Rejoice and be glad

** Note: I wrote this on Friday but waited to post it because there's information in it that wasn't mine to make public at the time.  But now I can!  So, here goes...

I woke up at five this morning and couldn't go back to sleep.  This is fairly normal for me these days, I actually wake up pretty much every hour of the night, but this morning as my brain started to wake itself up for good I started thinking about the coming day.  I knew it was going to be rainy all day (blah).  I didn't have any projects to work on around the house (i.e. I'm bored).  I still wasn't feeling any signs of labor (i.e. I'm impatient).  It seemed like a good day to stay in bed and read all day if I didn't have a frisky 2 year old to take care of.  But then I remembered two exciting things that were happening today, and I thought "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"  And that made all the difference... 

Today is my little sister's birthday.  She and my mom came up to play with us and have a delicious homemade birthday lunch.  I had a fun morning coming up with some impromptu decorations and planning a meal she would enjoy and then enjoying the meal with her.  She told me she'd heard that if you have rain on your birthday it means luck for the coming year.  I guess she has a pretty lucky year ahead of her!!  Happy birthday again Auntie A, thanks for sharing your celebration with us:)

Today my brother-in-law proposed to his girlfriend, and she said yes!  Weddings are so exciting, especially when they are for people you love.  Theirs will be the first family wedding since Hubby T and I got married six years ago and I'm so excited for them and for the addition his bride will be to our family.  Congratulations Uncle B and best wishes to soon-to-be Aunt K!  We can't wait to see you and congratulate you in person in a couple weeks:)

So despite the rain, despite the wearisome waiting, despite the quietness of my life right now - "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"  Amen!  I hope that you found joyful, meaningful things to rejoice in this day too...