Thank you to those of you who nominated me for this wonderful award! I know I have work to do with it, by passing it on to others, I promise I'll do that another day....
Life has thrown some major curve balls as of late. Last week I was in Colorado to be with a friend who suddenly, and very tragically, lost her husband. They are our best friends, we vacation with them every year. Her husband was like my kids second dad. He left a twelve year old daughter without a daddy....
Prior to leaving my friend since high school, who's family was my second family, just found out her ten year old nephew was diagnosed with Leukemia. My neighbor just informed us she's been diagnosed with breast cancer and is having a double mastectomy on Wed. Another friend was just laid off from her job of thirteen years. Starting a business in this economy is of course so much fun, and money is becoming non existent for us. I could go on - and on - and 0n. I think just about everyone I know is having some sort of hardship.
Then to top it off, today as I sat waiting for a light to turn green, I watched as a car full of teenage kids threw a drink at an elderly man standing on the medium waiting to walk across the street. These kids were in a forty thousand dollar car, laughing as they drove past. I just feel like there is very little good left in the world. I admit I'm in my own little pity party.
In faith I'm holding on, but my soul is tired, beaten down, disappointed, angry, frustrated, sad......
I am thankful my kids are healthy, we still have a roof over our head, there is food in the cupboards, there is love in my house...
Share with me your blessings, help me to see that there is still goodness out in the big world of ours....
Who am I? A wife to one, mother to two, friend to many, a best friend to few... Trying to navigate life with a christian viewpoint, sometimes that's easy, sometimes not so much... Still so much to learn on this journey we're all on...
"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him." Psalm 91:1-2