Isaiah 40:29 - He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Let me tell you about the last week of October in our family of 4.
Friday night I took the kids to youth group where they participated in a cooking competition. They had a blast but it went late so I didn’t get them home until a little after 10pm.
Saturday was our daughter’s high school choir fundraising performance. I had to have her to the school by 9am to set up and rehearse all day for a 6:30pm performance which I attended with my son, mom and sister. It was really fun but because our daughter had to stay and help clean up afterward, it was another late night. I actually drove our son home after the performance and got him to bed and went back to get our daughter at about 10pm.
Sunday was church and I get up first usually - at 7:30 which is sleeping in late for me these days. Thankfully, my husband prepared Sunday dinner for us so all I had to do was clean up afterward.
Monday morning our son woke up with a minor sire throat. I took his temperature (which was normal), gave him some pain medicine for his throat and fed him breakfast. After dropping both kids off at school, I went with my husband to his dental cleaning appointment. BOTH kids had dental appointments after school. Because my husband was too tired to fix dinner and I wasn’t home to do it, we ended up eating out.
Tuesday morning my husband left on a trip and I went grocery shopping after dropping the kids off at school. I quickly put the groceries away and then headed to our son’s school to volunteer over his lunch break. He was trying to convince me that he needed to go home because he was sick but I discovered the day before that he had been having difficulties with a kid in his 5th period class who was being mean to him. So, while I was at the school I contacted the teacher who immediately addressed the situation and my son was SO relieved and actually joyful at the end of the day. After picking our son up from school, I had him do his chores and then left to get our daughter who was staying late to get her essay looked at by her English teacher and to get suggestions for improving it. There were several kids there so she didn’t get done until 4pm. We got home and she started on her chores while I started on dinner (french dips made with the left-over roast beef from Sunday’s dinner). After all was cleaned up and lunches were packed for the next day, our daughter worked on her essay while I carved a pumpkin with our son - he drew the face, I carved it and he gutted it.
Wednesday morning I found out my husband’s flight home had been massively delayed so instead of being home before lunch, he was coming home after bed time. It was just as well though because I had my annual health check-up immediately after dropping the kids off at school. Then our son has early release every Wednesday so I picked him up and then, because he really DOES have a minor cold, I let him soak in the bathtub for awhile. I took our daughter to her annual well child visit after school and then headed home to make dinner (Gyoza). After dinner was all cleaned up and lunches packed, I popped some popcorn and the three of us (me and the kids) played a rousing game of Apples to Apples. So much fun! My husband got home just as I was getting in to bed.
Thursday was Halloween. All week has been Spirit Week at our son’s school and I have been helping him choose outfits for each theme day (Monday he wore red for wear your favorite color day, Tuesday he wore a silly hat for crazy hair/hat day, Wednesday he wore all black for twin day and Thursday he got to wear his knight costume for Halloween day - today (Friday) is dress fancy day so he is in a sweater, nice pants and his Sunday shoes). I helped him with his knight costume before breakfast. By Thursday he was pretty congested and feeling run down. He’s a trooper though and was determined to participate in all the Halloween festivities. I gave him some cold medicine in the morning and took the kids to school. My husband and I ran an errand after doing our Bible reading Thursday morning. We sneaked a brief nap in after lunch and then I left to pick the kids up from school. I had to get dinner ready early because I was taking our son to go trick-or-treating in downtown Bothell and that event was early (5-7pm). I chopped up the remaining roast from Sunday, cooked it in a pot with the left-over gravy and served it over the left-over mashed potatoes. Then, I put a candle in our carved pumpkin and put it out front and we left for the annusl candy grab.😉 Of course it started raining right after dinner so I took an umbrella with me. It was fun but exhausting too. We got there at about 5:30 and spent an hour going from store to store, sometimes waiting in line to get candy. We went to a couple of our neighbor’s homes after that who were waiting for us and he topped off his pumpkin bucket with some candy from home. We were thankfully home by 7pm. It was a challenge walking around carrying an umbrella in one hand and my cane in the other - especially when my son handed me his helmet to carry. But we made it and now another October is in the history books.
And that was just the last week of October. The previous 3 weeks were every bit as busy and here I sit on November 1, grateful for the strength the Lord provided me with to make it through each day along the way.
Our daughter has early release today because it’s the end of the 1st quarter of school. I will be leaving in about 15 minutes to go pick her up. This morning my husband and I went through open enrollment at his work and made our medical benefits elections for next year. Once my daughter gets home she will be frosting and decorating a cake she baked last night for her friend’s 16th birthday party tonight (a sleep-over party). And tomorrow we turn our clocks back an hour.
Time is marching on and while November isn’t as packed with activities, thankfully, I still find myself needing to rely on the hand of the Lord to get me across the finish line each day. He has never failed me and He never will!
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