Taking it one day at a time

I can’t believe the summer is already half way over.  It’s been the longest summer ever…and in some ways the shortest.Jason and I welcomed our third baby boy, Norman Gray into the world on June the 3^rd.  This hopefully explains my absence in posting to the blog.We are now 7 weeks into this newest season with three little boys.  It has been crazy town in a lot of ways.  Sleepless nights, tons of rocking, trying hard to get all the energy out of our two and five year olds each and every day.In a lot of ways, I feel more like a mom than anything else.  Not much of a wife, daughter, sister, friend.  And I wonder:  Is this all there is?  At the same time, I know this season is short and sweet and I’m trying hard to enjoy the blessings of each day that is in front of me.  One day at a time.Jason was able to help with this perspective last week.  He was headed out the door and he told me:  “Enjoy today.  It’s the only today you have.  Make it count.”  It’s just what I needed to hear as I looked down at three little boys on a Monday morning with a full (and daunting) week of laundry, cooking, cleaning, play dates, to-do’s and loving to give.And it's true:  we can’t get back today.  So whatever it is that you are facing, whether it be three precious yet all-consuming little boys,  a down soul, an unloving husband…. or something else; consider how you can make today count. As the fog starts to lift from the final month of pregnancy and the first weeks of loving on sweet Norman, I’m hoping to come back here more.  And continue to share insights, encouragement and hope.  As always, I’d love to hear from you!Blessings,Shelley