Today, I was having a very bad day. I couldn't get anything done. I just felt like Kenzie was the enemy. She wouldn't listen to a word I said. She was slamming doors and beating on the walls when Maddie was trying to nap because she wanted her sissy awake and playing. I finally got fed up with it, and , well, I took the doors off of the hinges. It was so funny. Kenzie looked at the door laying across my bed and just sat there quietly for about an hour knowing that Mommy meant business, and then she started listening to me for a while. Then Daddy came home and well, lets just say that Kenzie told on Mommy! Daddy went and looked, then laughed because when he was a child, his dad did the same thing to his Mom! Needless to say, we told his parents and they just had a good laugh about it. Anyway, that pretty much sums up our day. I will get pics when I get a chance.
Many times, we don't take the opportunity in life to think about connections. Much like the way legos connect to erect the building or vehicle you are trying to create, without connecting pieces, our lives would fall apart. It's not often that we take time to reflect on those connections in meaningful ways. If I am honest, when we moved from Indiana back to Florida, we didn't appreciate the connections we had and so as I look back I wonder what life would have been like if we'd not only appreciated those connections, but supported them in meaningful ways. Since moving to Greenville, not only have we made connections, but we've made it a part of life to connect with those people we've met that have become more like family than friends. We took the time to find a church that really believes in connecting with their people and not in a way that makes the patrons of the church feel like they are just a player in the game of chess and that player's job is to be
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