Yesterday was one of those days that makes it quite obvious that life has its ups and downs. And sideways and diagonally - whichever way the wind blows. But I cannot always tell exactly what kind of wind is blowing. Whatever kind of wind is happens to be, it is a strong wind. Today was like the "Forunately....Unfortunately..." joke. That kind of up and down.
The heat these days is a constant. It is neither an up or a down. It just is. But I got up early to take my wife, Cyndy, to work, dropping off our oldest son, Conner, at football practice on the way. The only reason that it was a down was because I’m not good at getting up early. On a good day.
Cyndy and I had been working outside in the heat all weekend and we were both tired. Let me just say we could have slept better. But our bodies were still trying to let the heat dissipate that we had absorbed. Not to mention the hot flashes we have both been going through. Which is not exactly one of the things either one of us wanted to share with the other.
But while Conner was at practice, the younger two boys acted better than they have in a while. Even after Conner came back from practice they all acted like the sons I had not seen for years. Then while all three sons were at the library, I went to the middle school and enrolled Cameron and J.D. into school after two years of my homeschooling them. That was an incredible up for me.
After two years I will be able to be alone at my desk during the day to get my writing done. I will no longer have to wait until after the family goes to bed before doing my writing. Or getting up early and doing what I can before I wake them up. Theoretically they will act better at home because they will not be home as much. The summer with all three of them home has been hard on me. And then on Cyndy when she returned home from work.
Then I fixed fajitas after Cyndy got the fire started while she watered her plants and set out the soaker hoses. The fajitas were good - not just my opinion, that is what they said. Conner had gone on to bed. Four hours of football practice a day is going to have that effect on him. Then the younger two fell back into some old habits. Even if they were not as bad as they have been.
Then a relative called and said some things you would not expect a relative to say. Up and down we go. But, looking at it in my optimistic, realistic way, there were more ups than downs today. As Christians, Cyndy and I try to relish the ups and not put too much emphasize on the downs. Not that we shrug them off. They will need to be dealt with in time. But the up times give us the strength to see the down times through. With faith in the Lord - and his guidance - we will see it all through.
Up and down days do not seem as bad as they do when we go through them in retrospect and after prayer. Which is a good thing. With the school year beginning and church activities beginning to pick up considerable speed, the events and activities will begin to run rampant through my planner. Cyndy and I will feel like ping pong balls.
Peace be with you.
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