Counter-balancing the Negative

A month or so ago, I came across an article printed in Today's Christian Woman, by Cindy Siglar Dagnan. Cindy was my former dorm/hall-mate at Ozark Christian College. In her article, she described how they lost their dream home to a tornado, but everyone in their family survived. As they tried to recover from the devastation, they determined that for every negative comment, they would require of themselves at least two positive ones. In that spirit, in light of my last entry, here are some positives:

--Annaleigh and Ellabeth got to play in a jacuzzi bathtub while we were gone. (Ellabeth's love for going under water about scared our friend to death!)
--They awoke to a sweet fill-in Grandma
--They got to attend an Easter Egg hunt, and spent the rest of the day playing inside and out with friends
--They were excited to spend their second night with their caretakers from our first excursion to Dallas, including a little dog named Eskimo
--They are seeing us leave and return, learning a new level of trust and patience
--They are seeing the Spirit of Jesus expressed through the loving care of others

And, for us,

--Gotta love the heated blankets at the hospital. Seems like blanket-toasters would catch on in the residential market...
--Mark had a visit with his dad and brother.

Tears are and will still be hard, but I think it is important not to let them obscure the real and positive experiences amid the difficulty.