Pumpkin spice latte anyone?

September 22, 2014

Pumpkin spice latte anyone?

We have had an amazing summer of going to lakes, camping, visiting, working, fishing, paddle boarding, wiener roasts, getting to know new people, ice cream stops, putting up a fence, and hanging out in our back yard around our fire pit.

Then the leaves changed and the pumpkin spice came back.

And Just like that, it seems fall has snuck up on us.

I am so excited about fall.

I love the smell of it all.

The look of it.

The pace of fall.

It's like a new year for me.

A new start.

New lessons, ideas, dreams.

New people, new rhythm and pace.

I embrace it.

It is busy but welcoming for me.

It is not the same busy as I had before.

It's a new busy.

A new way of life.

And I am OK with that.

The pace seems to fit well.

My little girl has started preschool and is just enjoying it to it's fullest.

She is excited to go and excited to come home.

It's a great fit for her.

As I look back, there has been a lot of depending on God in the last three months. Depending on Him to help us through transition.

Finding space that fits for us and finding our place in a new place.

Some days seem so perfect and we know it is good.

Then other days it just seems too unfamiliar and scary and we are not sure of anything.

We have been depending on Him on our sale of our old place,

knowing He called us to this place now and will take care of that.

Letting go of what we cannot control and leaving it with Him.

Every. Day. Every. Day.

Depending on Him.

We have a saying with Hana, when something happens we ask her

Are you OK?

I am OK. I am OK.

We hear that often. When She falls down, scraps herself, hits something, breaks something, runs into something, when we call her name out.

I am OK.

She's always OK.

I realized last night,

Not only is Hana OK,

I am OK.

We are all OK.

I am OK with being OK.

I am actually OK with being good.

Really good.

Anxiety is lessening.

Yup, it is.

I feel like I can breath again.

Being OK is actually a good thing.

Being OK is actually a really good thing.

Not all things are OK.

Nope they are not.

But we are OK.

Sometimes God puts us in a place in our lives where we just have to wait, we just have to depend more, we just have to be OK with what is going on.
And like a friend shared with me

" God will take care of
what needs to be
taken care of "

Fall is my favorite time of year.

Maybe it's all that pumpkin spice coffee I got going on.
Maybe because it's because it is so colourful out and fresh and peaceful.
Maybe it's because I love turkey and turkey season is upon us.

Maybe it's because I have finally decided to take care of a few things

That I have been ignoring.

Maybe it's because it's just time to be OK.

What ever the reason,

I am letting God do what God does best

Take care of us

And I will be more than OK to enjoy my
Wonderful spicy coffee and turkey