Perspective is such an interesting concept. It's so funny how life is so overwhelming at times, yet you look back at previous "overwhelming" moments, and they didn't seem so awful at all! Life is not awful for the Loopers right now, by any means, thankfully. BUSY would be a better word to describe this season in our lives...
I'm a few weeks away from finishing my 1st year (18 more months and counting) in the Nursing program, and Roddy is in hot pursuit of a career as a Police Officer. We are both still working- me in the ER / baking some cakes here & there, and Rod at Old Navy, working for our landlord's construction company and doing D-Now's sporadically. Between the school, work, family, church functions and our crazy dog....Somehow, we make it work.
I have always said that we never really had a "honeymoon phase" in our marriage, simply because we had been dating for 4 years before we were even engaged- which is plenty long enough to surpass the "enfatuation" that comes with a new relationship. However, now that we've been married a bit over a year now, I can appreciate those first few months we had of JUST. BEING. MARRIED. I specifically remember a day shortly after returning from our honeymoon cruise where we stayed up super late (or early) taking our time to unpack our tiny, new apartment "home." School hadn't started yet, neither one of us had found jobs yet, and we had absolutely no responsibilities. SUCH SWEET TIMES! We finally went to bed around 2 or 3am, slept well into the next afternoon, and literally just watched cartoons and ate in bed for the rest of the day! I had no clue how special those days were until I look back wishing we could have some more days like that!
I know each day is special, and I will try to appreciate each day knowing that someday I will probably look back to now and wish I could be here again. Perspective... Seasons... Change... Isn't life funny?
