Chronos vs Kairos

Summertime is awesome with its wide open schedule, but it’s also a challenge with that lack of structure. This was my first summer in over 20 years that I didn’t work. I have loved having the time to spend as I wish, though I really haven’t used it as productively as I could have. 

Today I was out and about getting several things done for this upcoming school year and chatted with Sally a few times. Time was ticking backward for her and the kids. I was in their neighborhood so I stopped in. We did a spur of the moment trip to get some ice cream. Just what we all needed! Especially after Sally said that getting their mail is like a mini-vacation.  

A podcast I listen to talked about chronos vs kairos time in relation to raising children. Chronos time is actual minutes and kairos time is time that counts for eternity. 

Our trip today to Highland Queen was most definitely kairos

Marmar’s Final Resting Place

Today was a big day. After almost 10 years, Jenny and I finally got my mom’s ashes buried where she wanted them- in Park Hill Cemetery Section C with Pawp, Marcia and also her parents. 

It was quite the stroll down memory lane. Miller Park Zoo. Grandma Hall’s house. The block where Grandpa and Grandma Walter’s house was. 

Rest In Peace, Mom! We love you! 

We made it to 2021

 2020 was quite the year. 

There were so many changes because of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes that will be impacting us all for years to come. It's been challenging on so many levels, but especially so with keeping the brain chemistry positive. 

I have come to realize that I miss blogging and the documentation that it provides me. It's therapeutic to look back and see how God answers prayers and guides my life. 

I am back here and going to see if I remember exactly how to do this. 

I got out my camera last night. It's been much easier to use my phone camera, so I have gotten lazy and relied on that. I put the SD card in my laptop and had fun looking at pictures from 2016-2018. There were some pictures that I remember not liking how I looked or I didn't like that they were not technically well shot. Looking at these pictures now, I love how they captured feelings and moments. 

I am thankful for the technology that allows me to store thousands of pics on a flash drive as opposed the 20+ giant boxes of pictures in the basement. 

I just uploaded these two pictures and I am not sure why the second one isn't in the middle like the first? Oh well, I will work on that!

Abbie, Vivi, Charley, Nina, Ellie and me, 2017