Starting in the middle....

Yesterday, I read an article in a church magazine about the middle - specifically, being in the middle, and it really struck a cord with me. I like things to be neat and orderly but somehow they never are that way. I'm always in the middle of something. Right now I am in the middle of my life, in the middle of raising my 5 wonderful kids, in the middle of the year and even in the middle of a summer vacation. How do you get a feeling of accomplishment if you never see a project from beginning to end? It's like laundry - it will never be all done unless my kids were all walking around naked. (I have one that would prefer it that way....) So, I start this blog in the middle. There is a lot of background info that you don't know and I will have to deal with that one blog at a time. My mother-in-law has a saying, "How do you get 6 elephants in a Volkswagen? 3 in the front and 3 in the back." Things often seem impossible when you are in the middle but, if you just keep on going with a positive outlook you can accomplish the unlikely! Even the impossible! Today I drove myself and my 5 kids from St George, Utah to Newport Beach, California in a small rental car without a radio. Our journey was not without drama but, we worked it out and made it in one piece. We had a great time visiting Jay's family in Utah and now we start the second half of our vacation with my family. And now I shall say, "Good-bye." My kids are in the middle of watching a movie and I think I will join them. It is unlikely that I will write tomorrow - hey, I'm in the middle of a vacation here!

Taking the kids to the beginning - well, sort of.....This is the place Jay and I were married so it's where our marriage started - but not our story.