It’s been a minute since I’ve had the urge or inclination to write. At least in a digital format. One of the hardest things to come by in the latter portion of my life is free time to process, create, or think. There is so much that needs attending to – and less time then I would like available.

Which is how I find myself at the kitchen table at 2:23am after having been awoken by the children as they crept into our bedroom. I’m grateful for their existence and truthfully the opportunity to transmute a bit of insomnia into something potentially useful or meaningful. My last post was at the end of 2023 and the list of changes and developments – mostly happy, thank god, is significant. Some of the most memorable include travels to the UK to visit my sister after her graduation, a day trip to Paris during the set up for the summer Olympics, multiple family trips (Florida, Bahamas cruise with inlaws, Lisbon), and moving out of our first home in west atlanta to move to a better school district and a home that worked better for us.

Just finding the pictures that encapsulated 2024 took me back through the highlights of a whirlwind year. It’s helping me to be a bit more grateful- for a part of the year we were living out of a 824 square foot duplex that we own as we searched for our next home. The circumstances of our home and its eventual purchase were evidence of God’s hand and provision. The property was actually under contract when we found it and yet we never really doubted that it was ours. It’s serving the purpose we hoped it would and every day I’m grateful that we have the opportunity to own it during this season of our lives.

We’re currently expecting our 3rd child and I find myself needing to consistently lean on God in order to feel like I have anything close to the bandwidth to take care of family I’m charged with. As the minutes march towards daybreak, I think I’ll pause this missive with the hope to return and add more as time allows.

Until next time. By Gods grace.

OFO