The road to Germany...

Hey Everyone lots and lots going on in the Kay house. We have lots of appointments on the calendar and our energy is low. No one has been sleeping well and now our Alexis is sick. We have had lots of visitors come through and it has blessed us greatly but it has also contributed to our exhaustion. I am really trying to bathe our family in prayer during this time because I know that the road ahead is going to be long and tiring and that until we find ourselves in Germany unpacking our stuff in our home we are going to be tired!

We have hit a couple of hiccups already and Michael and I our trying to find a moment to sit down and process what we are going to do. I am starting to prepare my heart and mind for another deployment and have found myself having some crazy dreams. Asking God to speak to me and remind me of what He promised me the last time Michael was deployed. I think it may be time to pull out that journal that has all my journaling from his first deployment so I can reflect on the comfort I found. Anyhow, just a little of my heart and life for you. A friend offered this poem and I wanted to share it with you all... she titled it " A Blessing for one who is exhausted"


by John O'Donohue
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,
Time takes on the strain until it breaks;
Then all the unattended stress falls in
On the mind like an endless, increasing weight,
The light in the mind becomes dim.
Things you could take in your stride before
Now become laborsome events of will.
Weariness invades your spirit.
Gravity begins falling inside you,
Dragging down every bone.
The ride you never valued has gone out.
And you are marooned on unsure ground.
Something within you has closed down;
And you cannot push yourself back to life.
You have been forced to enter empty time.
The desire that drove you has relinquished.
There is nothing else to do now but rest
And patiently learn to receive the self
You have forsaken for the race of days.
At first your thinking will darken
And sadness take over like listless weather.
The flow of unwept tears will frighten you.
You have traveled too fast over false ground;
Now your soul has come to take you back.
Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
Be excessively gentle with yourself.
Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.
Learn to linger around someone of ease
Who feels they have all the time in the world.
Gradually, you will return to yourself,
Having learned a new respect for your heart
And the joy that dwells far within slow time.

Be blessed today! Love to you all!!
Angela