When this came along in the list of theme words it really stumped me.  I was at a loss to find something impressive to capture.  I started feeling the same way I feel when people ask me the dreaded question “and what do you do for a living?”  Does anyone else break out in the sweats and completely lose the ability to speak something resembling the english language when asked this? Recently I had a rare night out with a dear friend and I was in a group of musicians (such is my life) all talking about this project or that.  They were all younger than me and less settled and then came the question.  I froze.  What do I say?  I’m a wife, a mother, an admin. I do this. I do that.  Seriously, I felt like if I did not respond with some great project or the like that I would be seen as a nobody.  I thought about that moment for days afterward.  I thought of answers that would have made me sound cooler or less unaccomplished.  I started to see all the things I was not.

It was in those days that I was shown that those ideas matter so little.  Does having a college degree make me a better mother or wife? Does having a certain job title make me a better sister or daughter?  Do accomplishments from my past/present somehow make me a better friend?  I guess I would love to be able to show someone in a moment what I choose to give my life to.  I am a more than a resume.  I am a wife to Blake, a mother to Henry, a sister, a daughter, and a friend.  Within all these titles there are so many jobs I fill.  I live a life of balancing all so that I can serve God the best I can.  The next time I am asked what I do for a living I am going to answer — whatever God needs me to.

A look at my impressive life balancing skills.

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