Two Life Events

My first life event happened last night. Addison had her first high school prom. She looked beautiful. Her friends came over to get ready so we had 6 girls – poor Chris – primping and crimping while Parker and Libby watched and I tried to stay out of the way! Not really, I got to play last minute pin finder, makeup artist, and photographer.

Funny how you think you are going to react when a certain milestone comes your way. When Addison was younger I had thoughts of this day … how it would be and how I would feel. It wasn’t anything like I imagined. It was better. I love how God prepares and builds our character to be what we need when we need it.

The second life event hasn’t happened yet, however I am typing in faith that soon and very soon it will! My parents are on a plane headed toward my home in Wien (Vienna). I am totally giddy! Despite having guests last July (Veronica and Lori) December (our Marti) and this past Friday (just sent Torrance off on a plane), we’ve never had “family” come to stay. It’s a good thing their flight has been delayed 2 days because it has given me more time to tidy, retiddy, retiddy the retiddying and then undo the retiddy!

Why is it we clean like madwomen when someone comes to our home (especially for the first time)? I know I am not the only one with this sickness. The sad part is you go to all that trouble only to have it lived in and looking shabby the second day of their stay? I have cleaned areas in my house that the dust rag has never seen! I’ve been a crazy person, nagging anyone who dare misplace anything. The minute my parents walk in the door it will be over. They will be allowed to put anything anywhere they want to and I will let go of my need for everything to be picture perfect. I’m sure there are deep issues I could address here … but I’m not gonna. I’ve got to go scrub the inside of the dishwasher!

If you’ll take a gander at the pictures on the side, I thought I’d share some of our real life. Next blog I’ll be exhausted … but my house will be dirty and back to normal!

In a cleaning frenzy,
Christina