The Hospitality of Marriage: Loving Like It’s New – Grace Table

When I hang his shirts next to mine in the closet, there are surf brands, the same ones he wore when he had hair bleached white by the sun and waves. When his skin was tan and his mouth tasted like wintergreeen gum and saltwater. When I spread my beach towel with my arms wide and the tradewinds swooped down and lifted the corners from my fingertips like a magic carpet and I would nestle my body in hot white sand and lift my eyes to the sea and she would offer the lip of a wave for his surfboard and I’d see the arms I loved paddling into the white and blue horizon.Love was so easy then.

Source: The Hospitality of Marriage: Loving Like It’s New – Grace Table

Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain

why we need to take the time to have space in our lives – reading, writing, cooking or maybe just staring out the window (:

Does your morning routine consist of checking emails, browsing Facebook, downing coffee, heading to the train while Googling one last idea, checking notifications, more coffee, and going through your work email? The myriad activities crammed into your morning, and the constant switching between them, is likely making you very tired.When we attempt to multitask, we don’t actually do more than one activity at once, but quickly switch between them. And this switching is exhausting. It uses up oxygenated glucose in the brain, running down the same fuel that’s needed to focus on a task.

Source: Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain — Quartz

Dear younger me, love wins | No Hands But Ours

Dear younger me. Where do I start?

I know your knees are shaking, but I am so proud to see you step forward totally devoted and with an obedient heart to say yes to adoption. Believe me when I say that this will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. The house you dreamed of having pales in comparison to the home you will later create with your husband and four sons. Yes, dear one, you will be happy you traded your quiet life with two young boys for the four silly, loving little boys who wake you up with kisses and snuggle with you at night.

But the truth is, almost four years have passed since God asked you to adopt one of His treasured children. I’m sure you might have already guessed, but you didn’t get from there to here without trials, struggles, heartache, or pain.If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far

Then you could be…One step ahead

Of all the painful memories still running thru my head.I wonder how much different things would be.Dear younger me.

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