It has been a strange week, SO many people I know are having such a hard time and even though it's not me, it still brings me down?

A friend is having a hysterectomy
My Dad might be really sick and is so far in debt he's in real trouble.
Another friend's Mom passed away
My sisters house was flooded and both kids are sick (she was here visiting and had to rush home and had a flat in the middle of the nor'easter with 2 kids on a major highway)

These poor people!? I am so lucky things are so wonderful for us, maybe I fell guilty? Usually helping people out would be my way to make myself feel better, but there's so much I don't know where to begin and I just feel sort of sad?

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"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer

I know it sounds corny but what works for me is to keep a positive attitude, to have faith that there is something beyond me and that there is a plan with a purpose whether I recognize it or not and to enjoy the little pleasures in life.
If you love your morning coffie make a big deal out of it. Take joy in the children and their actions. If you like the sun watch it rise and set. If you like chocolate make a point of letting a piece melt in your mouth. Savor your little pleasures and enjoy the company of loved ones. It is the little things that make up life.

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I understand what you going through...I don't know if you believe in pray.just say a pray and believe in what you ask the lord for..I know he will bring you out of any thing

God and prayer are all we have sometimes.
Learning to realize that that is enough is the hard part.
We have to take care of ourselves and our families and then friends and the rest of the world as best we can.
God has a reason for everything and someday we will know what and why.
But that won't happen here on this earth so we have to be patient and trust in God.
He is there for everyone who needs Him.

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Square dancing is friendship set to music!

while I know this won't help your loved ones, a hot bath, clean pajamas, and an early night in bed kind of clears my head for the next day. DH is good about keeping the kids out of my hair when I'm in one of my dumpy moods and just need the time for myself.

Sometimes a brisk walk with some of my favorite music playing on my headset helps clear my head.

It has been a hard week here as well but nowhere near as difficult as yours. I hope that things look up for you. You and the people that you mention are in my thoughts.

I'm having a bad week also. I try to find happiness in any stupid thing, like the geese that was making a fuss this morning. They weren't flying and I couldn't see them but dang they was honking and honking. Look out a window hopefully you see green grass that needs mowing and imagine that wonderful smell.

Your tag line is a great starter "Having kids is like being pecked to death by a duck. " No matter how often I read that I laugh.

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Linnybop got it right but forgot to add... clean sheets. I love to snuggle in bed after a long day with clean sheets and a good book. Short on time or don't want to wash your sheets? Just place a dryer sheet in your pillow case. The smell of the dryer sheet is just as good as clean sheets to me.

I hope your week gets better.

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You laugh at me because I am different,
I laugh at you because you are all the same.

Your mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is open.

I think I just feel so bad for everyone, it seems like there are so many of my friends going through a hard time right now and I can't really do much to help out. I know I feel bad that things are pretty good with us, sort of guilty.

I called my friend in the hospital today instead of going to see her and we chatted, she sounded good. Then I had to bring the kids to a funeral, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, lucky they are little and it sort of broke the tension a little. And we visited my Dad, so we pretty much covered all of the bases.

I try to keep in high spirits and I do believe that everything happens for a reason and there really isn't anything I can do about it, but try my best to help out. There are just so many needy people right now and it's hard to fit them all in, but we got it done today and tomorrow is just another opprotunity!

I bought a couple of new books today and will make a cup of tea and curl up with the kiddies on the couch until DH gets home around 7:00.

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"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer

Flipper,

I know how you feel. We are going through our own small issues but my BFF is having marital problems. It makes me sad to think about how well my life is at home while she suffers so much. It's awful to say, but I try not to think about her and her problems too much. There isn't anything I can do to help, other then be there for her.

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TLJ ~ Where opinions are encouraged, not deleted

You laugh at me because I am different,
I laugh at you because you are all the same.

Your mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is open.

Good advice Carrie. You can only do much for others. And if you don't take care of your mental, physical and emotional health you are no good to anyone else least of all to yourself.

Remember the prayer

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference. "

Worrying never did anything but ruin the worryer.

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