This spring (well, I like to pretend it's spring here...or maybe I think I'm still in school and it's "spring" semester...), Eddy and I have not been commuting back and forth from Minnesota, as we had the previous three years.  This has both pros and cons.  One sad thing is that Daniel is still commuting (only 3 days a week, thank goodness!).  I really miss him.  And I'm still trying to iron out the upheaval his coming and going does to Eddy's and my household life.  However, there are plenty of pros, as well.

On top of only one pantry and fridge to stock, only one meal schedule to plan, and only one house to organize and clean, there are also the people!  I am trying hard not to outdo my time, and I may be on the busy side, but it is oh, so rich right now.

My friendships with high schoolers at our church have not only continued, but become deeper and more meaningful.  What an important time of life, and -- I'm not ashamed to say -- an amazing group of girls!  I don't know about you, but I certainly didn't finish a full-length fantasy novel by age 15, act in plays and musicals professionally, create hundreds of paintings well enough to be sold, or make extensive plans for my life in my first couple years of high school!

We have also joined a couples small group, and the women's Bible study to which I belong always continues to be spiritual, deep, and convicting.  The diverse group of high school leaders I've met are both interesting and so inspirational, and the babysitters that have popped up are turning into out-of-nowhere family friends.  I'm learning through these people.  I'm serving these people.  I get to love them, and be accepted.  I don't know what the future holds for our little family, but right at this moment I can say that I have a whole bunch of flesh-and-blood friends.  I feel "in" for the first time in a long time.

When I have my priorities straight with family, and find my source of happiness in God, people suddenly become a lot brighter and more enjoyable.  Thank you, God.