HIGH: Towards the end of June and through this month I have been reading the "Circle Maker" and "Draw the Circle" by Mark Batterson. My prayer life has been transformed as a result. I have always considered prayer to be my weakest spiritual discipline. I lose focus, I get bored, I lack variety, etc. It has never come easy to me. But I am also not a big risk taker in my everyday life, so that has translated in to my prayer life. In the past, I have felt foolish, selfish, and even wrong praying for big, miraculous things. Or when I have, and things didn't go the way I prayed, I became very frustrated and disappointed (super mature I know)! Mark Batterson reminded me of how powerful God is and how He wants to bless us, but He also wants us to trust in Him enough to ask. The time I have spent talking to God this month has been invaluable.
HIGH: Matt and I spent the 4th of July (my favorite holiday) together for the first time in years!
LOW: I don't know why I am ever surprised by a change of plans in baseball. Nevertheless, I was extremely disappointed when Matt was told he needed to finish rehabbing in Arizona and therefore would not be coming back home for the all-star break, adding on an extra week (making it eight weeks) that Sienna and I would not be seeing him. Eight weeks feels like a very long time for a little girl to go without seeing her daddy and a very pregnant wife to go without seeing her husband. In a moment of pure emotion the night before he left, I cried, "We aren't going to see each other for eight weeks and then when we do FINALLY see each other, I'll look DISGUSTING!!" That moment makes me laugh now, although I can't help but think it's true!
HIGH: Coming home. Sienna and I have been back in Tampa for over two weeks and I am so grateful to be home. It has been so much fun "nesting" and getting the boys' room ready, settling in to a normal routine and of course spending time with friends and family. My wanderlust brother is even home! It amazes me how much better I feel physically since being here in Tampa. My pregnancy and chasing Sienna around alone was taking its toll on me up in Columbus. To be here and have friends and family to share the load has been such a blessing and literally has made my body ache less.
HIGH: Matt is feeling really great playing out in Arizona and we are hoping he will be released to rejoin his AAA team in Columbus by August! I have been praying and believing that this is the last we will hear of his hip injury and the beginning of his baseball comeback!
Looking over this list, I think it's obvious how blessed I am. Several highs and only one low (although it's a big low). God is good.
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