I am new to this blogging thing, but felt the need to write down , or should I say type in, how thankful I am for my life. I have been married to my husband for 11 1/2 years, and we still love each other. I have three great sons, and they're all healthy and happy. Not perfect or anything, we have our challenges. The reason I felt the need to write, is because I feel so blessed, even when we are going through so much. I know it could be so much worse.
For example, I haven't worked in a year. I can't find work, and I'm very discouraged I think, because I now only apply once a week. I don't think I can take rejection everyday. My husband, who was miserable in his job, and then got hurt on the job, and subsequently fired two weeks ago. So now, we have no employment income. Luckily, we are blessed. Right after this happened, I was able to get an unemployment check due to the high unemployment rate in California.
Ok, three days before he lost his job, we bought a new car. Ouch. We had no choice, as our other car had cracked a gasket. It was our only car, and we needed a car so Todd could get to work. Ironic, huh?
I make enough on my temporary unemployment (13 weeks) to pay the rent and will be $20 s hort on our new car payment. That's it. No money for food, gas, insurance, or utilities. So please join me in prayer that my husband is able to receive unemployment. We will be able to survive then.
My youngest son has been diagnosed with ADHD and OCD. Otherwise he's healthy. The problem is, we finally got him diagnosed, and now that my husband's out of a job, we're out of insurance. So, somehow, I'll have to find money for his prescriptions, and the child psychiatrist.
All of this tension around the house is not good for any marriage. We now "bicker". Something we never did before. We play fair, always, so its not too bad. But this is all new to me, so its scary.
And through all this, I know that I'm blessed by God, and he watches over my family. Because I know, he doesn't give us more than we can handle, and I know he has something out there for us. I know it could be so much worse. There are people who are living on the streets, in their cars, no money for food for their children. Not to mention the people out there who are dealing with a terminal illness for themselves or a loved one.
So you see, with everything we're going through, we are very lucky to have each other, and to have God watching over us.
