Day 65 July 19

I had an MRI today and I heard this through the headphones during the test.  Made me think of my Grandmother and her strong faith.  What a great example she was through all her illness and tough times.  Lord I will just keep Praisin' You Thru This Storm...

Addendum

This blog was created, not to make anyone feel sorry for me or our family, but in hopes that maybe one person might read it and realize they are not alone.  It helps me get things off my mind, especially now.  I have and always will feel that their is someone out their that has it alot worse than we do.  That is why I love my family and the Lord and will keep Praisin' Him Thru This Storm...

Day 64 July 17

So here goes, maybe this will clear my mind and help me learn how to blog rather than post.  About 7 years ago I lost my best friend in a homicide followed by him hanging himself.  5 years ago my oldest daughter almost died twice, of meningitis and pneumonia,  shortly after that I started having an intense pain in my side that took about 2 years to lead to a back fusion that I continue to suffer chronic pain from.   In the meantime my husband was fired from a job of 23 years, and then a minimum wage job of a 1 1/2.  I suffer from migraines for about the last 20 years, fibromyalgia,  high blood pressure, diabetes, and of course being overweight from meds.  In the last year and a half I have been hospitalized 5 times in the psychiatric unit at the local hospital, each time for about a week or a little more.  Every time, though I seem to get a little better.  My latest diagnosis is Bipolar II, anxiety disorder, and depression.  Hopefully all being situational.  I don't know how to tell it any shorter, but that is me and my family in a nutshell.  That is why it is so important to me to keep Praisin' the Lord Thru This Storm...

Day 63 July 16

Only a life lived for others is worth living. ~ Albert Einstein

Day 62 July 14

Day 61 July 13

You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.  ~Desmond Tutu

With out the support of my family this week, I don't know where I would be right now.  Sometimes you wonder if you have the capacity to love another child when you are choosing to add to your family.  God gives you this gift for which I am so thankful for that you can love them all the same!  Sometimes they disappoint, but so do I.  I try to have a short term memory:)  All I know is I love my Heavenly Father and my family on earth sooo much, and Lord I will keep Praisin' You Thru This Storm...

Day 60 July 12