I had an...eventful...2013 And not always in good or happy ways.
It was hard in lots of different ways with lots of different trials.
The last bit of the year was hard for me, but I kept on
thinking as soon as the year is over it will just get better! Ha. I got sick,
really sick, Christmas Eve and have been ever since. I’ve had so many health
problems last year that this was just a huge blow to me. Remember it can always be worse.
It is so frustrating to not be able to do what I want to, to
not just be able to get up and do the laundry and vacuum the room and scrub the
floor when I feel like it. I can’t just run to the store or whip up some
dinner.
I haven’t been able to stand up without feeling like
I just got hit in
the back of the head with a metal baseball bat.
It makes me Mad. It makes me
Sad. I try and push my body to do what I want only to pay a bigger price.
There is a purpose. I know.
The hardest times of my life I can look back and say, but I learned and grew and gained things in myself that are priceless to me.
I have still been able to feel grateful every day for
something. I am so lucky to have
Will.
We have had so many happy times this year also.
It can always be worse. But! It can always
get better also.
So far this year sucks. But I just know that this year will
be great. It will be better.
I’m a believer that you have to make a happy life. I keep
thinking Choose Happy. I keep
thinking, there are things that I need to be teaching my kids in this
experience. I know God wants us to be happy. Learn? Yes. But He truly does want
us to be happy. He wants us to find happiness.
I also believe in miracles and love and kindness…and lots of
other things. I believe things will get better…on Gods timetable. And I trust
Him. I still get discouraged, but I’m going to try and do better with that.
Today I came across these words and they are exactly what I
believe. Exactly one of the things that I want my children to understand.
“God
expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape
the future—to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.”
Jeffery R. Holland
There
is so much joy to be found and shared, and your life should be embraced and
lived fully. God wants you to capture that joy, and use it to build up the
world in beautiful ways.
