All is Well

All is well, all is well.

Today was an incredibly busy day. It was one of those days where you end the day with a headache. Not because of a lack of caffeine (which is typical for me) or stress induced but just because it was a jam packed day.

After a full day of school (one of two in the past two weeks I might add), Hudson dropped Wilson off with me on his way to a church meeting. Wilson and I went to the middle school basketball championship games hosted by the middle school where I teach. Imagine the energy of Wilson on any given day and multiply that by the noise and excitement you experience at a sporting event: it was wild! We ate pizza, sour patch kids, drank gatorade...and chocolate milk, found a pencil and paper to draw pictures, ate Doritos, found other kids to play with, had a lesson in sharing, changed a stinky diaper in the locker room, clapped for the cheerleaders, showed several people our belly button (Wilson's, not mine) and plenty more as if that doesn't already sound exhausting enough. But best of all we got to sit in the stands and help cheer on both the boys and girls teams to victory! Go BMS!

Hudson was able to meet back up with us at the end of the boys game. From there, the three of us went to a birthday party for a wonderful member of our church. We were joined by at least 50 others who were excited to be together for this special event. We enjoyed meaningful conversations, spectacular food and great company.

On my drive home, I couldn't get the song "All is Well" out of my head. I couldn't help but think: really, All is Well. Hudson and I are so very blessed. We are both surrounded everyday by awesome and amazing people. I often take this for granted and don't spend enough time pondering how this greatly affects my life...how great of a luxury this is. It's so easy to focus on my frustrations and petty concerns and neglect to appreciate the small things. Really....all is well.

All is well, all is well. Let there be peace on Earth.



And then there's this kid...