What a blessed day!

Today started off the same as most days around here do, waking up our oldest daughter at 5:40am so she can begin getting ready for school.  After getting her out the door and being almost finished getting the two boys ready for school, a little voice in my head told me I should log into our banking app, so I did.  What I saw immediately made me look upward and say "thank you!".  For weeks we've been praying for a miracle and this morning, we received one.  The Army had made a deposit into our account.  We are still unsure of exactly what this money was being paid for (there are many things the Army owes us money for at the moment) but it's just enough money to make sure we can pay our rent on January 1st and for now, that's enough to make me smile and lift some of this weight off of our shoulders.

Sometimes it's super hard to be patient and wait for the things that you really need.  But prayers, patience and lots of faith, finally paid off.  This brought so much relief and has helped us to be able to enjoy other blessings more fully today.  One in particular is our littlest princess.  She is such a sweet little girl, but she definitely has a strong-willed personality when she wants something.  I am grateful that she is able to stand up for herself, especially in a way that isn't mean or violent.  She just doesn't back down easily.  We have actually found that it is really hard to tell her no.  The faces she makes when she's talking to you are too cute.  And, when you ask her for a kiss, she'll give you one, almost always on the lips.  And then she'll look right at you and say "now we're married".  I have no idea how that response was started, but it's super adorable and always makes us smile. 

We have definitely been blessed with 4 wonderful children.  They get along pretty well, but have their moments when they just need some space from one another.  They use their manners on a pretty regular basis so I really can't complain there.  I suppose I could ask that they would listen a little better, but then again, they are 12, 10, 5 and 3.... maybe they'll listen when they're in their 30's?!  lol

I am so grateful that they are happy, healthy children.  And though at times they make me want to pull my hair out, I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world.  So today, after they came home from school, we spent some extra special time together just hanging out and having fun; something we haven't done in a while because of all the stress we've been juggling.  It was refreshing and I had a great time with them.  The day ended happily and the kids were put to bed with hugs & kisses and they all had huge smiles on their faces.  What more could a mother want?