Today is March 1st, 2010. Almost one year since our twins were born, and I am trying to figure out where the time has gone? How can it possibly be 2010?!

I have had quiet days and busy days. Full days and monotonous days. Bright and sunny days, and dark and gloomy days. They all seem to run together. I took some pictures (with writing this blog in mind), but that was in September. Whatever happened to September, October, November, December… and on and on. When did my boys get so big?

Matthias

John Paul

Even though my days are full of my sweet boys, I am also able to meet with students and help plan for SfC retreats.

I also have the daily laundry and diaper stuffing, which keep me busy. I am always reminded of how blessed I am when doing my baby laundry. Our diapers were partially a grant we received from Cotton Babies (thank you!) and the rest were purchased by money received from some of our supporting churches (thank you!).

Some days, when my boys are sleeping, it is hard to believe I have two little ones. But tucked around my house are little reminders of the two treasures we have been given. I look forward to seeing those smiles and kissing those warm rosy cheeks when they awake, and hearing their giggles as they play. I tuck these treasures in my heart, and store them there, because I know that these days, and these years will pass just as quickly as 2009. In fact, they will probably pass even quicker.

Last week our semester officially came to an end with our last large group gathering of SfC-Berlin. In fact even then many of our students were in the midst of exams and writing term papers. Fascinatingly enough, nearly every University and school seems to have their calendar, making it rather challenging to pinpoint an exact end. Exams started taking place a week or two ago and the exam period will go all the way till the week before the new semesters starts in the second week of April. The name for this in between time is “Vorlesungsfreiezeit,” which means “lecture free period.” For many profs this is an excellent time to give their students a nice long research paper to write, or prepare for a killer exam. I have lots of sympathy for our students!