I leave this week for a quilt retreat. My sister is hosting the retreat at her home so I will also have the chance to spend some time with my Mom & Dad. I'm really looking forward to time away. In the last several months I have made a purposeful step to slow the pace of my life down. I made a list of all the things I have been or could be committed to. These included many things that I was involved in last year as well as some things that people had recently asked me to do. I decided that I could only commit to 2 or 3 things. Then I prioritized my list. It was hard to give up some things that I really do love, but I felt God's prompting to simplify and slow down my life even if it meant giving up some really good things. About the same time I did this, Rick's Dad had a heart attack while on vacation in Salt Lake City. He still isn't home (but it looks like it may be this week) and now it's been over 40 days and it's meant two trips for Rick to Salt Lake City as well as lots of other issues to deal with. I have realized that clearing my schedule of some of the clutter was a good thing to be available more here at home while Rick deals with travel and other arrangements that are needed for his parents.
So now it's finally time for me to get a little break. I will have a much needed visit with my parents, spend time with my sisters and maybe another family member or two and get some fun of a little quilting time.
