They say when it rains it pours and they aren\u2019t kidding. I\nwoke up this morning to my husband yelling for me to come quick to look outside\nour back windows. As I made my way to\nthe sunroom it sounded like the roof was getting pummeled. When I got to the back windows I saw big\nballs of ice hurling to the ground in a hailstorm. \u201cOf course its raining balls of ice\u201d I thought\u2026\u201dwhat\nelse would it be doing in the summer of 2020?!\u201d \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve decided that the year 2020 needs to get sent to its room\nto take a timeout until it\u2019s willing to behave itself. Seriously\u2026in the first five months of this year\nwe\u2019ve already had a worldwide pandemic and shutdown, earthquakes in Utah, wide-spread\nrioting in the streets, and if that wasn\u2019t already bad enough, a few weeks ago I\nlearned that our sweet little dog Roxy who has been in our family for 12 years\nhas bilateral heart valve disease and valve dysplasia with an enlarged left\natrium so her time left with us is limited. Then last Thursday my husband and I\nwent in to get the results of his MRI of his back and found out he is likely going\nto need to have spinal fusion surgery to repair injuries to his spine (which has\na six-month to recovery period)… SERIOUSLY,\n2020 GO TO YOUR ROOM!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a friend said to me the other day – it feels like we\u2019ve already\nlived the entire 2020 decade in these first five months of the year. So why?? \nWhat is the year 2020 trying to tell us? And what are we supposed to be learning from it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are a few of the life-lessons I\u2019ve personally taken away so far from 2020\u2019s craziness:\u00a0 Life is precious – pull your loved ones close, hold them tight, and cherish every moment you have with them because we never know how much more time any of us have. Do all you can to prepare yourself and your family with food storage, supplies, etc so you can endure the natural disasters and pandemics that hit.\u00a0 Re-prioritize your time and attention away from things that in the big scheme of things are of little worth and put that time and attention into things that when you look back after this life ends you\u2019ll be glad you did.\u00a0 Take care of your body \u2013 eat healthy, get sleep, take vitamins, and yes, even exercise (it hurt to say the \u201ce\u201d word but I know its true).\u00a0 And when things go wrong as they so often have this year, remember to get down on your knees to pray and then stand back up on your feet and move forward with faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n