we're a little worn out over here.

I'm glad this week is over.  We've had croup and strep throat and headaches and just too much busyness.  So tonight I am reflecting on our family motto to Be Still.  Which right now means:

Getting up before the kids do, so I can have a few moments to myself to pray, study the scriptures, and plan our day.

Stopping what I'm doing when the kids speak to me and looking them in the eyes, so they know they've been heard.

Reading less Harry Potter and sleeping more.  (It's my first time and I am enthralled with Hogwarts.  Enthralled I tell you.  Currently halfway through volume five.)

Breathing deeply.  (Is anyone else a shallow breather? I think if I breathed any more shallow I would be dead.  When I was in the hospital on bed rest with Andy they had me hooked up to some sort of monitor that tracked my oxygen levels all the time.  It was constantly beeping at me (super annoying), because I truly am an absurdly shallow breather!!!)

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