Purple Socks

I'm not a fighter, i'm a lover.
But 30 minutes in to trying to get my 3 year old to put on socks this morning, I come out of my corner with gloves up!
I'm fairly confident that Story is an 8 on the enneagram (like her mom). And if that doesn't seem to mean anything to you.. it should, because the world is run by them.

Some mornings, by the time Emily leaves with the girls for school it feels like I've done 10 rounds in the ring! I'd say really the winner of this last round was daylight savings time... that blindsided us all with a 1 - 2 punch. I went from getting no quiet time in my morning prayer because the girls were waking up so early to now i'm having to wake (all 3 of) them up to get ready! And everyone knows not to mess with sleeping bears... But sometimes that's just why there are daddys.

So before the work day can even begin there is a sort of release ritual that I must enter into (if there's time). It involves closing my eyes, saying "Lord" over and over, and taking lots of deep breathes. It's a fine line between coming back off the ledge and contemplation.

Now for those who don't know me that well I say all this with equal amounts of jest and truth. There is a cosmic comedy to life... the things that we find most true are equally as funny... because it seems that the more we discover about Truth, the more Audacious we find it to be.

This is why people who's faith and worldviews are cemented into place have lots of struggle with the future... They would rather the future be stagnant. But instead it is of course constantly changing. Thus, for them the future is always the next step toward our epic demise as a society and world... rather than a step closer to the Eschaton... Ultimate Reality... Heaven.

Months ago I decided that our family needed to be more intentional about our morning routine. It clearly needed something more than "oh the girls are awake...what time is it? ... are we late?... what's for breakfast?" Are you with me?
So we scheduled out every weekday morning with who gets up with the girls, what they cook ,and what time breakfast is. Its worked maybe half the time... maybe. But we'll get there. I do believe beginning our days intentionally rather than reaction-ally will see us participating in the kingdom to come a little better.

But as for today, we're just trying to put on socks.