Because y’all are so kind to me and put up with my quirkiness so graciously, no one pointed out to me that I posted Writing Wednesday on Tuesday this week. Ha! I guess I was so excited to share about the writing contest that I skipped a day.

Truth is, I’ve been a wee bit stressed out lately. (And by “wee bit,” I mean quite a lot.) I haven’t dropped any extremely important balls, but I’m having to leave myself notes for things like the package that I meant to mail on Monday and haven’t yet, or the birthday party invitations for this coming weekend that I finally remembered to send to school yesterday. (That one may be a mixed blessing, actually, because there is a strict limit on the number of guests allowed, and we would be way over the limit if everyone came!)

All that is to say, I was just introduced to Life Unmasked (thanks, Melissa!) and thought today would be as good a day as any to get real.

Besides the usual goings-on with kids and school that I can usually juggle pretty well, there are other things happening (or not happening, as the case may be) in my life right now that leave me feeling disillusioned, disheartened and discouraged. In one of those areas, I’ve decided that I’m going to try really hard to stop complaining and make a conscious effort to be thankful in the midst of the uncertainty and frustration. I know that I’m good at what I do, whether anyone acknowledges (or even notices) it or not. Besides, I keep having to remind myself that I work for the Lord, not for men. If Jesus signed my paycheck, then perhaps my attitude would be a bit better, ya think?

As for the other area, well, I don’t know what else there is to do. I can’t fix it by myself. I try to be thankful for the little things, but the frustrating things seem to compound like the goods in Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault.