July 22, 2024 - Monday



Okay, I'm skipping Sunday, sadly. But the truth is that I was kind of lost in a haze of depression and busyness and I took no pictures so...we can kind of pretend it never happened? No, that wouldn't be good. It wasn't terrible. I worked in the morning and working always makes me feel so conflicted. There are so many wonderful people in our CT that I really do care for. I feel like never going back when I'm not there, but I always feel different on Sundays. I keep praying for guidance on this in-between time, when we're planning to move eventually, but haven't moved yet. Where does God want us to be? Do we stay at Dwell, when we were planning to look for a new church anyway? Do we move to a new church when we only have a year or so left in Columbus? And if we do stay, there is a host of decisions to make too. I wish God supplied answers as quickly as I want them. 

Today, I took the girls to VBS at Meadow Park Church, where a bunch of their friends go. I was surprised to run into Kristen Sluss there and Clem was very excited to get to play with her son, Silas. After VBS, we went over to the bigger Hilliard pool with the lazy river and stuff. It was a rainy day, so the pool was nearly deserted, and we had the run of the whole thing! Ben had such a great time and so did all of the kiddos. 

After the pool, Ben and I went on a little date out to Dave's Hot Chicken. We FINALLY had some time to just sit and talk together. It's almost felt like he's been avoiding me over this long weekend he took off and I've been feeling pretty hurt. But we talked about it and we're good. Marriage is just not easy. We talked about church stuff a bit, but neither of us is ready to come to any concrete decisions yet. He decided to go to HC tonight, though. He said he's glad he was there, but there were only 10 people, including a guest!








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