I'm over half way now in this pregnancy and still awaiting the energy, glow and vitality to kick in! With Dan after a horrid 16 weeks I suddenly felt the best I had ever really felt, this time the sickness seems to come and go, but more often come and tiredness is off the scale! I do keep getting reminded that this time round I have a full time job to do and a 4 year old to deal with!
Today, feeling sickly and tired I had the joy of being with people from both ends of the generations, spending time with some toddlers and their lovely mummies, and then this afternoon sharing a communion service at Montgomery Court sheltered accommodation. All day has been a pleasure spending time in the community with people sharing their lives and just being.
Over the last few weeks we've been thinking about maternity leave and as well as being excited I've also been anxious about the things I will miss from work...hanging out with people whether at cafe church eating bacon butties and exploring life, toddler groups drinking tea and sharing stories or communion with the older generation . However I will also get a chance to "BE"a bit more, time to sit and drink tea with folk without having to run off to the next appointment , time to go and enjoy being at groups as a mummy and not just part of the team organising it and hopefully time to catch up with friends.
The next few months will involve a lot of changes in our life, things will not be the same and I'm only too aware how hard it will be at times... But I see it as an opportunity, an opportunity to further enjoy our community an opportunity to further develop friendships and an opportunity to reflect on life now and for the future....
So when I'm wide awake in months to come or tired with total exhaustion remind me ..this is an opportunity we've been blessed with and to grab it and embrace it with all we've got!
Wednesday 28 January 2015
Monday 5 January 2015
Christmas hype
Well today is the 12th night of Christmas....a day when technically the decorations come down and some form of normality resumes..though if you switch on the TV, radio or walk into a shop Christmas has long since gone!
It saddens me really, the poor wise men have still yet to appear in the Nativity and Christmas has been forgotten... ( though not in our house we still have a few gifts to open and the lights are shining brightly til this evening!)
As I clear missions of emails and Facebook notifications it breaks my heart to see so many folk depressed about going back to work after an extended break..it's usual to struggle with "normality" whatever that this, but should it make us feel so down?
This Christmas has been very strange for us...the build up as with everyone started a while ago with so many carol services, carol singing and school,performances to attend but those precious moments were awesome and topped off with 5 amazing but very diverse services covering all ages from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I really felt the sense of the true meaning of Christmas and encountered special moments of a young 9 year old singing Once in royal on her own, our newly formed choir singing like a candle flame in the semi darkness ( my son 1 of them) and a stranger wandering into midnight mass having never entered a church before but had been drawn by the tower light...truly amazing!
Unfortunately things went down hill from there with the majority of our family coming down with severe chest infections..although this felt disappointing at the time, it did put into perspective what Christmas is all about, I've jot been able to drink alcohol or eat much food, pressies were small but beautifully defined, yet the true meaning stood out even more.
So this new year after a few days relaxing up north I've had to time to be thankful...thankful that I've had time with loved ones, I've a job to come back to yesterday and a safe place to sleep ( when the coughing stops!!!)
I pray this year is a real time of blessings..even in places you don't expect.
It saddens me really, the poor wise men have still yet to appear in the Nativity and Christmas has been forgotten... ( though not in our house we still have a few gifts to open and the lights are shining brightly til this evening!)
As I clear missions of emails and Facebook notifications it breaks my heart to see so many folk depressed about going back to work after an extended break..it's usual to struggle with "normality" whatever that this, but should it make us feel so down?
This Christmas has been very strange for us...the build up as with everyone started a while ago with so many carol services, carol singing and school,performances to attend but those precious moments were awesome and topped off with 5 amazing but very diverse services covering all ages from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I really felt the sense of the true meaning of Christmas and encountered special moments of a young 9 year old singing Once in royal on her own, our newly formed choir singing like a candle flame in the semi darkness ( my son 1 of them) and a stranger wandering into midnight mass having never entered a church before but had been drawn by the tower light...truly amazing!
Unfortunately things went down hill from there with the majority of our family coming down with severe chest infections..although this felt disappointing at the time, it did put into perspective what Christmas is all about, I've jot been able to drink alcohol or eat much food, pressies were small but beautifully defined, yet the true meaning stood out even more.
So this new year after a few days relaxing up north I've had to time to be thankful...thankful that I've had time with loved ones, I've a job to come back to yesterday and a safe place to sleep ( when the coughing stops!!!)
I pray this year is a real time of blessings..even in places you don't expect.
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