random Monday
• Tomorrow at noon I’m going to be talking about Tangle on our local radio station KAFM. If you’re in the area and listen to me, you’re not allowed to laugh at my chipmunk voice!
• At my friend Brooke’s suggestion I just finished reading The Shack. To say that it was just what I needed would be an understatement, but I’m still processing the effects it’s had on me, so for now I’ll say that I really enjoyed it.
• Yesterday we drove to the top of the Rockies to meet our niece’s dad halfway and give her back to him for awhile. It’s always a mixture of emotions when we hand her off. There’s the selfish, busy woman in me who is very happy to have one less kid to corral. And this is the only way of life she’s ever known, so it all seems very normal to her. But the mommy in me worries about her. And the part of me that very much wants the world to be as it should (this is a very big part of me) has a hard time wrapping her head around dealing with the world as it shouldn’t be.
[I suppose this might be one of the biggest emotional struggles of my life thus far because it’s very difficult for me to handle things being wrong when they so desperately need to be right. I don’t really know how to reconcile myself to the fact that things aren’t the way they need to be and that lots of times I’m powerless to effect any change – to bring things into the “right”. I don’t like being helpless. I usually make my own path and get what I want, so I don’t like helplessly watching lives headed for destruction and/or pain whilst I sit there not being able to change it… if only by my sheer will. I don’t like any of it. At all.]
• I think that I’ve also discovered that my head doesn’t like the altitude change very much – this is the second time on such a trip that I’ve come down with a migraine. Such fun!
• This week for me is going to be about getting ahold of my life. It will be my second week that I’ve stuck to my house cleaning schedule. And the second week that I’ve stuck to my menu too (just as soon as I plan it!). We’re into the groove of working out pretty well, so the rest of it should come easier too, right?
Category: random monday 6 comments »
November 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I am glad that you liked the book. It is one that changes your perspective on things, for the better. I am going to read it again to better process it. The first time around I just wanted to read it to find out what happened at the end. There were ust so many good things to ponder.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Yep, good book. A change of perspective is greatly needed at times.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Can you fill me in on your housecleaning schedule? I’m in this phase of barely holding it together on that front!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
My boss gave me this advice (which I appreciated and thought i might pass on?) – each day, allow yourself to write a To-Do list. However, this list can only include 10 things total – on one side, you list 5 things that you would like to get done today (anymore than 5 is too many) – like laundry, menu planning, grocery run, etc. Then, on the other side, you write 5 things that you would like the universe (or powers that be) to do – like peace in daily interactions, wisdom and clarity in business negotiations, or sanity in speaking with our children, etc.
kind of fun. i like new ways to do lists, because lists are a really important part of at least feeling like i’m getting a hold of my life!
November 19th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hello Alison, How I wish there was a place like this when, my baby was beening raised. ok she’s 25.I follow all the trials and joys with you. Ah what a woman your are.I’m inentersted in the book, Who wrote the shack. Your doing a great job. GodBless./Linde
November 19th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
The Shack. Excellent, excellent really cool view. I loved it. I’m wanting to read it again so I get more out of it too, I too, read it to find out what happens. I might just dive in to the middle of the book and see how that works…