Life is Good

Ryan and I are looking at new Washers. Fun huh? We are the unfortunate owners of the Sears Kenmore Elite Calypso washer and dryer. There have been so many problems with this set that there was a class action suit against Sears that for some reason (I really can't remember) we decided not to get signed on for at the time....we're certainly wishing we had now...we've had the washer worked on so many times its not worth the price having it fixed again and had we joined this action, we'd have had it replaced with a new set for free.....what were we thinking??? At any rate, as we shopped online last night, I told Ryan I wanted an LG....now honestly, I really don't know anything about this brand and it looks just like the other sets....but their logo...LG, really stands for Life is Good. I want everything in my house to have the LG logo on it....so that no matter what we look at we are constantly reminded, LIFE IS GOOD!

I've had sick kiddos for three weeks now and by the end of last week it was really starting to get old! Colds, the flu, vomiting, sore throats, non working gall bladder, pulled muscle and crutches from cheer injury....I was sick of it! I finally sent my sore throats to school and told my crutches girlie that Friday was her last night on them...she was either walking or sitting on Saturday, but I was sick of looking at those crutches! And then......as I watched an episode of John and Kate +8....they were at St. Judes, I was quickly reminded how truly LIFE IS GOOD. My girls have been "sick"...but they haven't been fighting for their lives. They haven't had IV's with chemicals running through their veins to keep the cancer at bay....they don't have big machines with tubes breathing for them, while on crutches, they will certainly walk again and not have to relearn how to. LIFE IS GOOD.

Most people know I stress about schedules....I'm not really a spur of the moment kind of person. I'm sure that comes from years of traveling for work and having a family. While I can certainly leave in a pretty quick fashion, I still have to "plan" for things, like "who has what and when this week", what is Ryans work schedule....you know, logistics, who can get who where and when, will someone be able to pick everyone up type of things. We'll as I'm planning our day Saturday and trying to figure out a schedule for one of our daughters who isn't going to be with us....a friend is experiencing a tragedy in her family. WOW....in the midst of all she has going on, she's also worrying about my daughter and making sure she's not left alone when she could have had plans....I was sad that at this tough tough moment for her, she felt like she needed to worry about our daughter as well. Knowing what she was suddenly faced with, my schedule was nothing...I hit my knees praying for her and thanked god for the reminder "LIFE IS GOOD". Nothing I was worrying about at that moment could begin to compare.

As we sat in our flock group last night (small group at church) and I listened to the prayer requests, including our own for Allyson as we have a consult for her gall bladder surgery, I was still quietly and humbly reminded..."LIFE IS GOOD". Allyson will certainly recover, but I listened to things like our friends facing Alzheimer's progression with their mother, family strife of another, extreme sickness of a friend who has a brand new baby at home, long term recovery of a mom who is still in a drug induced coma, I humbly thanked god that our "LIFE IS GOOD"

Several weeks ago during church, Pastor Terry related a story of two friends, one of whom replied to any and all situations, "this is good". It was a great story. Our family has since adopted this saying and honestly have just realized that most things are truly out of our control and while we may not know why at the time, instead of stressing, we might as well adopt the attitude..."this is good". It really does help to keep my stress level down and even more importantly, it reminds me to just give it all to God and give all the glory to him.

It's Monday, do you already have a laundry list going for the week? Is the stress already mounting as you are faced with another week? It might be a little easier to face if you can simply remember, LIFE IS GOOD....and when it gets to be to much, just give it all to god.

Life is good.