What "blessing" so you find it most difficult to be thankful for at times? your job? your kids? Your pocketbook? How many times a week would you guess it interferes with your experience of Joy?


I often find my kids to be my biggest blessing yet sometimes they frustrate me so much that I can't feel the "Joy" that I should.

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~Jill~

I've been struggling with that a lot lately too. I had told myself to limit my time on here to the times when they are napping or eating so I can refocus my energies on them, and in doing so.....I feel so stressed out!! How awful is that? At the end of the day, I always recommit to the "process" and wake up thinkign: today is another day. What is hard to manage is dh's time away from them. It's really affecting them and so I am taking on the role of mommy and daddy most days......it's tough....but I LOVE them and can't imagine life without them. They are good boys...sweet boys.....and a reminder like this is exactly what I need before the day gets started.

I am also very blessed to have this home, a stocked fridge, my dh, my family's health, friends, and AC !!!

We get by financially. In January we will even be able to open a money market account. Still, we are just getting by. My husband is a wonderful provider and sometimes I just wish he could stay home. When the semester starts I'm really hardly going to see him as he plans to work 30 hours and his classes will be much harder since he's done with his core classes. It's a big sacrifice but we get by. I still struggle though. I wish it would just be over already and we can fast forward to him being in his career and we don't barely make it financially anymore.