In this time of uncertainty, I wanted to be able to reach out and offer hope and ideas of ways to spend the time. I am choosing to enjoy the fact that we will be forced to spend time together as a family. With 4 kids (3 in the house), we are often on the go. I'm in nursing school, my husband travels most weeks for work, my 17 year old plays soccer, my 13 (almost 14) year old does voice lessons and is often involved in theater at school, and my 9 year old also plays competitive soccer. SO, while Zachary is bummed about not being able to play soccer at the fields with his teammates, attend goalkeeper training, and is worried his whole spring season will be cancelled, AND while he and Sarah both are sad about missing out on having birthday parties since they both celebrate this month, we are choosing to have joy. We are exploring parks most days and taking walks. (NOTE: we are not playing on playgrounds...just walking paths together.) We are having movie nights. We are playing board games. We are purging closets and rooms and getting the house together. Heck, we might even take down our Christmas Tree finally - or maybe not since is it already almost April. I am having my kids journal each day about their thoughts and emotions, and how we spent our time. We will be taking some "virtual field trips" as many places have opened these up including The Palace of Versailles, working on some cooking skills, and getting some good physical activity in. We will get more creative with maintaining relationships, though we are grateful that in this age, it is really easy to do. We will get to know each other better. And we will pray that when this all passes, we will remember how the communities bound together to support each other, and we won't take a hug for granted again. In Psalm 16:11, David proclaimed "in THY presence is fullness of joy." So we, as a family, are choosing joy in God, and through the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22).
So friends, I ask you to Choose Joy with us.
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