Has your month/summer/year been a bit chaotic? Have you seen a lot of emergencies? Maybe experienced a lot of loss? Perhaps it is regional or something, but all around me has been event after event. Not all of them negative, but certainly all powerful and overwhelming. Lots of sickness and tragedies, as well as my own beautiful blessings that find every possible way to make every day feel like its been served up from a blender! 'Normal' life seems like a nostalgic joke or something.
On paper I realize that moving from one kid to two is always going to have this disorienting effect. It's just like we know that as we get older, things are going to change. More earthly adventures come to an end. But despite knowing that, when it happens, we just have a hard time. If we needed balance before, it's desperately so when our life makes a drastic shift. So, what should we do - when our world changes and 'normal' may never happen again quite like before?
I'm sure it's different for every person and situation, but I guess we start here.
When parents of your friends pass away much too soon, this is a hard task. When lives are uprooted in a matter of moments, this is a hard task. Even in the early morning hours when laundry needs to be switched and a baby to feed, this isn't a casual assignment. But that is just when we need this reminder to go along with it!
Lots of parents are sending their babies off to school for the first time. Many people are starting new jobs right now. And lots (and lots) of us are looking for a new normal because the old one has been taken away. Whatever your old normal was, I pray we can all find some (no matter how slight) joy in the new normal you're experiencing this season. And normal or not, hug those that you love. Smile big. And let it go, even if it's just for a moment or two.
On paper I realize that moving from one kid to two is always going to have this disorienting effect. It's just like we know that as we get older, things are going to change. More earthly adventures come to an end. But despite knowing that, when it happens, we just have a hard time. If we needed balance before, it's desperately so when our life makes a drastic shift. So, what should we do - when our world changes and 'normal' may never happen again quite like before?
I'm sure it's different for every person and situation, but I guess we start here.
Lots of parents are sending their babies off to school for the first time. Many people are starting new jobs right now. And lots (and lots) of us are looking for a new normal because the old one has been taken away. Whatever your old normal was, I pray we can all find some (no matter how slight) joy in the new normal you're experiencing this season. And normal or not, hug those that you love. Smile big. And let it go, even if it's just for a moment or two.
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