birthday season

Yesterday it seemed all the Google products I wanted to use were taking a mental health day -- including the search engine itself, the calendar, and Blogger.  Maybe it was just me, but I'm sure glad they seem to be back in business today.

In our family, January 11th is a momentous day.  It's my mother's birthday and parents' wedding anniversary.  They celebrate 35 years of marriage in 2010.  Theirs is a testament to the faithfulness of the married vocation through all of life's seasons and all the ups and downs they present.   I pray Christ will continue to bless them with an awareness of his presence with them, and with profound joy for length of days. 

The longer I am a mother, the more I come to understand my own mother (though I will not be so presumptuous as to say I completely understand her.  Who can totally understand another person anyway?  Only Christ.).  She is a lady of great sensitivity, humor, wit, intelligence, resourcefulness, and deep concern for those she loves.  I wish for her only good things, abiding peace, an understanding of how much she is loved and cherished, and continued faith in the Creator who loves her. 

So no matter the technical difficulties.  We celebrate a "birthday season" around here.  All my love to you, Mom and Dad.  Peace be with you both.