Adversity

Facebook led me to a friend with whom I had lost touch. Come to find out she's been dealing with huge stuff over there in her world. In January she gave birth to a precious son with down syndrome, her second child. In reading her blog I've been awakened to her point of view and I just can't let go of it. She's so strong and courageous. I admire Jennie very much.

This morning, I dipped into Starbucks for an extra special grande iced mocha. I browsed the discount section then something led me over to the bulletin board. There I read about a sweet employee who I may or may not know, but she recently was diagnosed with a brain tumor and of course she has no medical insurance. She's a Starbuck's employee.

I told Don I was blown away by the news of the Texas polygamist story in recent news and he said, "Why? That's what the whole David Koresh thing was about, too, years ago." Oh, yeah, selective memory on my part.

Here's some good news. RJ likes me to watch Sesame Street with her in the mornings and today we learned all about the violin. When I read the quote, "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" My response is to play the fiddle.
Every day we take baby steps and get ever closer to blossoming into our fullest potential.

Growth through adversity. That's the theme for today.