In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
Tao Te Ching
i love my family. both of my families actually.
this thanksgiving i had the privilege of going with my new inlaws to ontario (orillia) for chris and emilee's wedding. it was fun to be on a trip with our family as a married couple! altho it was a little warm in our room and there was a light shining in our window! sometimes i think i'm a really light sleeper...
the wedding was beautiful and afterwards we hung out at the hotel with the other thiessens, watching hockey and playing cards.
i'm number 96 in the thiessen clan, emilee was number 99. who will be 100??
then we came back on the sunday night, tracy picked us up and then it was off to the lake with us! we refueled at tim hortons and then had a nice drive up to the cabin. it felt like the first time since coming home from the honeymoon that we had time to just be together and talk about the future and all our plans! what a nice feeling to know that him and i are now a family unit and we can really plan our future because we are in this together forever!
everyone was sleeping when we got there, although mom let me wake her up. :)
the next morning was a later start, but then we had coffee and breakfast
all together. one thing i love about my side of the family is that as adults we are complete, there won't be any other additions, brothers or sisters if that makes sense. the six of us are the family and that is what we can look forward to forever (plus nieces and nephews and children of our own one day!)i feel like we just know how to work as a family, i couldn't have asked for a better wife for my brother, or a better fit between michael/dad/josh or me/mom/leah. i don't know how to explain it, but this thanksgiving i was struck by how much i love and cherish my family.
i really can't explain it except by saying that i am overwhelmed with thankfulness for our little family unit. how i pray everyday that God will show his faithfulness again to us by giving our family another baby... have faith expect miracles, something my mom has been reminding me.
it rained while we walked down the gravel road at the lake, just a little bit but no one seemed to mind. the colors were so beautiful, and the smell of fall was so fresh. i think God uses fall to express even more of his artistry... maybe thats why its my favorite time of year. i'm always reminded of God's presence, even at times when it feels easiest to doubt.
Jesus, thank you for my family.
When the bold branches
Bid farewell to rainbow leaves-
Welcome wool sweaters.
B. Cybrill
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