Miracles

Svend and I have been recepients of SEVERAL miracles over the past 4 years. However, in times of hardship, it has been hard to remember how much we've been blessed. I think that because we have been part of larger miracles, we fail, sometimes, to see the little ones that are blessing our lives. I was remembering last night all the miracles we've seen recently...

*Bergen's head healing

*Svend getting a residency

*getting to stay put for a year

*and many more.

I guess the above three have truely been our biggest, personal miracles. We know our Father in Heaven loves us, so it's easy to never doubt. However, it is still easy to get frustrated and down when I look at our bills verses how much we get paid. My dad told me a few weeks ago "there will come a point when you are living paycheck to paycheck." Never. Not me. I will save. I will always have money in the bank. I realized last night, that we are at that point. Yes, we will always have money in the bank, but that money may be measured in little coins verses bills. That's okay.

As I was stressing over this last night and looking over my VERY calm husband, I heard my self saying to Tally, "you get to buy your lunch from now on." and then to Svend, "we finally got approved for lunches. But they aren't reduced, they're free." WAIT A MINUTE! struggling with finances and my daughter just got FREE lunch when we thought it'd be reduced. Uh... MIRACLE!

When you're in the thick of it, it's hard to remember the blessings. It's easy to get so bogged down by the facts that we lose site of the little things that are truely blessings that will help us make it through. If we keep our eyes open to blessings, we can see them. If we keep them shut, we will only see the frustration our situation can create.