anger

How do you deal with someone who is obsessed with anger. Some people are miserable, wrapped up in their anger but they refuse to let it go. It is like a poison to everyone around. When that person is around it seeps like fog and invades every pore of the people around.
I have tried loving the anger away- didn't work; I have tried praying the anger away, it helped my attitude but didn't touch the anger. It isn't at the point of abandoning the anger but I have serious concerns about how to raise a healthy family and to be physically and emotionally healthy when the misery of anger is wrapping us in its cocoon.
My wish is to be filled with love and the ability to rise above the anger. I found a great post about anger:
Anger can be a sin. When a person refuses to be pacified, hold it all in or holds a grudge, anger is a sin (Ephesians 4:26-27). This causes depression, irritability over little things, often things unrelated to the actual problem.(qotquestions.org)

The hardest part is that we can only control our reactions and how we handle things. We have no control over other people. This next year, I resolve to find the joy even when the fog of anger invades my home. I think this may be the hardest thing I will ever try to do but I am determined to let go of my anger, my frustration over the situation and seek the positive. I will definitely needs prayer for this pursuit! More than my sanity and health I know my children's future is at stake!

2009

Ken is starting to get settled into Ft. Detrick. The army didn't pay him on the 1st so they will make it up the 15th and in the mean time, we get to help him. I'm glad we can but it has been stressful! The base is mostly civilian so it doesn't have the same resources he has come to expect.
Amber has a fractured hand and the rest of us are sick to one degree or another. Blah!
Life is pretty much the same. I have just decided not to complain about my problems. I feel like God has a plan for me and while there are times I would like to wallow in self-pity, I know something better is around the corner. It has to be because God doesn't give you more than you can handle.
The rheumatologist has apparently gotten the combination of medicines right. I still have pain and when it starts getting cold, I get some stabbing pains. But day to day, things are better. It helps that I have a job that is part-time and not physically demanding.
In some ways, this year has been very, very long and in other ways it has been fast, Seriously, there has been so many changes and injuries, I found out I have RA and Fibromyalgia. I feel like I have lived several years in this last year! I hope that in the next few weeks, we find a little boredom and peace.

December

Thanksgiving was good! We had my family here and Ken was home and Thanksgiving Day was his 22nd birthday.
I got most of the Christmas decorations up. Morgan and I hope to cut down a fresh tree soon; we haven't had a real tree in several years.
Ken has left for Maryland. Bryan has gone hunting. The girls and I are hanging out and waiting to see if it really does snow tomorrow.
Have a great Christmas season!

Busy

There is way too much going on to even attempt writing about it. Life is pretty good. My body isn't aching as bad as I thought it would with the cooler weather so the meds must be working. I still ache every day and have pain but I'm use to that. As long as it isn't intense it is all good.
Ken comes home Saturday. He will be here for a week and then go to his new base in Maryland.

This past week

Nothing much to say.
Ok, that says : nothing much to say in webdings. Seriously, how bored are people that they think up these things!!!
We made it through homecoming weekend and the subdivision garage sale last weekend. Morgan got contacts and back on her ADD medicine. I ordered new glasses and got my wedding ring back from the jewelers. Bryan got the jeep running and Amber had been driving it this week.
I'm very achey. My sinuses never cleared up with the z-pack I got a few weeks ago. Now, I'm on ceftin. Hopefull, this will work. The aches might be weather oriented or from the illness. All I know is I ache.
I'm glad it is almost the weekend.

World Arthritis Day

Today, is World Arthritis Day. Many people are familar with osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is autoimmune disease.

Travis Davis

I went to school with a really funny guy named Travis Davis. He passed away from stomach cancer. He was an actor in Hollywood. Please check out this website to provide help for his children.