Emotional

My heart hurts today and I am literally fighting back tears. Why?

• Starting tomorrow, my friend has to say goodbye to her son for the next five years.
• I found out one of my friends is getting divorced and my son may lose a close friend.
• I am saddened for the woman who was gunned down in Texas, shot and killed and her three day old baby taken. Her poor husband.
• I am hurting for a friend of mine who is struggling with almost all aspects of her life (never been married, no kids, loss of job and so forth).
• A friend of mine is in a horrible custody battle to keep her daughter.
• My mom's voices are saying she is going to die again.
• My dad is having shoulder surgery that will take months and months to recover from.
• I am sad that when I sit down I cringe. But at least that is the worst of my worries right now. Things could be worse.

Sometimes, the ugly in the world makes me so very sad. I am grateful that I felt the sun on my face this morning, heard birds chirping out my window and held my kids tight tonight. Tomorrow will be better :). ~S