My commitment:

I will let the blog book replace the photo albums I used to faithfully keep up to date.

I will jump on the trampoline with my kids every day.

I will let my toenails be plain as polishing them just one more thing that needs to be done and redone again and again. (I'll cut them. No snaggle claws ;-)

I will buy bread for sandwiches and packed lunches on outings this summer rather than insist on making my own.

I will quit working in the evenings to spend time with my husband, even if the to do list is still long.

I will chuck that stupid to do list and just do what needs to be done instead.

I will let the school district that is willing and able to provide curriculum and partner in our education next year with a 2 day/week cottage program because I could use the help as we finalize our adoption.

I will stop what I am doing to look my children in the eye when I speak to them.

I will say things that are genuine and remain quiet if I can not.

I will compliment people often and sincerely, starting with those I live with.

I will refrain from fear of the future, specifically financial and adoption related.

I will not be a slave to my computer, to my home's tidiness, to my emotions, to busyness that is scheduled to thoughtlessly fill time, to other people's perceptions of me, to any one's approval, including my children's, my parents' or my closest friends'.

I will not try to prove anything about myself to anyone.

I will try to not make people feel like they need prove anything about themselves to me.

I will allow myself to become more liberated, taste sweet freedom in Christ.

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.