Life feels so very ordinary lately.

We haven’t bought a new vehicle in years.

Our daughter isn’t the fastest or smartest in her class.

I loaded the dishwasher, but there are still a few things left in the sink and I’ll probably just leave them there.

Everything I do at work feels like a slightly altered version of the exact same thing that I did last month and the month before that.

Sometimes we have frozen corn dogs for dinner.

There’s dog hair on the couch. And also the rug. And my sweater. And, you know what, pretty much everywhere. There’s dog hair in all the places.

I’m pretty sure the puppy is stealing our socks, but I don’t know where she’s taking them so I put yesterday’s dirty socks on my kid before school this morning.

Everything feels so normal, familiar, and routine. Plain, even.

And I’m so grateful.

I’ve prayed for this, you guys.

For many years I prayed for enough money to buy groceries and pay the electricity bill in the same pay period.

I asked God for a healthy family and regular Saturdays at home together.

I told Him that I didn’t need much.

Then I swore to Him that if we could just make ends meet and be together that that would be enough for me forever. The truth is that I’ve gone back on that promise more than I’d like to admit and my greedy heart has reached and grabbed for more and more. But right now?

Right now I’m fully aware that this life I’m living is no fluke.

It’s an answer to prayer.

The old dog with the stinky breath and the little girl squealing in the backyard and the husband sitting beside me? It’s what I prayed for.

Frozen corndogs and piles of quilts and Netflix marathons of shows we’ve watched before? It’s what I prayed for.

Long weekends with nothing in particular to do and regular work weeks full of the same old stuff? It’s what I prayed for.

This simple little life is completely enough for me.

It’s what I prayed for. And in case I fail to say it as the beautifully normal days pass by, I just want to acknowledge that an ordinary little life like this one is never a fluke. It’s an answer to prayer. 

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