Even if - continue

Okay I am still on blog hiatus... no really I am... but I need to do a quick Thankful Thursday (on Friday). Yesterday (Craig's B-day) was harder than I imaged it would be. So many questions were magnified the biggest one of course is WHY? Why couldn't he been given the gift of a 35th Birthday on earth? Lots of tears in between the normal things of the day. Tears that bring healing are not in vain. And although I could remain in the motion of constantly asking God why? I choose to trust. It gets harder with every holiday or special day that hurts so badly but working through those time brings peace that only the Lord can provide the next morning.

My Thankful Thursday goes out to be peeps that I met up with for ridiculous conversation topics over a beer, including beards: how annoying they are, how hot Elizabeth Shoe (sp?) is, coo-coo dates, how to tie a tie, and a general update on the Price is Right. It felt good to talk about something else and laugh. What a blessing.

Last year these people were a blessing in so many ways. It is awesome to have friends that know how to have a good time regardless of the circumstances. Laughter is the best medicine and we have always been blessed with people that could laugh at and with each other. Ecclesiastes 3 says there is a time for everything. I has been blessed with friends that can laugh and cry within 15 minute span of time.

Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

²     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
³     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
⁸     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

Thank you for all the prayers, text messages, facebook post, voice mails etc. We made it through another first and woke up the next morning feeling blessed. That doesn't happen without prayer!!

Craig, if there are blogs in heaven, we love you, we miss you and we will see you again.