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Why is life so hard?

The woman I nanny for, I'm sure you've heard stories about her kids. They're kind of a pain, with good reason...both mom and dad come from a divorce, and the kids were thrown in together.

Today I found out, the dad is leaving. Another wife left behind. Just like that. No big deal.
Marriage is supposed to be a sacred thing. He's just disregarding it. Another family getting torn apart by selfishness.

So I don't know what's going to happen in the near future. I may lose my job, it may just be Tracy's kids. But if you could be praying for her family and especially her right now, life sucks.

My dear friend (sister, pretty much) Beth also has a friend whose husband just committed suicide. Another big blow...do the clouds ever just go away and STAY away? C'mon, I mean I know God has a plan but it seems like one thing after another.
Prayer...is something I've been forgoing more often than not lately. But I'm finding every day, the more life becomes something that is completely out of our control, the more we need to pray. God will give us peace even when we're really confused and hurting.

"I have told you these things that, in me, you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world."
-Jesus


p.s. If you are reading this, and have thoughts or encouragement or whatever! there's a little link right here that says "thoughts" and that's where you can say it. :) it's just nice to know I'm not writing to nobody. love to all!

food for thought.

Today I took my first economics test. Whew. I sometimes wonder where I got my artistic brain... Mama was lil miss Programmer and Daddy knows Economics like the back of his hand. Guess who helped me study? Anyway, my grade on my quiz was not-so-good. Studied with Daddy, got a reasonably great score on the test! I can't wait to start learning the things I want to learn.

Ok so I'm seriously considering this whole cake-business idea. It takes a lot of effort (health codes/licensing...), but I feel like it would be amazing to do. I've purchased 4 books on the subject, and I asked my grrrreat friend Heather (see our blog "The Obscure Urban Emprise", to the left) if she'd like to be my business partner. Her first thought was YES but of course, there's a lot more to it than just baking and decorating, at least to begin with. But how cool would that be? Totally doable, if it's what God has in mind for us. It would be a lot of work but worth it. It could definitely put us through college and beyond if we need to. If you all could pray about that for us, that would be awesome! I'm just thinking...we're young. We have the whole world at our fingertips, why not??

Other news...worked out with Michael today, that was fun. :) then we visited my bff Alix at the YMCA where she guards. Aaaaand went to On The Border for dinner where we used a much-appreciated giftcard that Granny and Pop gave Michael for Christmas. Yummy! :)
All in all, a good day.