Il fait le courage
Well it's been almost a year since I've posted on this blog. So much has happened and sometimes it seems like most of the big things haven't been very good. But I guess the fact is that life is mostly made out of little things, not big things, and there are always lots of small wonders. Especially with a 3 year old around.
Mom is in the hospital and we all want her to heal up as fast as possible and get back to living her life which is so full and wonderful in Tucson. It sucks having her sick. She's such a wonderful mom and she's had it so rough health-wise. Sometimes you just have to wonder how people are supposed to get by with life being so challenging. That's the reason for the title of this blog entry. "It takes courage." Life takes a whole lot of courage. Courage which comes back in the face of hardship because, really, what choice do we have? Our family has been so blessed in so many ways. Is it greedy to want more of the good things we've had? We want mom and dad to come back to Maine this summer to play with Hannah. We want to pick blueberries together and walk on the Eastern Prom and play with Hannah on the playground. We want to celebrate our anniversaries (their 40th!) and go out for a gourmet meal. We want Laura and Steven to visit and want to go hiking with them. We want Dad to be his goofy, sweet self and Mom to be her kind, strong self. On this Passover night--the first night 2010--please hear this prayer. Help our family get through this walk in the dessert of mom's health issues so that we can enter the healthy Promised Land together and play.
