It's All Good…

We have reached mid-April and all seems to be going well.  There have been the usual day to day fires to put out and the really big concerns are still really big concerns, but no ulcers, nervous break downs or catatonic stupors have set in yet.  I haven't been wielding my camera much lately, so I will repent and take lots of pictures of something this week.  I am sitting at my computer on a Friday night after putting the Jarvis children to bed.  Richard is at the D-Back game and it is quiet in the house. I am reflecting on how blessed I feel.  I'm glad to be living now, in this land, in this city, in this family.  I look around me every day and wonder what I did to deserve such a great life.  Everyone has problems.  That's just part of our experience here.  I am just glad I have my problems and not someone else's. I believe we do truly get what we can handle, even though sometimes we think we will be broken.  I get to plan for a family dinner on Sunday, get my hair cut and colored tonight by my talented daughter, sleep in a comfortable bed in my house and do a thousand things every day lots of other people can only dream of.  Madison will play soccer in the morning, Ali will have her bridal shower/brunch, Tawna will run in her first marathon, I will paint walls at Papa's, design a wedding invitation for a friend, and be a part of all the other things going on with the rest of the kids and grandkids. I hope and pray I will remember to stop and take note of the happiness of it all.  That I will remember to give thanks for it all.  That when the Jarvis boys awake, I will be a good sport about the early hour on Saturday.  That I will find humor in the pile of laundry I neglected for about a month now.  And that Richard still loves me enough to forgive me for the bags of product I came home with from the beauty supply store.  It seems I need a lot more product to break even these days.  I think some of them are edible, so if I can't afford groceries, we could eat them. Yes, all in all mid-April is okay.  I'll just brace myself for the next couple of weeks and hope I can say the same at the end of the month.