Life Out of Balance

This morning, as I stood half asleep in the shower, I was suddenly awakened by the sound of shattering glass on tile.  I quickly opened the shower curtain to see what happened, only to see my wife looking distraught as she stared at the broken glass on the floor.  She did not cuss, she did not say she would clean it up, or tell me to watch where I stepped... no she only said "that ruins our balanced set", referring to the glass that was, one of a set of four Guinness glasses we have.  We had four sets, now we have 3.75 sets.

I could only react with bemused puzzlement to her response.  It was later I saw the irony in the event.  You see Misty has a tendency to yell a lot, mainly because stuff is often not put away.  It is my speculation that there is a specter or ghost that haunts our house.  I use the word haunt loosely, because all the apparition does is leave drawers and cabinets open, as well as leave my underwear socks, and sometimes three days worth of clothing on the floor.  This slob of a ghost also tends to leave empty and half filled water glasses scattered about the house, just last week the ghost left half a glass of milk on the counter. 

You can probably see where I am going with this.  My dear wife, does not believe in ghosts, thus, ergo I get blamed for it.  I know, it is a cruel injustice, one that I am willing to live with, because my wife makes a killer lentil curry.  Well, just last night, Misty left a water glass in the bathroom, did I yell at her, no of course I didn't, because I assumed it was Casper the absent minded ghost.  No, it was her glass, and she admitted to it.

I could not get what she said out of my mind today... "that ruins our balanced set".  This sums up Misty exceedingly well.  She loves balance.  When we were looking at houses the first time, she dismissed any house that was not symmetrical.  I think the only reason she married me is because that even the scars on my stomach are symmetrical.

What she said struck another chord with me.  I have been living way off balance for the last month.  It was brought to my attention twice today that I have written but one blog in the last month.  Writing the blog, is up there with spending time with my wife, and collecting dogs, as one of my favorite things to do.  Seriously though, writing this blog and telling people about orphans and our adoption journey is the most life giving thing I do.  I love sharing this passion with friends and strangers, though in this last month my life has been so out of balance, I have scarcely had time to even think about writing.  Between Christmas, work that has been increasingly both mentally and emotionally demanding, and lots of travel, I have been operating way out of balance.

I can only imagine what it will be like when the kiddos come on the  scene.  Is this what it will always be like. 

Lastly, I would like to encourage you to buy fair trade, and support other socially responsible economic practices.  Another 26,000 kids died today of malnuttrion and all to curable diseases.