This seems to sum up the last few months for me! I’ve been a little MIA trying to put this fire out while trying not to drown in the flood!!! Who’s with me?? Anyone??? Just me? OK…… but seriously! I’ve had a lot happening and to be honest, blogging wasn’t even a thought in my head at the time!

Is it just me or does it seem like life is going great then BAM! Something happens, then something else happens, that leads to the next thing and you just find yourself trying not to end up in the dumpster? It seems to be a never ending circle! My pastor says, ” you are either in trouble, just got out of trouble, or going to go through trouble.” Tis life I guess but it would be really great if we knew when the trouble was coming! I guess that would be cheating huh?!

So, I won’t get into too much detail, but in August we took over managing a 2nd company including the company we already own, our 15 year old daughter was going through some health issues and was in the hospital for a month, an hour and a half away from us, so we went to see her 2-3 times a week, then the day we found out she would be discharged the following week, my husband had a minor (if you can call it that) heart attack! So, I started therapy!! If I didn’t I think I may have ended up at the MHI. Maybe not really but when you hit these hard seasons in life….. they are well, HARD! I feel like your parents should warn you about this when you are a teenager!! It’s like, when you have a baby and take it home and the 1st night you freak out thinking, I’m supposed to keep this alive? I can’t even keep my plants alive!! Why don’t the nurses get to come home with me??

Well, they don’t, the nurses don’t come with you and your parents don’t warn you! You are expected to be the adult now and try to navigate this with you spouse or on your own! Can’t we just go back to Saturday morning cartoons and our bowl of Cocoa Puffs?

Well, all that aside, we’re still here… trying to navigate the many different seasons of life, dumpster fire and all! We’re doing our best! We’re making it! It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about you or your situation. All that matters is you are doing your best!! And know that you are not in life alone! There are so many other people going through the same things you are, and if I’ve taken anything away from the past 3 months, it’s this: I’m not doing this life alone! God is with me every step of the way and if I’m struggling, he’s picking up my slack! He knew I would be dealing with this! He knew I would make it through with His help! He knew that I would grow stronger in my Faith through these seasons! He knew that these seasons would bring my husband and I closer together and to our kids! This wasn’t an accident!

When you focus on the good things, the good gets better!