Day 12 of my sabbatical I figured the time would go by slow but I was wrong.

Last week we went back to Brownsville I was surprised how well our grandson did on the long 8 hour drive, we were  able to visit South Padre Island and go to Schlitterbahn  it was a great time.

I was able to visit my grandfather who will be turning 95 in September and I also saw my great aunt who was visiting from Nuevo Laredo she is turning 80 this year.

On Saturday we had our nephew’s graduation and I have to be honest it was the longest graduation ceremony I have EVER been to. Close to 500 kids graduated which is absolutely wonderful but LONG!

We headed back to Abilene on Sunday arrived close to 10pm and my mom came with us. She will be here for a week and then we will be traveling to Georgia to meet up with 2 of my brothers that we haven’t  seen in over a year.

Today my mom and I worked on the vegetable garden and on the rose bushes. I love gardening and its nice to have someone volunteer to help you versus forcing my husband or son be out there with me.

I have been enjoying my quite time, it’s usually early in the morning about 6am I still haven’t mastered the whole sleeping in thing not sure that I can. My daily devotional is 30 Days with Jesus todays passage was on making every day a Sunday and about 4 years ago  that would of made no sense to me but now I can say I find myself praying about everything and frequently throughout my day. I’ve also been reading God Loves Broken People ( and those who pretend they’re not) my reading for the day ended in a good spot it reads “When you are broken in the hands of the Master, you would never, ever go back to living the illusion that you are, in your strength, whole.” Its a really good read talks about how God uses our brokenness to bring us closer to him. I still have a long way to go but now I know I don’t have to face it on my own.

Till next time.