Today

I am: blessed.
I think: you learn more about yourself through times of struggle and sorrow.
I know: I'm stubborn.
I want: more children.
I wish: my friend Kristen could have her husband back.
I hate: waiting.
I miss: my oldest friends Jane and Aaron.
I fear: I will out-live my children.
I smell: fall in the air.
I crave: time to myself.
I search: for patience.
I regret: all the people I've hurt in my life.
I love: my family and friends.
I ache: when I think about how hard it was to create our family.
I care: about the salvation of my girls.
I always: thank the Lord for my children.
I am not: perfect.
I believe: it's not what happens to you in life that matters, but how you deal with it.
I sing: "You are my sunshine" to Natalie.
I cry: when I remember seeing Bella in the hospital nursery for the first time.
I fight: with my husband about who is right.
I write: all the funny things Bella says in a book.
I win: some arguments.
I lose: my mind trying to pick up toys everyday!
I hurt: my hands when I do stained glass work.
I care: about people who are hurting.
I never: like to hear gossip.
I confuse: euphemisms.
I listen: to my daughter's footsteps running upstairs when she should be in bed.
I can usually be found: cleaning my house.
I am scared: of bridges over water.
I need: God to get me through this life.
I am happy about: having a sister.
I hope: they find a cure for cancer in my life-time and that I don't crash to my
death on the way to Australia in November.