first two being here, on the blog}. Also, to update my puny little book proposal. {Seriously, 28 subscribers is NOT an intimidating number, and yet, I kind of love it.} So I am concentrating my words elsewhere.

{four} I am having a blast reading all the 31 day-ers. There are some gifted women out there, scribbling their hearts out, and it is blessing me. But also, leaving less time for the writing.

It will continue to be quiet-ish for a while. We are circling the wagons here, loving on Husband as hard as we can. He’s still here … for obvious reasons, I will not mention his actual departure here until it is a matter of public record.

In the meantime, pray for us please. And thanks for reading. I will probably post on Friday…

~M.