A New Day

I have a new goal: to blog once a week. We'll see if I make that goal. I just feel like I've been asleep lately in all areas of life. It's been a hard month, but even before that things haven't been great. However, I feel like now is the turnaround. For a couple of weeks I've been saying "things can only get better from here!" Then something bad happens to prove me wrong. :) Yesterday, though, was a great day. I took Maggie to the vet about a bad spot on her leg. It turned out it was nothing, and the vet didn't even charge me for the visit! Then everything I needed at the grocery store was on sale last night, and to top it off, I stopped by Petco to stock up on Maggie's bones - they were half off. Now this may sound ridiculous to you, but if you knew the month I had, you'd be celebrating with me. Oh, and Adriane sent me a Starbucks gift card, which is always a nice surprise.

All these things happened on what would have been my mom's 64th birthday. Usually I tend to think of it as a negative day, but I'm trying to change my attitude in all areas of life, and I think now I'm going to start thinking of it as a day my mom is looking down on me for sure. Those of you who knew my mom know that she'd be watching out to roll her eyes at whatever I was wearing/doing/watching, but that just makes me laugh remembering her. In January it will be ten years since she died. I can't believe that much time has passed. It still feels so recent to me, but yet, I also know so much has happened.

I've been trying to remind myself that God works through all things for his good. I know this is true, and I try to remind myself by looking at how he's worked through my past. I look at my family now and see how he took two tragic situations and made us one happy family. I'm looking forward to seeing what God has in store.