Fragile...

I am listening to my six year old kindergartner, my three year old daughter, and 6 month old dog run around with joyful giggles filling the room.  It reminds me that I am blessed. 

I had a dentist appointment this morning-  thrilling!  At the chair next to me they were talking about losing babies,  in-vitro.    They each had their own stories to tell and it was heartbreaking to hear about.  I have been blessed in the child bearing depo.  I have great pregnancies with few glitches... and I feel great... I mean fabulous, most of the time I am pregnant.  I actually love being pregnant... (but that is another post).  I was thinking that we all have our struggles in different seasons and in different ways... and then the dentist came to check on her... and asked how she was doing and she said, "I am great!"   And it made me laugh a little... but really it made me think... that we all have our 'stories' our 'trials' that we hold close to our hearts (for good or bad) and we all are wounded souls one way or another... we all are fragile... and we need to treat one another with care.... like a package..."Fragile- Handle With Care".  We might not tell everyone our 'stories',  we might say we are 'Great'... and we really are... or we might be 'dying'  inside...  so today I am going to try and treat others with Care.

The Climb...

One of my favorite songs is 'The Climb'  by Miley Cyrus...yes, Hannah Montana.  I really love the message-  I always have and want my children to understand.... to 'Keep the Faith'.  Today this song seems very real, very true... because we are starting 'The Climb' and we are at the bottom of the hill.  So, we can't see the good that is waiting a thousand steps ahead.  It is the point that you want to throw up your hands and say, What now?    Where do you we go from here?  Where, we want a lighting bolt answer of what the answer is... but this is where Faith comes in... and it is hard.  Somewhere in the back of my mind... I knew it was coming... I mean... 'The Climb' and it has arrived.  I wonder if I am prepared for what lays ahead.  That is what we will find out, what we are made of... how strong we are... what we can withstand.  And this is what life is all about....  'The Climb'...  Wish me luck while I take the first few grueling steps.