All of life is a challenge. Dad used to say that “life was a fight with a little bitty stick, and every inch uphill”. I think it was a song he heard–but he repeated it often enough I believed it was his own summary of life. As a younger married couple we faced extreme sadness–we lost a baby, had our third child with our RH factor, unemployment, failed businesses, etc. and it did not seem to impact our outlook on life. Later Jim was diagnosed with heart failure–then came the heart transplant, surgeries and cancer. My eyesight challenges. Still ok. But the last two years have taken us to the brink of the “unpositive thinking”! Why is it that we handled our own ups and downs, but when it came to our children–we buckled? I should correct my statement. I’m angry. Jim is still my encourager. Do not be angry, he says–it only hurts you. Dear Lord, I am learning. In His time, all things will work together for good…..because we love Him!