Last night, for several reasons, I was awake for three hours in the middle of the night.(i.e, baby niece was born, I was excited, I have to pee an insane amount because my bladder is squished into the size of a thimble, Annalivia woke up, Annalivia woke up again, Annalivia would not go back to sleep, Annalivia woke up yet another time...)
ANYWAY, suffice to say -- today I was tired and had kind of a busy day meeting with the funeral family, arranging the burial a la my previous post, cooking a lasagna with tomato sauce that needed to be used because I made it on Saturday, making some cupcakes because I'm crazy, etc.
And about 7 p.m., I just felt like I hit a wall. I was done icing cupcakes and was standing in the kitchen and all of a sudden, I just felt like I could neither stand nor ice nor do anything anymore. So I went to my bedroom and breathed a lot and eventually, about one-half hour later, fell sound asleep leaving a kitchen with lasagna dishes and cupcake dishes and icing dishes still to be washed and a very tired child needing a bath and bed and a very tired husband needing to do homework . And me -- fast asleep. Not oblivous, but ignoring all.
After Dennis came to bed about an hour ago, I got up to finish the funeral and emerged from the bedroom to a perfectly clean kitchen -- more clean than I would ever make it -- cupcakes put in Rubbermaid containers, dishes -- including the lasagna pan-- clean, counters wiped down. Child clean and sound asleep in her own bed. Toys put away. Homework mostly done. Husband so tired he was asleep in less than 5 minutes because his nightly quota of sleep is the amount I got last night even with my three-hour interruption!
How in the name of heaven was I ever blessed enough to marry this man? If there is NO other sign(and for the record, there are plenty) of grace in my life -- something I DEFINITELY don't deserve -- this would be tangible evidence enough of a God who loves me beyond all reason.
What an amazing man! What the heck is he doing with me?
ANYWAY, suffice to say -- today I was tired and had kind of a busy day meeting with the funeral family, arranging the burial a la my previous post, cooking a lasagna with tomato sauce that needed to be used because I made it on Saturday, making some cupcakes because I'm crazy, etc.
And about 7 p.m., I just felt like I hit a wall. I was done icing cupcakes and was standing in the kitchen and all of a sudden, I just felt like I could neither stand nor ice nor do anything anymore. So I went to my bedroom and breathed a lot and eventually, about one-half hour later, fell sound asleep leaving a kitchen with lasagna dishes and cupcake dishes and icing dishes still to be washed and a very tired child needing a bath and bed and a very tired husband needing to do homework . And me -- fast asleep. Not oblivous, but ignoring all.
After Dennis came to bed about an hour ago, I got up to finish the funeral and emerged from the bedroom to a perfectly clean kitchen -- more clean than I would ever make it -- cupcakes put in Rubbermaid containers, dishes -- including the lasagna pan-- clean, counters wiped down. Child clean and sound asleep in her own bed. Toys put away. Homework mostly done. Husband so tired he was asleep in less than 5 minutes because his nightly quota of sleep is the amount I got last night even with my three-hour interruption!
How in the name of heaven was I ever blessed enough to marry this man? If there is NO other sign(and for the record, there are plenty) of grace in my life -- something I DEFINITELY don't deserve -- this would be tangible evidence enough of a God who loves me beyond all reason.
What an amazing man! What the heck is he doing with me?
4 comments:
Ahhh, I love him, too. And by the way you would be proud of me. I started up again. 2 posts in 2 days. check it out.
The single Godparent.
p.s. I have one of those quirky names, too, and ironically my title is Reverend in it. JOby
What a man. He must be a real man.
And what he is doing with you is loving you.
In my experience, great partners usually have great partners.
He IS really quite astonishing. I have a hard time thinking that I ever get NEAR that level of astonishment, but thank you for the suggestion that it is a possibility!
Jobs, welcome back, brutha/ g-dad. Post your title, will ya? It'll be another Christmas card possibility!
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