Phone appears to be broken... check!
Stolen wallet on Halloween at work (David)... check!
Phone that was working is now overheating and not working again... check!
Popped tire on freeway... check!
Other car won't start... check!
Discover heater does not work... check!
Half of recyclables stolen off of porch... check!
Phone screen officially refuses to turn on again... check!
This is a snapshot of our last month and a half or so...
OR IS IT?
As I cried to my friend today about our recent "disasters" today, I realized how easy it is to focus on the negatives. Sure finances haven't been anywhere near great for awhile. Sure, my pregnancy hormones have me crying, puking and forgetting just about everything. Micah is 2. Kids are 2. They survive. And so do their parents! Oh, and my phone didn't die for 1.5 months after it started acting up! The car with the popped tire was partially paid for by someone close to us who heard what happened. The other car was opened and jumped by our insurance company a day later. It did not cost us a cent! (This is why my hubby is in charge of taking care of our insurance.) The person who stole our recyclables off of our porch... missed some! Our heater is still broken.. but we have at least a dozen blankets in this house.
And guess what? Even though we deal with struggles... we have people in our lives who care. One of my friends regularly picks up and brings home my daughter from school 2 of 3 school days each and every week. Today, when I had a panic about the car not "registering" the little bit of gas I put in, a friend bought me some. In fact, she bought me more than I needed to get home. Today, my close friend who I adore did my hair. I love going to her. She always gives me such a good experience and she is a precious, precious friend. If she allowed, I am sure I could talk her head off for much, much longer. Last night, hubby cooked me dinner. (I took photos but they are on the currently broken phone.) Oh yeah, and he baked cookies... from scratch. Tonight too! Do you know how hard it is to feed a pregnant woman? Especially one who is picky to begin with and has been puking almost every week of her pregnancy??? Oh yeah, and this guy gives foot rubs sometimes before bedtime on his nights without doubles!
So I guess what I am trying to say is just that... our lives are not always easy... or fun... or what we want them to be for that matter. We go through stages and seasons, sometimes which feel... way... too... long. But they don't last forever. And if you are paying attention, you will often notice those little or bigger blessings God is trying to show you along the way. When I was on the side of the freeway a few weeks ago, I went through the list of blessings. Thank goodness the car stopped in Livermore, near friends, 30 minutes from home, not where the road is dangerous or where I do not have cell phone signal. The car stopped 30 minutes before David was off of work, not in the middle of his shift. My mom was free to talk to me on the phone while I waited for David and the guy to help me. It was just a tire, not something worse, not something more expensive. And we still had our spare available and the guy changed it for us! Oh yeah, and the kids slept though 99% of the entire experience. We got home just before midnight. It was the eve of one of a holiday, a day without schoolwork for Joy... you get my point, right?
I am not asking you to forget what happened or not mourn or grieve or be sad at frustrated. People have real reasons to be upset, often around the holidays especially. And it is important as friends to be there for them and listen. But I guess I am trying to shed a little perspective on things. It has taken a me 2-3 days of pondering & praying about this blog ent.y to get it here. And I am not even sure if it came out the way I liked fully. Feel free to share your thoughts...
As always,
Melis
P.S. Still working on adding more graphics and photos. It's a work in progress for sure!
No comments:
Post a Comment