Saturday Night
It's quiet tonight. There's still snow slowly falling outside. One kiddo is asleep, one is at a friend's house, and the 3rd is snuggling his dog. I'm sitting in bed with 6 tabs open on my browser, each with lyrics for a worship song, and a playlist on repeat coming through my bluetooth speaker next to me. Occasionally I hear a creak from a chair at the dining room table. That's where my husband sits, laptop open. I haven't looked, but he's a creature of habit so I imagine there's a cup of tea on the table, and his Bible is open next to him. We're both preparing for church tomorrow. He's working on a sermon. I'm working on not forgetting the words in the middle of worship. We don't often overlap like this. It's hard on our family to have both of us with "official" responsibilities on a Sunday morning, but the truth is, I really like the thread connecting us tonight. Even if we're in separate ...