One Day Closer To You

So it's 5:30 in the morning and I've only had about three hours of sleep, but this just suddenly came into my mind and heart. It's kind of long and I'm sorry if it's not your cup of tea, but I couldn't just lay in bed and fall back asleep because I knew if I did, this blog would never get written.  Let me ask you a question Reader. Has there ever been any one in your life that you just thought about them and suddenly you were cringing or frustrated? How about on the verge of tears because that person hurt you and they don't know it?  I know there have been people in my life and there are still people in my life that make me react in a negative manner.  That being said, let me say this. Our pastor spoke a message last night from Matthew 5:13-16 about being the shining light in this dark world. (Hi Pastor Tommy!) It was a good message, something I needed to hear. I've read the scripture before. It's underlined in my bible. It reads, for those of

It has been a while since I've posted anything to this blog. It's been months, long grueling months. I feel like we've faced so much since I last blogged. Sammy had to have an oral surgery. Danny's been away so much with his instructor's position. We've had bills come up suddenly that we didn't know where we were going to get the money from. I'm sure you have all faced THAT at some point in your lives.  Most recently though, Danny has been in the field EVERY week for five days at a time. He'll leave on Monday and we won't see him again until Friday or Saturday. Well, he came home from one of these week long field ops Friday night telling me about this painful spot right around his belly button. I, the woman and therefore OVERREACTOR, freaked out. I kept asking him all weekend if I needed to take him to the er. He was probably pretty glad to go back to work Monday.  All of the things that have happened to my family recently compound on my nur