In my last blog, I commented that I have been fortunate enough to deal with a lot of things while alone. I figured I would start a list....This is similar to another blog...."I can" See my favorites list. I'm not going to list the small stuff...which is sometimes harder. I'm just thinking of the seemingly HUGE disasters that happen every deployment. It never fails. I will never go through a deployment without something happening.....
Buy a house. (our apt was VERY unsafe...pipe bombs in cars....)
Replace busted water heater
Replace stove that shot flames at me
Clean out fridge that defrosted durring the month I was gone on vaction.....and not throw up for the week it took to air the house out.
Replace Garage Door that snapped in half.....I have no idea how it even happened
Get in major car accident.
Get sued by the parents of the guy who ran red light and hit me.
Buy a new car.
Buy another house....
Take son to San Antonio for three days to have surgery.
Go through pregnancy alone.
i know there are more things on this list. These are just the BIG items that stand out. I'm not including the holidays alone or the day to day stuff that has to get done...just the unusual ones.
And the funny thing is. When ever one of these items happened, my life didnt' end. My husband was gone, but someone was always there at the crucial moment when I thought I couldnt' do it anymore, lending just enough help to get it done. If I didn't believe in God, this would have to convince me. I have never, ever been completely alone. I've never been pampered, but I'm never abandoned either. It's the continual small blessings that prove it's more than luck running the universe.
I have been so blessed. I have never won the lottery, but I have never had to starve so my son would have food. I have been "broke", but I have never been been hounded by bill collectors. I haven't had it easy sometimes, but I have always had the help and support I needed to make it through. There is a God watching out for me. I just have to remember to see it.
So this blog has ended in a different place than I started, but I think it's a good thought to leave on.
God is watching out for me....I just have to watch for it.