Clean rooms are so comforting!

What a great way to come home! Tonight I was at a friends house and that was very good for me. It was good to talk and just visit with someone. But I came home and the kids rooms were clean and my room was clean! Even my desk. They all helped out and it meant so much for me. The clean desk is really what topped it off. Thanks Jorge and kids for working together.

It got me thinking about Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages. He says that people give and receive love in their primary love language. The love languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Physical Touch, Receiving Gifts. So we have a primary love language. When people love us in that way we feel most loved. The tricky part is we most often give love in that way since that's how we feel loved - even thought that may not be the way they feel loved. I always saw myself as a quality time girl - but after tonight, maybe acts of service is good too, Oh, but I think quality time is my winner - because I associated the act with the time they spent on me. You can read more about the love languages in his book or website; www.fivelovelanguages.com. Its a good read for couples - however it can make you more aware of how you are not showing love to your spouse in the right way. Ladies - most men are rated Physical Touch. So it can be a very conscious effort on your part to show love that way if it is not your primary love language. But in any respect it is good to know.

Its time to submit my resignation letter for school. I'm not sure why I hesitate. I know the plans I have for next year. I guess its one of those things, you know just finalizing it all. I hadn't done it because I had been given medical leave for the rest of the school year. And terminating my employment would terminate by medical - and when you are on medical leave you kind of need medical. But my leave is up in July so it is time - they told me if I wrote a letter stating I wouldn't return next year then my resignation wouldn't start until that time - i'd keep my medical as long as i've paid into it, but they could find a replacement. So it is time.

It will be good for me to align myself appropriately. I have been slacking on my ministerial studies. I need to get back into the swing of things. When I first took time off, I made lists everyday of what I planned to accomplish - what I wanted to research, any church work, any house chores (usually not), appointments. I got a lot done. But then pregnancy set in and all I wanted to do was sleep. I am serious this has been my most draining pregnancy. So now I need to get a handle on things again. I want to keep walking/running. I got new tennis shoes. Firm up my body.

Oh, I think I'm getting ready to share. Not quite yet, but faithful readers know that it is coming. Every struggle that I go through, God brings me through and after some time it is time to share the journey with people. It can be an encouragement or just a moment of hey, Maggie is a real person that struggles, but God helps her. It was a while before I spoke about Abby's death - details about how God brought me through. The time is coming for me to share the reasons I left work. Some of you know, some don't. Medical leave was recommended to me for a reason - and I am glad that I took it. Soon I'll share.