Laugh Along the Way

I am thainkful that Krstian Stanfill could put my emotions into words when he wrote this song: I will not fear the war, I will not fear the storm My help is on the way, my help is on the way September 21, 2012 is a day I won’t soon forget.   It had been one month of feeling   “under the weather” to say it lightly.   I took the kids to dinner and Jacob was out at the ball game with his dad.   At dinner I ran into a friend and then as we went to leave I began to hemorrhage .   So, like any sane person (HA HA) , I called my mother, updated her on the circumstance, took the kiddos to movie night at church then went to the store to buy new bottoms.   We went to the ER and proceeded to wait about an hour, and for me most of it spent in the bathroom    in order to not be gross.   When we finally got into the room they were shocked I was still standing, and then, just like that, I wasn’t.   It was quickly decided a DNC was nec

Did you know that Comparison is a noun? The first three definitions of this THING are 1. the act of comparing. 2. the state of being compared. 3. a likening; illustration by similitude; comparative estimate or statement. The illustration of similitude.   Did you catch that?   THE ILLUSTRATION!   Just a representation, yet, I find myself comparing my inside to the outside I see in others.   I look at the Facebook posts and think, “man I wish I had it together like that”.   I look at Pinterest and I think, that wouldn’t take much time, I could totally do that, and sometimes they do, but mostly my attempts will end up on the “Pintrosity” boards! (I did good to get two or three Back to School pictures posted in the past 8 years).                   Things I have compared include my house, my children, my work, my schedule, my car, my husband, and me.   I believe in striving towards better, I believe in working hard