Okay, so... Our lives have felt like a broken record for a while now... "Wake up, get food, clean, pray for bedtime to come fast, wake up, get food, clean, pray for bedtime to come fast..." and on and on. There has been very little contentment and peace, let alone actually really enjoying the kids! My mind seemed to be especially stuck in that survival mode rut that sucks the life out of everything. We desperately needed change. We prayed for change. I started looking for ways I could make even small changes around the house. It all started there.
I happened upon a blog about a traveling family (it's on my blog roll, check it out!) that just completely opened my eyes to how simple and fun and free life can really be. Reading those blog entries was like getting that first glass of cold, clean water after wandering aimlessly through the desert for days, not that I really know what that's like but you get the drift. Lol.
We have begun a revolution in Hanewinkel house! From how we are training our brains to think, to what we eat and clean with, to how we "flow" as a family... Everything is changing! This blog of ours is going to be our way of letting other people into our home to witness all of God's goodness as He helps us to really begin enjoying this season of our life. We will be posting more about each change we make and how it effects our family, and we will be doing this regularly. We invite you all to buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Oh honey I am so excited for you! The SAME THING happened to me last Fall when I seriously just stumbled across those other blogs. Truth told I had never even read a blog before that aside from yours :) I was overwehlmed, Andy was sleeping after what was probably an unexpected double shift, and the kids had all crashed out with a movie downstairs. I didn't even want to cook dinner. Then I spent, I'm sure, hours winding deeper and deeper into the lives of these crazy (and wonderful, and amazing, and phenomenal, etc. etc.) women. I was inspired and enlightened, and that's putting it very mildly. We need to get together more often and share this revitalized sisterhood!!!
ReplyDeleteYes!!! It is such a blessing to read about all these crazy people who really love life! I was like "I want to be like them".
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