Beyond measure

The current economic situations is weighing heavy this year. 

We have a very limited budget. The boys are so close in age that it makes it hard to do gifts...anytime of the year..because really we probably already have at least one of what is still out on the market. 

Then there is the fact that if we are going to buy...what do we get them? They  do not need anything. Isn't it silly to buy stuff just because that is what we have been told we are suppose to do during this time??

So I look at this and think...what does this mean?? 

I have spend days  trying to figure this out and I think I have finally found an answer.

It means that we are really really truly blessed. 

We are blessed to have a roof over our heads...even if it is old and drafty and has no insulation...others have no homes.

We are blessed that we have food. Even though we complain and fuss and want to eat out...at least we have food to whine about.

We are blessed that we have clothes to wear. Yes, they are hand-me-downs and yes, they may be out of 'style' but we are warm...some have only what they wear.

We have each other....the boys fuss, the house is a mess, they do not always obey the first time..or the second time we have asked them to...but there are others who are alone or are grieving the loss of those they love.

We really are blessed.

So as I go about trying to decide how to spend our "Christmas money"...I am going to try to keep that it mind. 

I am blessed...

beyond measure

beyond reason.