Country Life

Part of having poultry in your yard is that you have to be careful of neighborly dogs. They tend to like a good chicken or two. I don't know whether to be complimented that our poultry tastes good enough that they have come back to our house for seconds or offended because "Hey! That's our chicken!". 

On a happier note we did find all but four or five during the past two chicken raids. They are just beautiful birds.

These are some of the girls. We love them, it's kind of weird but going outside and listening to the chickens is so calming. We love the girls.

ciao 4 now,

Arwen

Peanut Butter cookies and Ice Cream Sandwiches...

Tonight I figured out that an amazing person in my life was quitting her job and I was kind of sad for a minute. It is a job that allowed me to hang out and get to know this person, and I hadn't realized just how much her life had changed over the past year.With a child who was very sick to start the school year off with and pregnant with number 2! Thinking about it, it's no surprise that she's quitting. 

Now, I am looking at just how much the people's lives that I know and love are changing around me and I feel like I'm standing still. People dying, babies every time you turn your head, and new highschoolers as our church continues to grow and grow, it's overwhelming. And exciting. This year I enrolled for college, started the discernment process, made some new friends, held onto golden friends. Just following the tried and true process of growing up. And it's hard. It's new, challenging and hormonal. Figuring out your life and trying to figure out where you'll end up next.

And I do freak about it from time to time. The excuses range from I'm not trying hard enough to I feel like I'm wearing myself thin. And while I freak out I forget about those amazing people that I've had the privilege to meet. The people who devote as much of themselves as possible to the people around them. And that's when I realize that I have a long while to go before I come anywhere near to calm and collective. And that is perfectly okay.

ciao 4 now,

Arwen