“If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus.” — American proverb
Frantic today.
Kids are home from school (teacher conferences). Deadlines like crazy. House is filthy and the laundry isn’t done because my housekeeper was sick this week (poor me, right?). Friends coming over for dinner. African soup (vegetarian and non-veggie versions) needs to be made, as does the apple crisp.
African soup with friends
All this on top of an alternative holiday market I’m co-chairing at church most of the weekend. But, while it certainly adds to the stress, I’m thrilled that dear friends are coming over this evening to share soup, a great crusty bread, wine and — if it makes it in the oven — the apple crisp. We have an assembly line ready to finish last-minute details for the market and a table at the market for Congo Restoration, benefiting 30 orphans in the DRC whose parents were killed in the war.
It all fits together tonight: feeding my family (and friends), feeding Africa, and — oh so importantly — feeding my soul.
I’m sure you pulled it off. You thrive on deadline.