Skip to content
  • About
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Adoption
  • Marriage Matters
  • Recipes
  • Featured On
  • Favorites

Category: trip

2014/music/NYC/trip/TV

I’ll Let it Go if You’ll Call Me on The Way to Sesame Street

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Aside from a David Letterman monologue or twenty growing up, I don’t watch late night talk shows. A few years ago, though, I discovered Jimmy Fallon’...

2014/car/Mr. Gray/stitches/trip/Two Truths and a Lie

Settin’ It Straight

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

I told a little lie Monday in the midst of a bit of truth. Here’s what I said: 1. I once cut the tip of my thumb almost completely off while trying to cut...

2014/car/Mr. Gray/stitches/trip/Two Truths and a Lie

Dirty Lyin’ Scoundrel

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

In a twist on the old ice breaker, how ’bout Two Truths and a Lie? Do you know which is which?  1. I once cut the tip of my thumb almost completely o...

Baby Gray/beach/family/family day/Mr. Gray/trip

Life’s a Beach

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Baby Gray and I got to tag along on a business trip of Mr. Gray’s a couple of weeks ago. We took the boy to the beach for the first time. He loved it! We ...

birthday/blessing/friends/memories/trip

Twenty-Ten

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

This weekend, we headed out for a little surprise trip for Bean’s 20-10th birthday.  It look a lot of coordination, planning, and secret keeping, but...

Baby Gray/Idaho/single/trip

One is the Loneliest Number

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Last week, Mr. Gray went to Idaho to see his aunt & uncle. They life a hop, skip, and a jump from the Canadian border. He has wanted to go see them for a wh...

birthday/cake/family/trip/weekend

Oh, What Fun!

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

This weekend was a whirlwind! We had a surprise 60th birthday party for Aunt Cookie, MK’s graduation, MK’s birthday/graduation festivities, MK’...

Baby Gray/firsts/trip/zoo

Zippity Zoo Da

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Put a check mark next to “visit the zoo” for Baby Gray! He’s added the zoo to his list of firsts.  We swung through New Braunfels to pick...

Hi, I’m Jolie…

jolie-gray
Wife to Josh, mama to Hays (7), hopeful adoptive mama, and Jesus lover. I founded Purpose Box in July of 2014. I'm all about open sunroofs and coffee dates. Welcome to my space; have a click around. I hope you feel loved, encouraged, and empowered.

Texas forever.

Purpose Box

purpose-box

Get The Gray Matters in your inbox!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

the_graymatters

As I woke to the calendar flipped to March this mo As I woke to the calendar flipped to March this morning, it really made me think about this past year. 

I wrote and prayed with a bit of a different perspective. I thanked God for the lessons in empathy and love. I thanked Him for the slowdown and family time, just as our years with the boy begin their downhill slide. I thanked Him for safety and health that we so often take for granted. 

How can you reframe your focus as we step back into March? How can a year that has seemed to be full of differences and inconveniences turn into blessings in your life?
Little Sunday afternoon baseball—good for the so Little Sunday afternoon baseball—good for the soul.
This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, “Do you know we’ll be married 15 years this year?” 

Y’all. The fives and tens get me. How am I old enough to have been married that long? 

Sometimes I think back to the 16 year-old girl who knew she would marry this guy. She had no idea what she was signing up for—she couldn’t have dreamt how great he would be as a husband, a father, a leader, a friend, a confidant. 

So, while we’re a few months off, I’m still here. In awe of my calculation. Wondering how it could have flown by and been a lifetime all at once—but, you know what they say, time flies when you’re having fun!
Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel t Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel to the snow and not vice versa. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

Couple of thoughts: 
• offer heaps of grace and patience in the return to regularly scheduled programming
• choose to believe people are doing the best they can with what they have
• offer what you’re able
• check in on those around you

This week’s experience was different for every single person I have spoken to, even those very close in proximity.

Teacher friends, jumping to you for a second here, remember that each of your kiddos will have experienced this week differently, too, when they get back to you Monday (or whenever they are able). Some will have spent the time cuddled up, playing games, enjoying the snow with hot cocoa. Others will have been freezing, alone, and scared. Meet them where they are. Academic needs may not be the forefront upon return, and that’s okay. A hug and a smile goes a long way.
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Activate

© 2021
Powered by WordPress | Theme: Graphy by Themegraphy