My sweet Clinton has finally taken the MCAT! This time of our lives has been absolutely crazy! Clint has been studying for the MCAT, working, job shadowing Doctors, and participating in a Spanish linguistics research project. On top of all of this, he has also been taking care of Elsie while I am working full time.
He has worked so hard, and for so long. His dedication and devotion to all aspects of his life are admirable. He works hard to be the best he can be--and he is the BEST husband, father and student! I am one lucky gal.
This whole experience has been a tough one for our little family. We are both so dang busy and filled with lots of stress. I rush in from work and kiss Clint goodbye as he goes out to work. Sometimes it is easy to get discouraged. However, there have also been some positives to this crazy experience.
We have learned to work more as a team. In order to survive our hectic life, we have to trust and rely upon one another. We work together to get things done--whatever needs to be done.
We try to find fun and creative ways to say, " I love you". Just the other day, I came home from a long hard day at work to find sticky notes all over my mirror with positive messages. I like to leave notes, or treats, for Clint to find throughout the day.
We have learned to talk, and to just listen. I have been amazed at how thoughtful Clint is as he communicates with me. He truly tries to understand how I feel, what I am going through, and then asks how he can help. The best part is then he actually follows through! I doubt I am as good at this as Clinton, but I have tried really hard to do the same.
We have learned to trust in the Lord. With the pre-med process there have been so many difficult things, as well as so many "unknowns". There still are. We don't know his MCAT score yet, we don't know what school we will end up at, we don't know where we will live, we don't know how we will make any money, etc. We have been trying to stress less about planning for every unknown detail, and focus more on the Lord. He will help. Plain and simple. We aren't going to know these answers until they come. We have to be patient, and we have to trust in the Lord. We have to trust that he will guide and direct us--that he will help us.
I look at Clint, and I know that no matter what happens we will be ok, and we can be happy. We WILL be happy. We have so many blessings. We have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior. We have each other, and we have Elsie. All the rest is just fluff stuff. In our crazy busy lives, sometimes we just need to remind ourselves "that every little thing, is gonna be ok".
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