Grateful

Last week and much of the week before was something akin to hell on earth for my family.  I won't post all the details here, but needless to say this was definitely not your typical drama and there was/is a worst case scenario kind of thing going on right now.

We literally wiped out our bank accounts to get a custody order that was emergent and very necessary.  I'm not entirely convinced the order goes far enough, but I will simply pray it will be enough to keep my child safe.  I am completely stressed about money for the first time in a very long time.  I don't like sitting on empty.

But today I've decided to let go of that stress.  We will all recover from the past several days.  We will recover both financially and emotionally.  Somehow this will all work out.

So today, I am simply going to be grateful.  I am grateful that I have this amazing little family.  I am grateful that I have a truly compassionate and wonderful man and two beautiful, healthy little girls.  I am grateful that we have a roof over our heads and that Kenneth has a stable career path job that enables him to make enough money to pay all of our major bills all by himself.  I am grateful that I have a part time job that pays enough that I can elect to work part time and still go to school full time right now.  I am so very grateful for that.

So what if our bank accounts are sitting on empty?  It might take a few weeks, maybe even a few months, but we'll get back to where we were.  And money isn't everything.  You know what is everything?  This: