And so.........

                                                    Giving God the Glory!

     I believe in giving credit where credit is due.   A couple of weeks ago I shared that I had some difficult issues I was facing.  Friends prayed.  We trusted the Lord.   And He answered in a mighty way!  While I do still have one ongoing issue  that is being dealt with,  a medical procedure this last week revealed absolutely no abnormalities in the other area.  That was my God!   After 3 years of abnormal test  results and an additional scary diagnosis on top of that, there is no other answer for what happened.   I truly consider it a miracle.   And I am so overwhelmingly thankful.

   
                                                               Laughter

      During tough times,  laughter can be rare.   And while I have been waiting  these last few weeks,  laughter has not been as often as it once was.   Reminders of difficult times kept popping up in my mind.   It was like the devil just wanted me to be down.   But you know what?   He is not in control of me!
      So I found laughter where I could.   Often with family. One of those times was last weekend when my daughter and I filmed for  her YouTube channel.   Check it out if you wanna laugh as I attempt to put on her makeup.  While  I will never be a make up artist,  we had a blast! https://youtu.be/-ZrN1EhbLdc.  She had to cut out about two-thirds of the fun even!  That's probably a good thing......  I might lose all credibility if any more of my goofiness showed.

                                             I'm Not Even a Big Fan of Apples

     A couple of my kids  talked me into buying an Apple Watch during this time of waiting.  While my youngest son instructed me over FaceTime on my iPad,  we paired it with my iPhone.   I couldn't help but laugh when my technical skills were compared to grandma's.  The next day my shoulder was really hurting. When I told my son about this,  he kindly informed me that I did not have to throw my whole arm up in front of my face in order to see the watch.  Oh........  Oopppssss......   well hopefully at least it  added a calorie or two on my activity count!
     And that brings me to another point. That calorie count on my watch make me get up and move!  I don't like to fail. Not that I'm competitive. I just don't like to give up or fail. So some evenings when I have just a few calories to go, I stay on that simply fit board my kids got me for Christmas until I reach my goal!
 
                                                              Happiness
     
      No life is not always sunshine and roses.   We must choose to be thankful.   We must choose to laugh .   And we must remember that happiness comes from within.   We can't depend on  someone else to give it to us.   But if they do share some of their own with us,  well that's just a little added bonus.


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