One Balanced Life

Today I just wanted to get out of the car. This is going to take practice.

Feeling overtired and anxious about leaving late and how the kids would do in the car with 1400+ miles to go, I found myself wondering about the commitment I made to myself…to slow down, pause and reflect daily on gratitude, self-care, or whatever inspiration came to me for the next 30 days. Ugh…this was going to take practice. In fact, I briefly considered holding off until we actually arrived at our final destination but that seemed a little like cheating.

An eternity later we arrived at our friends in Chicago and had a wonderful time…watching the excitement as the kids experienced the Choo Choo resturant in Des Plaines (where the food arrives by train), the wild abandonment of 5 kids under 4 flinging themselves off a air mattress onto another, and reconnecting with old friends. Friends I met in graduate school. I am deeply thankful that time and distance hasn’t changed our friendship but recognize how important it is to nurture the relationships that feed us.

Is there a person in your life you want to reconnect with? A relationship you want to nurture? What is stopping you? Work through it and reconnect.