In the Midst

Today is peaceful.

Aubrey ate well at 11am and has been asleep since. I will wake her in a few minutes to eat again. This is a much better scenario than when she doesn't sleep or eat well and fusses for hours on end.

All four children (did I really write four? 'Cause I still can't believe that I have four kids!) and I went outside for 30 minutes or so after lunch. Mealtime had run late and being outdoors also meant naptime would run late, but such a diversion was simply too irrisistable: the sky is idyllically blue, the leaves are crunchy, and the sun is warm. And being outside as three little people scampered about, laughing and running and exploring, and the fourth slept calmly and soundly, I felt the peace of normalcy wash over me.

I'm afraid this week I have grown dangerously myopic in my outlook. A beautiful landscape, enjoyable playtime, and smiling faces have reminded me that life is not all doctors & hospitals, medicine, breast pumps, and battling fear, though my pessimism would like me to believe so.

Yes, today, I am reminded in a thousand little ways of God's goodness. He doesn't just bring us through difficult times; He meets us right where we are and brings beauty in the midst.