What a week it has been. What a week. I got in a minor car accident due to the vehicle fishtailing and I was unable to get it back under control in time. In unrelated news, the car broke down the next day by dropping it's third alternator in a couple of months. Wow! I've heard tell some say "Just shoot me!" to these kinds of weeks. But I know better. I belong to Jehovah God and he will take care of us. It is going to be a long haul through this mess but we have a lot of positives coming from it as well. Well, that's the way I see it. I wish it hadn't happened. I truly do. I was trying so hard and being so cautious, yet it still happened to me. I guess that's why they call them accidents. As far as positives, I can't really explain how I see it that way but suffice to say I've always been a "glass half full" kind of girl.
Other than that, it is a deep deep cold winter here in Alaska. I will try (I know, I know...you'll believe it when you see it) to get some pictures of the snow and trees and the moose that are hanging around the house we are living in as housesitters for the winter. I will watch for them on my day off tomorrow. I am adjusting...slowly but surely. I am not sure I would ever have chosen to live here and had no desire as much as Joe did to come. But once we get our own home, get Joe some steady permanent employment I think things will look a whole lot different and we can finally breathe a bit. Of course, all the while being chased down by that "roaring lion" looking for a tasty meal. I'm not looking for a deep breath but I would like to catch mine for a second to be sure. You sure can get the wind knocked out of you or feel knocked down if you let yourself feel that way.
I miss my family and friends and my Bearsy boy who we left in Burns and would give anything to be back home again. But I have a feeling Jehovah is going to do great things through us and with us here. I just know it, And we are all on the "menu" no matter where we live. So I'm gonna dig my roots down and bloom where I'm planted and welcome the blessings from Jehovah that I know are in store for us.
I am fine after the accident and the car can be made to run again. This too shall pass. I am so grateful for that. Mistakes can be corrected but life lost? That's a longer term problem that can't be fixed in a body shop or auto shop. I love you all and so sorry it's been so long between postings. I just have gotten a case of the winter blues a bit and am also working a lot at a fabulous job at Home Depot. I truly do love it there!
Until picture posting time, I leave you with this thought:
"I always am careful to look at my glass half full because if you look at your glass half empty, it might as well be empty all the way." Mattie Stepanek
(The quote will mean so much more if you look up some information on this amazing young man and what he faced in his short life.)
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