Absolutely Golden

I am a mother of four, stepmother of one, kitty mother of one, wife to one. My house is almost never quiet. Add to that the fact that we live in a little town, next to one of its bars, on the main street in town, with working train tracks a few blocks away. Also, the house we're in is really, really old, windows included, so you can hear someone talking on their cell phone as they walk by, even though we're on the second floor. So, that quiet thing? Yeah. Wishful thinking.

But NOT for me this weekend!

I'm going on a silent prayer retreat. *basks in the anticipation*

48 hours in peaceful surroundings, with nothing but myself, a bunch of other women who have taken a weekend vow of silence, and God. No computers, no TVs, no phones, just paper and pens. I am SO looking forward to it. You just have no idea. I mean, I spent the majority of my life alone. Or at least, by myself, even if others were in the room. Until I had kids, that is! Don't get me wrong, I love my life with my kids right now. Wouldn't trade them for all the solitude in the world. But it will be nice to have the time, and the right, to think things through, and pray things through, because really, emotionally, I'm not in so good of a place right now, and I know I need to find a way to change that.

So WOO HOO for this weekend. After this past weekend--which went really well, but was still stressful--I'm going to need it.