Counting Our Blessings

Just when I think I have something to complain about...someone has to show off and have a worse situation than mine. Man! This week has been full of hard things. My daughter was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday. It all started with strep...but when you are asthmatic everything seems to go right into the chest. So we are battling that but thankfully we have been able to stay at home. Losing my grandmother was another big deal this week but I know she is much better off now so that is good. In addition, several people we know have been at a funeral today for a young, healthy mom who just happened to get pneumonia and everything went wrong. Now today to top it all off, I found out that one of my friends has thyroid cancer...an aggressive kind. However, they did find it early so the doctors say that is a good thing.

Here is what I have taken from this week so far. Number one, things can turn on a dime. Number two, don't ever take anything for granted. Number three, life is precious so let's enjoy it while we're here. Oh yeah, and the last thing is that I don't have anything to complain about. I want to count my blessings and focus on being thankful. Especially for the little things like... being able to hug my daughter, or watching my puppy be a stinker, or hearing my husband's infectious laugh. These are all good things that I get every day. The hard part is to be thankful even when times are hard and things aren't going my way. That is where the real growth comes in unfortunately. And I have been there more times than I personally thought necessary! But the Bible says "in this life you WILL have trouble", not "in this life you MIGHT have trouble". So we all have to just hold on tight and make every day count.