It’s Five-Minute Friday with lovely Lisa-Jo!
Set a timer and just write. Don’t worry about making it just right or not.
For me? An exercise in letting go and letting words flow. Five minutes only. {yes, I do set a timer and it quacks like a duck at 5 minutes, which totally makes me smile}
Today’s prompt: In Between.
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And go…
2012 was a year of lots of BIG things. New baby, graduation, new city, new house, new job – BIG things. Lots to celebrate and adjust to and process.
It was one of the best years of our lives.
And now we’re in the in between. We’re not planning on any more babies or moves or new jobs in the near future. The big events have passed for now and the everyday life that happens in between has become our normal.
That in between was why I picked celebrate as my word for 2013. I don’t want us to celebrate only the big milestones, but also the small victories and joys and blessings that come in between major life events.
The in between can be mundane if we let it, but it can also be messy and beautiful and wonderful. It can be full of growth and love and life.
Living a life of celebration of those in between moments is my life goal. The place where life just happens. I don’t want to miss a moment of what He has in that in between.
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain~”These Small Hours,” Rob Thomas
Stop.
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Read the fabulous five minute musings of others over at Lisa-Jo’s place today!
I'm Erin, a wife, boy mom x 3, writer, and runner in Nebraska! I'm excited to share all my favorites relating to faith, family, fashion, and fitness in this space! Enjoy! 
I am so blessed to have linked up behind you for FMF today. Your words echo my heart, and I am understanding more and more how significant living *now* really is. “The in between can be mundane if we let it, but it can also be messy and beautiful and wonderful. It can be full of growth and love and life.” Yes, and how I want to learn to celebrate everyday, ordinary, “little” things, where God shows us extraordinary.
Thank you, Kelly! Love seeing you here! Looking for His extraordinary with you!
Hi Erin! Found your post through 5 Minute Friday. You are so right about celebrating the in between moments. I often live from one big event to the next! Thanks for the reminder to slow down and enjoy life!
Hi Sharee! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!
And that slow down thing? Working on that one, too!
Love this today, Erin!! Thank you for the lovely reminder!
Thank YOU, sweet Anna, for coming on over! Enjoy your weekend with your guys!
Ah, yes. I write yearly letters to friends/family at Christmas and for several years, I felt like they were packed with huge news — We got married! We moved! We’re adopting! We moved across town! We went to New Zealand! We adopted again! But it’s living and trusting in the ordinary moments that I’m learning is truly noteworthy. Love your words here.
“It’s living and trusting in the ordinary moments that I’m learning is truly noteworthy.” Wow, girl, good stuff there! And I’m kind of enjoy the lack of big things right now!
Posts like this are one of the reasons I so adore you!! Your heart shines for the eternal, sweet Erin, and I’m thankful to call you friend.
I’ve learned so much from watching you, my dear friend! Thanks for the example you’ve set as a mom, writer, friend, Jesus-lover. xoxo
love every bit of this. AND, i’ve noticed a this spirit of celebration in you this year…even just from afar online. 🙂 you’re great!
xo.