My friend across the hall has a silent classroom when she arrives early, and at the end of the day when students leave: silence. My personal children are with me before the bell, during the school day, and immediately after the end of the day bell. I go from Mrs. Cain to Mama instantly. I’m serving after school snacks, telling Cart “No” to the 27 different games he wants to pull out, and playing referee between my children. I glance over across the hall to see my friend working on the never ending to do list in silence…. I find myself….. wishing I had a silent room to tackle my never ending teacher to do list.

But that is not my current season.

Last season was the hardest season our family faced as far as coaching. It was a real doozy. However, I am so so grateful for that very season. Last season built our “platter.” (Your platter is your plate of life. How much can you handle on your plate? We like to say we have a platter.) Last season “pray for your husband” really made sense to me.

Sure, each step deeper in the valley has been so so hard. However, with each step we have seen God’s hand perfectly guiding us.

See the flowers, friend. God is planting them. They even grow in the valley.

I will start with the elephant in the room: We had a head coach change. If you’re not in the coaching life: Head coach changes often mean moves, school changes, interviews, selling houses, new everything. Coach and I prayed daily for God’s pick for the program. This could mean LOTS of changes for us. However, God’s plan.

There is a trend going around where we call May “May-cember” and “Mayhem.” May is the new December when it comes to hustle and bustle and all of the end of the year things that must be done to wrap up another school year. This year was no exception. We just added one more factor: breast cancer.