"I was looking at your blog but it hadn't been updated!"
"Where have you been Joy?"
Well, here I am! In the smack dab middle of chaos right now, but it's going to be that way for only a few weeks more, so I can endure.
In the past several months, so much has happened. I'll recap quickly!
Joel (my darling son in the 8th grade) did something I never thought he would do, and that was be in a musical. And he sang, really, really sang! In a microphone and everything. And more than that, he sang to me! I am thankful for his willingness to try something new and different for him. His father and I both knew how big of a leap this was for him, as well as how far out of his comfort zone he went, and I could not be prouder. But more than that, we (Joel and I) have a song. The guys who were in the musical sang several Billy Joel songs. One that I knew that Joel had a special part on was "She's got a way". This is one of my favorite songs of his, and I was excited to watch Joel sing it. Imagine how suprised I was when a picture of Joel and I filled the whole back of the stage when the song began. I was in shock! Joel and his Dad went through my box of pictures and Joel picked out a picture of the two of us together. It was sweet and touching and all I could think of for several days later is that now every time I hear that song, my heart will immediately take me back to my 13 year old son and the moment that was ours alone. Everyone can sigh now!! That's Joel there in the far right of the picture.
So what else is going on? Soccer is in full swing, baseball has started, too. Cheerleading and piano are keeping Julia busy right now, but it's almost time for softball to start. I did my student teaching in February and now I'm in the final 6 weeks of my classes and then Graduation is May 9th. There are no words to even describe how exciting that is. I have a red permanent marker to mark "finish your college degree" off of my to-do list.
What's amazing is that with everything that's going on, God is still finding me and speaking to my heart in such profound ways that I hadn't ever even thought of before. I feel somewhat like Mary in that all I can do is soak them in and ponder them in my heart. It's not quite time for sharing yet, but maybe soon.
So for all of you looking for me, I'm still here. IzitJo - my new friend from Australia, your post have encouraged me along, too.
Blessings!Joy
