It is very hard to find and maintain the balance that life worth enjoying is. But for the times in our lives, we do find that sweet spot it makes all the dark days worth it.

blogging brings me joy yet in the last month I have made one post and not a happy one. I was and am proud I accomplished that much over the last month.

we both need to find small parts of our days to be happy about. it can be something as a meme that makes us smile while shaking our head in agreement or as wonderful as someone making us laugh out loud so our sides hurt from the moment of joy we just had.

The problem is at night we forget those little moments of each day that helped us make it through... but those ARE the moments we never want to forget.

Yesterday morning my Mom made a joke. A joke that was unlike ANY she has ever done. I do not know who was more shocked by the joke, her or me. all morning I would think of this joke and smile and start to giggle. She would look at me and know just what I was laughing about and get all red in the face.

by the end of the day bad, very stressful things happened in our day. We both were tired and worn out and both felt like giving up...but neither of us has the luxury of giving up right now.

at one point I looked at my Mom and said, God must have known we were going to need a great start to our morning in order to make it through the rest of our day.

Did knowing that makes all the bad things go away? no, but it made me feel not so alone in a world filled with millions of people.

Look for the small victories, as you did write the post above. be proud of the small things because they have a purpose too and give you much strength.

Many Hugs!!