Sometimes I forget...

I am a busy person...I can be a perfectionist...I can be an overachiever...I am a type A personality...

It is easy for me to forget to stop and smell these:

After almost a year of praying about it, we have decided that I will take a semi-sabbatical! My mind needs a break. My kids need me to be present! My priorities have shifted...THEY have become #1! Somewhere along the way, I forgot!

And...I have LOVING every minute of it!!!

The other morning I went for an early morning run. I laced up my shoes, plugged in my earbuds, and off I went. But something happened...

I noticed this...

And this...

And this!!!

About midway through my 4 mile run, I unplugged the iPod and listened...to the town wake up!!! I heard the birds chirping...watched the drivers on their way to work having that first cup of coffee...the college kids dragging themselves to an early morning summer class...the campus workers starting their day...but most importantly...I noticed! Sometimes I forget to notice life around me.

I thought that I was doing this because my family needed me...now I realize...I needed them...to help me to remember!

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”