Many times, I complain. But tonight I am feeling content.
Truly, I am blessed. I take it for granted. I shouldn't.
I am blessed to be in a good church that is "in the middle"....not too strict and not too loose. Moderate.
I am blessed to have my husband, who loves me in all of my imperfection, who is faithful to work to support his family, who loves his kids and plays with them, who is committed to church and God and is patient and longsuffering.
I am blessed to have my son, who makes me laugh, who thinks up the silliest things, who is still quick to hug even though he is as tall as his dad, who says "Mom, you just don't know how much I appreciate you" several times a week.
I am blessed to have my daughter, who mirrors me in action, who is happy to have less so that someone else can have more, whom is a peacemaker.
I am blessed to have friends in Alabama who haven't forgotten me even though I am far away, friends at TOPS who somehow saw a leadership trait in me and are nurturing it, friends at church who call me "Sister Curtis" instead of "Sister Amy" even though I am 45 years younger than some of them, and friends who are family, who I am blessed to live near again.
I am blessed to be able to homeschool and to live in the state that has the greatest homeschool laws in the nation.
I am blessed to live in a nice house and have my own vehicle. (even if the payments ARE killing me!)
I am blessed to be able to sit at the computer at midnight and listen to the locusts chirp and eat soft batch cookies that my mom gave me and feel content. |