This is just one of those days–I am trying to hold it together–but I would really like to escape-or maybe have everyone else go away so I can just sit and drink tea and have a few minutes to be.
So, anyone else ever feel this way? What do you do for a tiny little escape?
Moving toward a weekend and hoping to design a tiny one woman getaway…………..
Oh! There are some weeks when I want to escape! It’s amazing how sneaking out and leaving the kids with my husband for an hour rejuvinates me! My favorite is grabbing a coffee and sitting with a good book at a park. Fresh air and freedom!
Just this week, I told my husband I felt like “running to the hills” to escape.
He looked at me with sad eyes and said, “will you come back again?”.
It was a funny moment, but yes – it’s been one of those weeks.
I often think of how Jesus would sneak away and have moments of sanity alone, and just be with his Father.
We need it too.
We are headed toward a busy weekend, and will be taking Sunday morning to do a family breakfast, and get away for a walk somewhere.
Looking forward to it!
Sally! This was me on Tuesday!! I love your photo…I had to chuckle. Thank you for letting us know we are not alone when we just want to escape for a bit. I feel like it’s a tug from the Holy Spirit saying, “Come away for a few minutes/hours/days with Me. Be still and know that I Am God.” It’s a time of refreshing our souls.
Thank You Jesus for always blessing me with Sally’s blog and her thoughts….and may she be blessed abundantly, knowing she blesses so many women!
I let my hubby know that I need to take a shower/bath and then I take a long hot steamy shower/bath with the bathroom door locked. God Bless and I pray you find rest and refreshment!
This delightfully silly, “Get me out of here!” photograph of you is a little ‘getting away’ moment for me this morning! A moment’s laughter can be a very refreshing escape!
Seriously, when a quiet moment in the house seems impossible, and because my children are old enough to be at home without me, I sometimes steal a few minutes in the car while out to do chores – I find a spot by a park and pull over under tree’s shade, or in the warmth of sunshine, depending on the weather. A few minutes with classical music on the radio and eyes focussed in the trees or across the open parkland grass can bring stillness to a mind filled with frenzy and frustration. If I think I can steal a whole half hour, I pick up a coffee, and take a book of meditations or a gentle story, and read awhile. Truly, a restorative, “tiny one woman get-away.”
Blessings today.
Interesting timing. Today begins my annual solo getaway weekend. I rent a car (we are a one-car family), drive to a friend’s house, and spend the weekend resting, writing, getting extra time with the Lord, and seeing this friend/mentor I normally only hear over the phone.
But all this requires a fabulous husband and sons.
One reason I love the hot weather….I can escape to the pool without children. We live in the country so it’s very peaceful outside. I love to go and exercise in the pool and savor the moment. Many times I’ll just lay on a floaty and bask in the warmth of the sun while enjoying the sounds of nature. It’s these times that I can clear my mind and really hear from the Lord. It’s amazing how 30 – 60 minutes of “silence” can energize and refresh one’s soul.
I’ve been known to sneak away for 30 minutes to read a good book…
Hi Sally,
Actually getting away for me is coming to your house for one of the Intensives or attending one of your conferences. Love the photo!
Praying you find rest and peace and lots of laughter this weekend.
Love,
Tami C.
Loved the pic:) A friend shared an idea last night for a 5 minute mini retreat, just to go outside or somewhere 5 minutes, just to pray, rest, breathe… I really want to try that myself today:)
Sally- I had to forward this to a dear friend.. she has been feeling this way and I think it’s great to encourage each other to press on- but don’t forget to smell the roses and take a rest when needed..
It makes me so glad to hear that sometimes you need to escape, too. I have way less going on in my life than you do, and yet, I’m amazed at how often I feel overwhelmed. I love to read a book in quiet when I need an escape. Or listen to music.
For me, I have found lately that having a manicure and pedicure are relaxing and rejuvenate my happy side. I have them take their time, especially with the pedicure. It’s just relaxing. Of course, once per month I also go get an hour long massage and escape from all reality. If I lived closer to you, Sally, I would make time to drop by for a cup of tea and encourage you any way I could.
I just saw the title of this post in my FB feed and thought you must have been reading my mind!!! That is me today! Four little ones at home ……I might as well wrap yellow caution tape around the house and be done with it!!! My mini escape is a Starbucks frappe and a stroll through TJMaxx!
I sometimes think the best thing ever would be for me to get a hotel room for one night, heck maybe two, and go there ALL BY MYSELF. I could sleep. I could eat in peace, while my food is still hot. I could do whatever I want. BLISS!
In real life, though, my husband is wonderful enough to encourage me to “run away” for an hour or two on the weekends where I can go and be by myself. We call it “running away” because I told him once, “If I don’t go and run away for a few hours, I will run away and never come back.” That little bit of time does wonders for me!
Megan @ wwwsunshinethroughthewindows.blogspot.com
I like to slip out to Starbucks with my Nook and a caramel frappuccino! More often, my husband just gives me the keys and I go grocery shopping alone with the baby. There is just something nice about being able to wander the aisles, linger over roduce, compare prices and consider ingredients for different recipes without little ones in tow!
LOL…. I take a long bath.
I have discovered that I don’t need to leave our property to find a lovely “get-away”. Once everyone is asleep I have found that a walk around the yard and praying in the evening hours to dusk is incredibly refreshing! Adam walked with GOD in the garden in the “cool of the day”. I really look forward to this time and miss it if I am not granted the opportunity for this reprieve.
Me too. I usually go out on our land way in the back all alone and sit with a cup of coffee (and the pot. lol ) God speaks to me as I make times to be still outside. When I read the Bible everything seems to speak to me when I am like this outside. Then I love to spend the rest of the morning telling my family what the Lord spoke to my heart.
Thanks for sharing this — It’s encouraging to know that it’s okay for a mom of 10 to want to “escape.” Sometimes I’ve felt a little guilty…. I do try to walk or exercise a bit each day to have some alone time (often imagining the mountains, or beautiful hills of England, or…). So thankful for some alone time. Blessings to you!
Yes today would be one of those days. And honestly I did not handle the day very well. I kept telling myself that I need to adjust my attitude. Ahh it is almost bed time and then a new day starts.
Haha! That picture made me giggle. I feel that way often! When I feel stressed, a long walk in the woods refreshes and cleanses the soul… Actually, I just wrote about that!
Sally, your picture made me laugh! I think I feel like that nearly every afternoon–three little kids will do that to a woman! When they were really little, I’d lock the bathroom door just so I could read for 15 minutes–a woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do!
Now I go to our little guest house for my quiet time every morning while they eat breakfast in the house, and then once a year my husband sends me to the Gaylord Hotel for a one-woman retreat. It never feels like enough, but I know someday they’ll all be grown and gone, and I’ll think my house feels too quiet . . . I think
Fully understand! This week BOTH our vehicles broke and my little Ella had to be hospitalized for some unknown weird rash!!!! ARG. Lord, help.
Lol, your picture says it all! I experience that feeling AT LEAST once a week.
Oh, sweet Sally, I feel like that now as health and finances and pressures of life with the enemy’s raging fists swinging wildly at this daughter of the King. I have to choose to escape to the front porch to breath in flowers and hear the songs of the sweet birds near by. I have to quiet my heart even while all four of my little ones are silly and loud and needy. I get away or have someone over once a week so I can have girl time to talk and laugh and be. I pull away so I can fill up my soul with the King! Love you dearly Sally. I pray blessings on you and the family in the midst of all the transitions of life!
i suck it up and think of a military wife whose husband is deployed, trying to manage household and children on her own. i think about women in abusive relationships who don’t have support systems and are just trying to make it thru the next day/hour/minute. i ponder the blessings of family and friends and unexpected company and church duties, and realize that so many women are without those things, by chance or choice. and then i don’t feel so sorry for myself!
I feel that way after the past few weeks! Mother’s Day, my mom’s birthday, planning and executing said plans for my high school graduation, family from out of town, and then graduating…pffffff. Ready for a week-long retreat in the mountains or England!
What about an escape to New Brunswick, Canada for a homeschool conference on the weekend?!?
I think that will be my escape
Can’t wait to meet you!!!
Nancy