The last two months have been the complete opposite of how I thought I'd be spending my summer. I thought we'd be hanging out with our Lethbridge friends (big and little!) at the spraypark, hanging out, enjoying the lakes etc. Instead, life's curveball was that we would actually be in a totally new place, making new friends and having different kinds of fun. The kids seem to be much more adaptable than I do. They have enjoyed the new parks, the new lakes, the new adventures and the new friends. I too have enjoyed my new friends, however I miss my old friends dearly. Thank goodness for the telephone and facebook! :)
And then I don't feel so bad...
When I saw a rainbow in the sky tonight, after a long day, I remembered that life is full of promises... promises that life WILL be okay -- that life will be GREAT actually! I will be okay, the kids will be okay! We will make it!
Hmm... and then I remember how so many of my friends have been through so much this year. They have lost loved ones... they have had struggles of all kinds. K lost a beautiful little girl, who was born a few months too early, perfect, just not quite strong enough. A lived through a year without her babies, who were born WAY too early. Their strength gives me strength! Life is too short to not count the days... the moments...
the memories...
the laughter...
the tears...
the adventures...
the promises...
Rainbows, smiles from my kids, a hug from a friend, friends period, a roof over my head, food on the table!
And then I don't feel so bad!
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