Promises…Promises

Hello

We made a few promises to ourselves for the end of the year.
We agreed not to accept new clients after November because folks often cancelled during this season.

We wanted to save time for reflection.
To review our accounting.
To spend time with out-of-state family.
To assess what we did as business owners that worked.
To get goals for next year.
Praise God we hit ALL of our business goals for the year. Ain’t God good? YASSSS!

We kept the promise to ourselves for reflection, but God came in and saw, “Ya’ll need this time for something else.”

We haven’t been able to move as we liked due to illness. The family we wanted to visit is transitioning to the other side. However, we know God has the only say on someone’s last breath.

We have no idea about our accounting results right now. We have spent time with family, but not the time we wanted with each other. We’ve had raw, painful, good, and long talks with our emerging adult children.

While we are glad we had the foresight to set aside time, God decided what we’d do with this reserved time. His plan is much better.

This is where we need to be. We needed to sit still. Right where we are. Reflect in our natural circle. Take deep breaths in the space we create for ourselves on a daily basis.

Taking staycations, trips and getting away is good. What we learned is when you take a pause in the space you’ve created for yourself on a daily basis, it forces you to look at what you surrounded yourself with regularly. You can’t run away from that!

Are you content with what you allow in and to live in your space?

See ya soon,

THE HIM and Naaila

Lessons Learned Last Weekend

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You know we did our couples retreat this weekend. Someone just said, “Nah. I ain’t know. When did I miss that?”

We heard you say it! This year we did something differently. We focused on the couples.

Sure, it’s an upgrade to get a real honest word about what you ain’t doing right…ways to uplift God in your marriage and a practical remedy. Dat’s what we do! Gently of course…but yeah.

This retreat had back-to-back activities of time with Bae.
All day long.

Why?
Cause that’s stuff folks don’t do enough of. If you’re willing, you can sit side-by-side to listen to a sermon or your favorite relationship influencer online anytime.

But when was the last time you feed each other?
Have you made something together to symbolize how you want to see your marriage? Made a fragrance together?

We know couples remodel the bathroom and paint the kitchen together. We redid 2 bathrooms in 2 weekends. DIY projects test your marriage.

But that remodeling isn’t about your marriage. From Thursday to Monday, at the retreat, marriages were remodeled.

There was a couple present who planned to divorce. Like for real…She told him, “This retreat is paid for so I’m going, but when we get back…Deuces!”

They totally changed their minds. When you decide to pull away from anything pulling ya’ll apart, that’s definitely a remodeled marriage.

Love-building marriages require the folks in the marriage to show up. Be present. All in.
We knew it. Everyone present proved it.

Thank you for the lesson.

See ya soon,

THE HIM and Naaila