Getting Perspective

The past two months have proven to be very mentally, physically and emotionally challenging. My disease reached a critical level and I felt as if I literally would not survive each passing minute each and every day of late September/early October. Add to this the fact that Johnathan hurt his back at work and was reduced to little more than bed rest most days after being at work. Toss in a very active almost 4 year old and you have what could have been a recipe for disaster, chaos, and lots and lots of family discourse. To this day, I know it was truly a miracle that things didn't just fall apart. During one of our House to House discussions we talked about how sometimes you have to be 90% in the relationship and sometimes you can only give 10%. This really spoke to me and kept me going these past two months. No matter what I wanted to give, I knew I had to keep giving all I could each and every day. I refused to allow myself to do less.

We were under the solid foundation of prayer from family and friends and we are now all the stronger for it. The Lord has blessed us with better and better health each and every day. You can easily take so much for granted, but we are now exiting those "forests for the trees" and can see just how far we have come. When you have been through the bad times, you really appreciate the good times and we are so glad to be able to recognize an end to some bad times.