Another day, another dialogue

I cannot believe that January is more than half over! I have had such a great Jan. It has been so busy, but I think it has been productive. I started reading "The NieNie Dialogues" this week and couldn't stop! If you have never read them, I urge you to! I began at the beginning(weird huh?), and went through to the most recent. Talk about depressing and heartwrenching, while also being so spiritually uplifting and full of hope. The dicotomy of human emotion was staggering. I was laughing and sobbing (mostly sobbing) and trying to explain my chocolate intake to my dear husband; it was an intense couple of days! I have come away with a greater testimony of having faith and hope through our trials though. It could not have come at a better time! I have to give a talk on Sunday about worshipping through music. I love music! People are tired of hearing me wax on about how much I love music, but bear with me for one more week! I ran 9 miles on Friday and finished! Saturday morning, I was so stiff that I couldn't move my neck and my whole body hurt. I am finally starting to have full range of motion again thankfully! Only, now I have to do 10 this Saturday. I get to run to the church building and back, so at least I know when I am getting close! Still waiting on my passport, should be here no later than Feb. 17th, which also happens to be my sweet honey's birthday! He will join me in the big '29'. I have to run to the UPS store now and brave the lines, my children touching everything in sight and playing chicken for a parking spot, but after that I get to go listen to Catherine have her piano lesson. She is so sweet and I can't believe how big she is getting. Both of my beautiful babies are about to "turn one year older and wiser too". It breaks my heart that they are not little anymore. They are both so bright and eager to be big and do big things. I have started teaching Sarah piano so that she can start after the recital this April. Her little fingers try so hard to do what I am asking! Sarah gets so excited when she does it too; she is a burst of life all the time; all day! While this sounds fabulous, and is, it does get exhausting trying to keep up. Cat is a more somber, subdued child and it has it's benefits and it's drawbacks. I cannot get her to talk loud enough to be heard! She also is shy to the point of looking slightly handicapped at times; I get really frusterated. But for now, they are my babies, jumping downstairs in the "bouncy, bouncy" as they call it (an inflatable jumpy thingy); smiling, giggling and being the best of friends...as sisters should.