Great Afternoon~

Tom and I had a great afternoon running errands. It has been so long since I have been out of the house it felt great to get some fresh air. We ran to the bank for grandma and then had lunch together at our favorite Chinese takeout. It was great! Orange Chicken, Pork fried rice, soup....Yummy~ The company wasn't bad either....hahaha Then we were off to get grandma things she had requested and then to visit with her for a while..She hadn't had any visitors for sometime~ It seems that unless we visit or take her out no one does..it is a shame because grandma always took care of everyone. She looked good though and we had a really nice visit with her..we left her having her favorite diet root beer. More errands and now we're home and I am resting before cooking dinner tonight. It will be a typical Friday night for us with the kids..low key just the way we like it~ We are trying to spend as much time just being together as the time draws closer for Tom to leave for school. We won't be leaving for the annual Tallahassee trip this year..I am not up to it and need time to recuperate for convention in May~ This will also give us uninterrupted time together before Tom leaves and frees me up to help Chris with the kids over spring break. Amanda will be singing tomorrow with the choir at church and Tom will be chaperoning youth group tomorrow night. We are off from the horses this weekend..so we will get to sleep in ..something we haven't done in quite sometime~ Well, off to start dinner..we're having salad and steak tonight..simple, easy and good.

Wonderful Thing~

This week seems to be ticking by at a very slow rate~ I have been down for the past week due to not having my medications...it has been a challenge to say the least but by the grace of God I am getting by~ This season of our lives has been extremely difficult ...some days I meet each and every difficulty head on and other days; I seem to only get my head above the water...but we are surviving! And that in and of itself is a miracle~ It is a testament to our faith...and above all the Gods faithfulness. Tom is off today to run errands many and varied to get our house in order before he leaves in the next several weeks for trucking school...it is with some heaviness that the thought of not having him around is beginning to hit me. I know that this is a positive step for our family because he must have a job and this is what God laid on his heart in order to support our family~ and I am blessed because we have a strong church family that will help me. I suppose it is just the uncertainty of my health that has me in such a tizzy. I am sure that once I am able to be up and about again... doing and not just sitting around I will feel like my old self again. It is a time like no other not just for me but for many others out there..a time that our country as a whole has not seen in many years. I can't help but think that the Lord is trying desperately to awaken this nation that we are "under God" and not above like so many think...that we need Him in our lives and that He holds the key to the problems our nation faces~ This could really be a time of spiritual awakening ..if people turn their ear and heart to Him..Will they?! I suppose we will see the answers are not in the government or president..people will let you down..But God never will! Just when you think all is lost ...He is there with outstretched arms ~ Waiting for us ...I know this to be true..I have seen it first-hand in our lives..He is providing..we are not going without...His provision is moment by moment and it is not easy but His grace is a wonderful thing.