So, overwhelmed seems to be the word of choice for me right now. Yet, I know God has a purpose for all of the things that are being brought into and taken out of my life. I find it increasingly hard to keep my gaze Christ-ward when I focus on all the deadlines and inadequecies that I have in my life. "Set your eyes on things above..."

" Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall.
Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely til the sun goes down.
And that is all that life really is."
_ R.L. Stevenson

Thanks be to God that I can be "anyone"... His Child.