5 on Friday



 

 



 

 

 

 



I'm linking up with Darci, Christina, Natasha, and April for 5 on Friday. This is such a fun linkup that so many people participate in so click on the button and go read some of the blogs that linked up!

1. I'm pretty sure I've found the planner I want for next year. Don't hate, I'm a planner (haha, pun intended) and I know it's early but I need to be prepared so I can order it in a few months. Molly at Duchess of Fork posted a picture on Instagram of her planner and I loved it. She commented that it was from Plum Paper on Etsy so you better believe I looked them up. They have so many cute planners! I love the Fitness Planner because it still has the monthly view that I like but then it has each week broken out so I can record my calories and workout information. Perfect! I can't wait to order it!

2. My work friend Nena is currently battling breast cancer and she is going through chemo treatments right now. Everyone at work is wearing pink bracelets to support her until she is done. Her little boy is the same age as Brayden and was in his preschool class last year so Brayden knows why I wear the bracelet. A couple of days ago, he asked me if his friend's (not using his name for privacy purposes) mommy was still sick and I said she was and that she hadn't been at work that day because she didn't feel good. He said "Let's pray for her. Close your eyes and put your head down." I was driving at the time so I just leaned my head forward so he would think I had my eyes closed. He said "Dear God, thank you for helping my friend's mommy feel better. I love her to the moon." Y'all, I was stunned. Not because he wanted to pray for her (although I was very happy about that), but because he doesn't really know her and has only seen her a handful of times and yet he still said he loves her. This is what God wants us to be like. Whether we don't know someone at all or know them fairly well and don't really like them, he wants us to love everyone. My sweet 3 year old has empathy and compassion for his friend because he has a sick mommy. I was so proud of him in that moment and pray so hard for God to continue that spirit of empathy and compassion in him as he gets older.

3. I am so excited to be going to a Casting Crowns/Francesca Battistelli concert Thursday! I love them both so I know it will be loads of fun.

4. Brayden starts 3K a week from Tuesday. He has open house the same night of the concert and I am so upset I'm going to miss it. His daddy is going to take him, but it is seriously killing me inside that I can't go. I hate missing anything and I want him to grow up knowing that his parents will always be there to support him.

5. My husband has recently told me that he thinks my blog is too boring! I can always rely on him to be brutally honest with me. And I do mean brutally! Please give me suggestions of what I could do to make it more interesting or anything you'd like to see me blog about.

Have a great weekend friends!