ohhh Life.
Since I left off last week of the 30 days of Thanksgiving, Ben’s back went out and he was in unbearable pain. I came home from work to help out and within a few hours I was suddenly puking and incapable of helping out. We survived. 
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Day 7: Thankful for the kind of family that comes over to help you {even when they are probably going to be puking soon too}.
My dad just went out of town that day to Mexico and I can never say how thankful how I am that my mom was there. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m typically the strong one when the family is sick but my mom coming over to take care of us was super emotional for me. Ben is standing now, still in a lot of pain, but he can move. Baby steps.
Day 8: The love from my community.
My phone was buzzing with texts and messages from people wanting to know what they could do to help us. I am not typically the type of person who asks for prayers on Facebook but I’m so glad that I did. Thank you so much for caring, texting and calling to ask what we needed! I can’t even tell you how meaningful that was for us. I think for years we felt isolated -self imposed- by just the complexities and difficulties of life- and it’s amazing to see who all was there once we lowered back our walls. Thanks friends, for going to the hard times of life with us and loving us throughout.
Day 9: Thank you to my in-laws for taking the boys for the last 24 hours!
I am so appreciate of good family. I am so blessed with good family. I know that I probably don’t appreciate it nearly enough because I’ve been so blessed to have grown up with such great parents and then to marry Ben, whose family is just as amazing, is just incredible. We all still have our issues and areas to grow but to have a supportive family that loves us on both sides is something we are deeply spoiled by.
Day 10: Chocolate.
OK, hey it’s shallow. But once my stomach agreed with life again, it was well rewarded with white chocolate candy corn m&m’s and life just seemed beautiful again…
