OOOHHH HAPPY DAY(s)

4 snow days in a row is every kids dream.  Wearing their pj's backwards, flushing ice down the toilet and sleeping with a spoon under their pillows...and you can't forget the all too important snow dance.   Well, every kid in Tennessee must be onto the rituals because this snow has been hanging around for days...

Our yard is still fluffy white. Our snowgirl is still alive! Our schools are still closed.  Laundry is overflowing. Scarves, hats and gloves are never put away. The vanilla extract (that last forever) is empty due to snow cream the girls made.  Sleepovers. Sleep aways. Sleeping in. Sledding. Snowballs. SWEET!  So here's to fingers being crossed for no school on Friday; Monday is already a scheduled day off ... every kid in town is full of hope.

Hope... Is a beautiful thing!   It is:

~Expectation, something yearned for and anticipated eagerly
~Something for which one waits, to wait for, to look hopefully
~Reliance on God’s blessing and provision; the expectation of future good
~Anticipation of a favorable outcome under God’s guidance
~Trustful expectation, particularly with reference to the fulfillment of God’s promises


Caitlin turns 18, going to her first prom, graduation...  Lauren learning to drive...  Emily becoming a teenager...James turning 40.... my 20th class reunion...and all of us meeting our little man.

So while we wait and dream, we will pray and seek.  While we prepare, we will pray. While we celebrate milestones in our lives, we fall deeper in love with our son who is miles away.   We will eat cake, get dolled up & don a cap & gown, swerve, bit nails, get emotional, eat more cake, reminisce, and hold our son ~

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.   Romans 15:13