January 18th - Real life ....

Grace is so easy to have when life is moving along smoothly. But then there are the bumps ....

My dear friend lost her grandmother .... she is grieving.

My loving husband did not sleep last night .... he is exhausted.

The wind blew our gate open. Tucker ran .... he was missing. (And scared when we found him far from home, in the dark, dodging cars).

Bub's Achilles injury hasn't improved much yet .... he is hurting.

Pie cried when she had to go to school .... my heart broke.

I spent the morning attempting to renew my drivers license. After searching endlessly for my social security card, I finally, in a last ditch effort, found it in an old purse which I had given Pie. In fact it was so old, she had it in the garage to give away. Then after way too long of sitting at DMV, I was told it could not be renewed because the birth certificate I brought in was not the original, or a certified copy. My license expires Friday .... I was frustrated.

Rushed back to Pie's school to visit her at lunch ... I promised.

And now home, listening to the rain, through a pounding headache.

And that's just the last 24 hours.

Now is when I need grace .... now is when I seek grace .... when I am not feeling graceful.