My day started as it always does, running kiddos to school. I got home and went for a quick jog. I went about 2 miles jogging/running. Then back home for a shower and beautifying for my early lunch with Wendi.
Over the last several years Wendi & I have met at Red Lobster in the month of our birth. (both Chad & Dave do not like Red Lobster so we get our opportunity to enjoy cheese biscuits & shrimp.) I am so thankful that Dave married Wendi and brought her to Michigan. She is one of my most precious friends. There have been times in our relationship where we have gone months without talking, but when we get back together we can just pick up our friendship again. She challenges me to love God, and my family, and to submit to my husband as I should.
To be perfectly honest 35 has been a bit bittersweet for me. I remember back to my last "big" birthday. It was 30. For Thirty Chad planned a very special surprise birthday party for me. It was a wonderful night of fun with my best friends. But today... three of those couples have divorced. I feel as if I have lost these friends. Not that I don't still love them, but we have lost a common bond that was fundamental to our relationships.
Wendi was there at my 30th, and has walked the path of pain with me as we have watched marriages fail. It has strengthened our resolve to hold tight to God & our Men.
Leaving Red Lobster & Wendi, I met up with Chad at Best Buy, where he purchased me a Nikon D1500 bundle. We have been talking about replacing my camera for a few years, and he did, in a BIG way! When we were done with the purchase we had some time so we sat in the car as watched the rain come down and talked. It was some good deep conversation.
I spent the next 2 hours picking up kids from school and anxiously awaiting my camera battery to charge!
Chad was supposed to grill tri-tip for me, but by now the grill was buried under a pile of snow. So when he got home we hopped back into the Pilot and headed into Culver's. When I got there Culver's gave me a birthday gift certificate of $25! I felt so blessed!
Over dinner David started asking questions about salvation. And Chad talked him through the plan of salvation. There in the corner booth of Culver's David prayed to ask Jesus to save him. With David & his developmental delays, I feel as though there is more "working out" in his salvation. I mean that I am not really sure of his understanding level and I feel that he may get save again as his understanding changes. Not that he isn't really saved, but I feel for him it will be a process just as much as a point in time. None the less it was a unexpected blessing on my Birthday!
It was a wonderful day. I am so thankful for all God gave me in it. And it was an added blessing to wake up this morning and see this out my front window.
Are you running regularly again? Have fun.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. Enjoy the camera:)