The summer is always a stressful time. It seems no matter what you do to prepare or be aware of the usual tendencies there is no avoiding that burden and heaviness of having to push through less than ideal circumstances. I cannot think of a single person who enjoys the harder times of struggle and discomfort but even now I pray that I can stop being newly surprised by times when I must still earn my keep and believe and trust.

Last night Elianna and I went over to Laura’s house to make wedding mints with her and her mom. All you do is mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together along with a few drops of peppermint oil and you have the mints. Laura played for us the wedding reception playlist including for the special dances they’ve picked. She didn’t say anything about a father daughter dance or a mother son dance and I didn’t ask.

They did finalize a place to live when they move there. So while we were rolling up the mint dough we were also looking at our calendars and discussing when the potential move date could be. Thankfully the weekend they were thinking works for us and is not one of my weekends to work. It’s a relief to know they’ve found a place and one of those things where you feel thankfulness and gratitude for God working out details.