Today I have been tested to the point where it should be very difficult to get up off the floor…but here I am. In tough times we realize who our real friends are and who are true family is. Today was one of those times. Never have I ever had as much faith as I did today…and never in the face of such hopelessness.

Imagine a day where everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and magnify it by 10. First we start out with a missed flight, no big deal, gives us more time to double check the belongings and figure out what else needs to go or trash, I am thankful. Second I get a call telling me my car needs to be moved to a place where it can better be fixed, no problem we call AAA and they assure us they can. Third we have an explosion of rippling consequences that I cannot even begin to comprehend, and for the first time today I’m a bit floored, but I regroup…we will adjust, we will try to resolve, and if nothing then we tried. Forth is AAA making off with the keys to my vehicle promising to come in a short while, again, and leaving us wondering why? And will we even get our vehicle in the end. Fifth we try to make a plan of action in case this one fails…which will be very expensive but we will adjust. Sixth is me in the middle, understanding everyone and trying to be a bridge…my heart hurts for both parties, but I can take it, I can take on what is too much for now because of love, and I am thankful. Seventh my vehicle is returned to me, intact, and hours and hours later, but I count this as a miracle, my one bright spot in all the mishaps, and I am thankful.

I am thankful for every single horrible thing that happened today because I experienced them all with the one I love. I held his hand and I told him its all going to be ok, he doesn’t have to believe me because I just know it will. No matter what everything is going to happen how it happens and I am thankful for these bumps in the road that helped me see how much love I really had in my life. They helped me see how my mother tries hard even when she shouldn’t, and how I love her more and more each day for her sweetness. They helped me see how my sister is always there to talk to, no matter what, still, after all these years. They helped me see my brother, for the actual caring individual he can be when he wants to, making me bowls of cereal and cups of tea when he’s worried. They helped me see how my grandparents are special…and I will always love them and cherish the time I got to be their “third daughter”.

It’s amazing what we learn in hard times when it appears that the ground is falling out from under us until we look up to find all the hands that are keeping us from falling with it. I am thankful for these hands, even if it’s just a finger, you will always have a spot in my heart.