No Sleep = Crabigail

What do you get when you take an Abby, add a Gallon of Coffee (Starbucks & ‘other’), a crappy night’s sleep and no supper last night? A CRABIGAIL! Oh my GOSH. I haven’t blogged for quite a while but I almost feel like my head is a little too full to spill it all out without being completely vulnerable. So I guess I’ll give you the ‘Highlights’.

We met with a life insurance consultant last night, which was a complete marriage leap for us. We’ve never really explored the “what if’s” in life, and for me, makes me face my biggest fear of possibly ever losing Eric. It’s just not something we really have ever talked about.

I would have been pretty settled after the meeting and able to put it out of my head had we not then went straight to a Summer Mission Team Meeting where we had a lengthy meeting concerning the Drug Wars in Mexico and our kids and advisors safety regarding the trip; a trip which my husband will be on. CFCI is the team we work with that sets up our relationship with the orphanages we work with in Mexico and they say that it’s always been “this bad” but it’s just now that the media is getting a hold of it.

I’m not really sure who I believe, but I ask for your prayers in our favor.

Either way, I’m going to put these conversations behind me and have an amazing weekend. Not that I have much planned but I know it will be great!
Hope you have a lovely weekend as well.
♥ abby

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