and it came to pass....thank GOD!

today i am blogging to remind myself that there really is a great big world out there...
somewhere.
i think.

since i no longer have my coffee shop job, my world feels quite a bit smaller.
when we began to have winter storms every other day, my world became smaller still.
and, lastly, when three out of the five the wolfe fam became ill...
you guessed it!
smaller still.
in fact, my world is now so small, or so it feels, that i'm tripping over my own feet just trying to walk.
now i'm just exaggerating.

the truth is, we've been blessed with very good health this fall and over the holidays...
so i really am not complaining. 
and the snow thing, i kinda like it.
although all of these delays and cancellations have left me feeling like we're in some kind of time warp.
and the job thing...
i'm still missing it.
rather terribly,
to be honest.
but i am trusting with more umph behind it...that God really does have a bigger and better plan for me.
i was tempted to go out and just get a job to have one.  but i knew that to do that, would be stealing from God's best.  and i want His best.  so i'll wait.

in the meantime, i will share what i have observed about sick children.
there are different types of sick children.
i have three types that live here at my house.

1. i have the angry punish-the-world-that-i'm-sick child.
(she rants and raves about how miserable she feels, and how she's missing out on all sorts of good things because she got sick. and seriously, it's like she just HAS to blame someone...anyone...that this dreadful thing happened to her. (i mean, never mind the small detail that the flu hits every.single.person now and again.) SOMEone, SOMEwhere, in her mind, is at fault.  big time. and the world should be lining up to serve her with a smile, whether night or day! ...only normally the world isn't around to serve her, and i'm on duty all by myself.)

2. the silent sufferer. (ohhhhhh how i love her!)
(you know these kids.  they are ok with just lying on the couch, watching pbs kids hour upon hour.  these kids don't demand anything.  in fact, you have to stop by the couch and say, "is there anything you need, sweetie?"  these kids know that soon they'll feel better again, so they are content to wait it out.  and they do not feel the need to make anyone else feel their pain.)

3.and lastly, the don't-take-your-eyes-off-me-for-a-second-cause-CLRARLY-it's-all-about-me sick kid.
(this is my three year old.  she is sooo the baby.  and when she's sick, she needs her entire family to watch her 24/7 and enter into her sickness experience.  she tells us constantly, " i feel sick."  like maybe we thought that in the last five minutes the flu magically left her.  she demands medicine, and drinks, and to be held.  if i walk out of the room, she yells after me "i feel SICK!" like how in the world was i even thinking about leaving the room?  the nerve?!!)

so...this is me, saying i am glad things come to pass.
life is seasonal.
all of it,
really.
the kids are sick, and it's snowy, and i have no coffee shop job,
but all of these things are just seasonal. 
we never know how long a particualar season will last.
but it will always change.
it's about perspective.  perspective is huge.
trust is huge. 

so, what say, world out there...
shall we put some umph behind our trust?!
shall we choose perspective?

and now,
since i promised, in my last post, to send out some copies of perennial blessings,
for a little something...

i need some addresses. (smile.)
rhonda and lisa, thank you for your real and honest comments.  it is so very good to know we are not alone!
please send me an email at wolfefam@comcast.net with your mailing address, and you will receive a package soon. 
also, elaine martin, i would love to send one of the gifts to your daughter in law. i have been reading your fb posts about your grandson.  if you send the address of the hospital, i will send a package to her.  (or to you, if you'd like to deliver it.)
and laura, if you do not have a copy of perennial blessings, i shall bring one to church on sunday.
thanks everyone for your commments!!

celebrating the changing of the seasons!!
ann