Can I tell you about my day?

More like “can I tell you about my (yester)day” but still — it was a doozy:

It started out with me curling up in Jesus’ lap and reading about 1st century Jewish culture in Matthew chapter 3 and trying to do it with my 5 senses engaged (- more on that in another post.)

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Then, I took Autumn for a mile walk and on the way home 2 dogs came around a bend on the trail and started RUNNING at me. They weren’t on leases. Their owner was NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. and one of them was HUGE. Like above my pelvis huge (I’m only a bit north of 5’2″ but still. . . ). and they were barking with a slight growl. I was TERRIFIED. (I’m scared of 3 animals on land: deer, mice, and wolves. O how I hate wolves! Ever since watching Frozen and The Grey. Paralyzing.) – One of them looked like a wolf!!!

So I side-stepped off the path and backed up so they wouldn’t be able to get to Autumn and remembered the time my friend told a story about a time when wild dogs were coming at his wife and their two children: she held them and said “Jesus, I can’t.” (or something near that) and the dogs left them alone. AMAZING. So I said it “Jesus I can’t!” “Jesus I can’t!” and they suddenly lost interest. The littler (not by much) one was still looking at me but I managed to scoot off the path more and limp home.

Yes, you read “limp.” Because, by the way I FREAKING STEPPED INTO A CACTUS when I went off the path. Again, I limped home and Nate took tweazers to me and it was painful and I never want to experience that again.

Wish the lighting was better – there were tons of little ones too :(:(

(But, the good side however is that I always question, in this cushy American life, if I really have it in me to trust Jesus when the unexpected and terrifying happens. So I was actually encouraged by the indecent and may have limped home with a smile on my face thinking about it . . . *JesusCrush*)

. . . That being said, as soon as AC went down for a nap I hopped on Amazon to order this, and found out about this which I got too : ) #comeatmefito

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After Autumn’s nap, she and I  headed off to a Normalize Breastfeeding Photo-shoot with a bunch of mamas and littles at a local park. It was awesome!! So cool to see mamas love on their kids – a couple exclusively pumped, one was in a wheel chair, some had kids nursing at 3+ years old – felt so great to be apart of that : ) And there I was, nursing Autumn out in the world, while an award-winning photographer was snapping pics. (Ok, so I’ve actually nursed openly all over the place – but the idea that part of my tatas were going to be online – and worse – maybe seen by my friends who would gasp and gossip wouldn’t approve  . . . .that was different ( seeing as how I was 19 when I wore a tanktop for the 1st time – took Nate a long time and a lot of convincing). But man, was it  liberating! Bodies are normal. Let’s treat them that way.

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Then Nate accidently woke AC up from her nap 🙁 So we headed out and after getting adjusted at the Chiropractor, I decided to go to Starbucks  a few doors down (not something we normally do). I thought about my day and was like – yeah, I could really use this. And so I ordered the perfect drink! Iced Frappocino Mocha Cookie Crumble with whole milk and whip cream : D : D And nate ordered an Orange Mango Smoothie. ;d

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And then I looked for my wallet. Dug a bit deeper, searching around my Purse/Autumn’s Toy and diaper bag. Nothing. O crap. O NO! “O I’m so sorry, I need to cancel my order, I can’t find my wallet, I’m really sorry.” :(:(:(

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But then my angel brista was like “O well, you can have it anyways – I already started making it” *bright smile* Yep. Angel Brista.

Crazy ups and downs, a bunch of “1sts” all over the place; prayers, joy, fear, anger and everything in between.

Stellar day. = )

Gonna join Nate and AC in the pool!

Morgan (loves to) Reid