pour from a full cup.

2016 was a fast and full year.

so much good.

also....a little bit of hectic and just plan crazy.

you know just normal crazy. lots of good stuff going on. running behind here and there.

the stuff that can overwhelm.

especially if one is not taking care of self.


you can't pour from an empty cup.


there were several points during 2016 that i felt weary. tired. empty.

this does not bring out the best in me.


you can't pour from an empty cup.


in hit me a few months back that the routines i had in place for a number of years i had suddenly let go. things i had being doing for myself....gone. things that once gave me great joy.

i can't pinpoint why those changes happened exactly. but i can say that it has hard on me. i realized i needed to make a change. there were many moments where my cup was dry. empty. i knew i needed to get a routine in place to fill it up.


you can't pour from an empty cup.


here are things that fill me up....quiet time in the morning, reading my devotional and bible, exercise, cooking for my family, spending time talking to tim, house projects, organizing, photography, playing with my kids.

right after the first of the year i made changes to include several of these things. and three weeks in. i feel a difference. a bid difference.

here is what i have been doing.
1. waking early.
2. trying to exercise daily....i have to be careful with this as i am still recovering from a stress fracture in my foot. i am mainly going for walks and doing some yoga.
3. weekend walks with tim.
4. reading she reads truth devotionals daily and out of the spin cycle by jen hatmaker.
5. limiting my time on facebook.....basically i try to just check it once a day during the week to see pictures my daycare may have posted of the kiddos.
6. i started a online photography class.
7. meal planning. spending time in kitchen cooking and baking for my family.


this list feels like a lot but many of these things are just smallish changes. but they make a big difference to me.

these things fill me up.

they bring out the best in me.

they help me give the best to my family.


they help me to pour from a full cup.