I just realized it's been almost 3 years since I posted anything. I think about it every once in a while, but the doing of it seems to slip by me. So...once again I'm going to do this thing. No playing catch up this time, though, we're only looking forward (or MOSTLY looking forward 😉). Most of you know what we've been up to anyway.
It's 2020!!! I'm a little shocked by that...and by the fact that we're not driving flying cars by now. Wasn't that supposed to happen??? LOL Seriously though, this is a big year for our family. Liz graduates from high school in June and will have her AA by the end of the year! Also, I'm turning 40...not for 11 months yet, but 😲. Honestly, I don't know where the time goes. Alex is just a little taller than me now, and Garret will probably pass me up by the end of the school year. Keri is in 5th grade and the drama has already started. And, of course, she feels the need to step in and try to fix things between all her friends which just leads to tears.
After over two years of fighting, Ben finally got his disability rating from the VA. It has lifted a significant weight from our shoulders. We have been HUGELY blessed the last couple of years, but it's been pretty rough since Ben separated from the Air Force. Now that he's got a steady income we can start moving forward toward building our own home. It'll take a while, but we are on our way. Until then...we have a beautiful house to live in and are so very grateful to my parents for letting us stay here.
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| This is an old picture. We don't have nearly this much snow this year. |
As I was sitting in church today, I was thinking about answered prayers. Sometimes the answer is not what we want or expect...and sometimes it takes a while to come, but our prayers are answered! A number of people close to me have mentioned lately that they have been struggling with feelings of being alone. They feel like the Lord isn't there, or isn't listening. It hit me today that quite often as a parent we have to stand back and let our children figure things out on their own. We have to let them fall and get back up when they are learning to walk/ride a bike/play a sport. We have to let them make mistakes so that they can learn the lessons necessary to succeed later. It's hard and sometimes it hurts, but we do it because we know that it's what needs to be done. So...if God is our Heavenly Father (which I believe 100%) then it makes since that sometimes he has to stand back and let us figure things out on our own.
