Hard times and the blogs of 9/5/2011

So...the first blog of today (9/5/2011 - Labor Day) kind of explains all the blogs that follow it for today (all after this one). 

As I thought about it...it was more than a project Keera has to do for school this week.  Keera has to do a project for school, involving pictures....so that led me to start going through pictures...which led me to finding pictures that reminded me of great moments in our lives....which made me think I want to remember these moments in my blog so when I print my next blog book, they are included.

The real underlying reason of putting the moments I want to remember online is that right now, it is kind of tough times and hard to remember all of the great things we are blessed with.  Bob is as positive as they come and always thinks things will just turn around.  I am the opposite and somehow we try to meet in the middle.  The last couple of years seemed to have been filled with disappointments and hardships (not as hard as others-but hard for/to us).  I do not see any end to it, just a faith that things will get better (which is even a struggle right now).

However, I found as I started to go through pictures and the great moments we have experienced, it made me feel better.  So, not only will I have these moments as a memory in writing when I print another book, I had these moments today to look back on and remember that all the love we all share is what pulls us through and it does pull us through.  Enjoy some blogs with pictures.....maybe you are in one or more of them!

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