Letting Go=Simplifying

If you know me, you know that I am a planner.  I love to make lists, I love to plan for today, tomorrow and five years from now.  So this spring, the plan was to sell our house.  If you have read my previous post, we had a lot of showings.  Like 82 total...in 8 weeks.  It was at that time that Mike and I both felt we needed to let go of the idea of moving for the time being.  This does not mean we are staying in this house forever, but it does mean that we need to listen to God's plan for us.  So thankful that we are on the same page!  We took our house off of the market on May 15...two months after listing it.  Right now, we feel like we will wait a year and try again.

That felt so good...changing my plan because I knew that we were being led in a different direction.  The letting go did not stop there.  This past year I have choreographed 10 shows.  For those that are not familiar with theatre, that is a lot in one year!  Don't get me wrong, I love working on shows...the progress you see from start to finish; the relationships you build as you work together to create something for the stage; the audiences that get to sit and enjoy each production.  It's all so satisfying.  That being said, I was gone from my family a lot...after school, evenings, weekends.  Mike and I were tag team parenting, and it was hard.  I saw a quote that said, "Leadership opportunities will always be available to you, but your children will only be this age once."  (Totally paraphrased...)  This led me to realize that choreographing should not be my number one priority...so I resigned from several shows.  Wow!  That was hard, but so freeing. 

So...my one word for the year...SIMPLIFY...has finally started producing the fruit I was expecting months ago.  I was able to say no to some people that I love...my friends/colleagues.  And guess what??  They understood!  They were not mad or frustrated with me...disappointed?  Maybe...I mean I am too!  One week later I feel great about my decisions and I am resting in the fact that I am following God's plan for my family.  Can't wait to see what simplifying will provide for us in the months and years to come!