a glimpse of life.

You know how as a kid, you often hear your parents say, "time sure flies", and you think to yourself, "no it doesn't". I remember having countdowns to a certain event and the idea of having to wait "2 more sleeps" felt like an eternity. Life for the past 2 months has seemed to pass by at warp speed and I feel as though I have no idea what life looked like for May and these past 2 weeks of June. These days I find myself echoing the words of my parents and commenting repeatedly on how quickly time is passing me by. So, I thought would jog my memory by looking back into the last month and a half and make note of what life has looked like. 

At the beginning of May, through a shout out on Facebook by a high school acquaintance, I joined a bible study. Monday nights, 7 ladies of different ages, from different walks of life get together to learn what it means to Dream Big with God. It's been a good 7 weeks so far discovering greater intimacy with Jesus and figuring out what dreaming big looks like in my life. I'm not one for coming up with 1 and 5 year goals, as I have found in the past that those goals typically have left me disappointed when they are not achieved and I fail to see how God is moving in the present moment. But as I have wrestled in the last few weeks on goal setting and this idea of dreaming big, I have resolved that I am called to be faithful in the day to day. Rather than focusing on the future and what may or may not lie ahead, I am called to be faithful with what God has given me in today, in this very moment. I want to be in tune with how God is moving and how I am responding to that moving. This "awakening" has brought my heart both freedom and peace.

The beginning of May also held a youth retreat. Our youth group is not big or fancy, but it is made up  of a few fabulous girls. We had a great weekend together walking through the book of Mark, examining what it means to be a disciple of Christ. We enjoyed fabulous food, good conversations and a ton of laughter. These girls have enriched my life in so many ways and I am blessed that I get to be a part of their lives.

May Long Weekend we as a family ventured out to the cottage for the first time in 18 months (for me anyways). Due to the flooding of the lake last year, we were left cottage-less last summer. The place has been in intense clean-up mode for the last 6 months - my dad has done a phenomenal job with it all, but being out there for the first time and seeing the aftermath of flood damage first hand was a tad more overwhelming than I would have thought. My little piece of heaven on earth was destroyed - nothing is as it was. However, one day, it will be a place of beauty again. I have a hunch by the end of summer the place will look quite different. 

Add into the mix many coffee dates with friends, gorgeous evening walks, work, packing, volunteering in a grade 2 classroom, and birthday parties and you end up with a very full, but good month and a half.

Now, the countdown to ACTION begins. I am in the midst of packing and organizing and I have 5 days to get everything ready to go and in order before I leave. Like I said, time flies!