Friends and Family, This has been probably the hardest year of our lives, individually, and as a family. We have experienced tragedy, heartbreak, disappointment, unemployment, financial crisis, illness, and betrayal and brokenness to relationships that we have always held dear. I confess that, for the first time in my life, I have lost my sense of humor; my constant optimism and positivity. I finally know real depression and despair and feel as though my value, personally and professionally, is merely a thing of the past - irrelevant. Yet, despite all of this, I am thankful this holyday for my husband David, who has been by my side through all of it ~ loving me, believing in me, encouraging me to get up and “do it again”, when all I often want to do is crawl in the fetal position and go into an unconscious oblivion each evening and weekend. This Thanksgiving, I just wanted to ignore the day. It felt almost as if the holiday itself was mocking me; setting off my despair in sharp relief. I wanted to give up, but Dave would not let me. At first I resisted, but then he assured me that this was going to be MY DAY; that he was going to do EVERYTHING, and he did! He did all the cleaning, shopping, prepping, cooking and (yes, Ladies) baking; while I recovered from an ongoing illness that has come to reside on a regular basis of late. The table settings were perfect and I felt blessed to have my whole family and a friend of Rocki’s fill our table of eight. This has been a tough year, but God is still with us. Everyone else may turn away from us and betray us, but God never will. I am so grateful to have a husband and a family that reflects God’s love for me, even during the darkest hours. Thank you!
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 07:19:55 +0000
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