Day 15

I am so thankful for my family. Jeff and I have been married over 8 years now and have been together for 9. We have three beautiful, and healthy children. We live in a beautiful town surrounded by many friends and family. We live a simple life really. We rarely travel or vacation, we don't have expensive things, we live in a small (sometimes it feels too small) but comfortable apt in a great area of town, our children go to decent schools. Neither one of us are working which has it's pros and cons. We will only discuss the pro's here today. The fact is my husband has been unemployed since May 2009 thats quite awhile. During this time our family has grown very close together. We are constantly together and supporting each other in each of our own adventures. Not many dads can say they get to take their children to and from school and after school activities on a daily basis. Of course jeff could have gotten a job anytime over the last year and a half but his job of being a dad in this season of our life was way more important. Don't get me wrong he was still working very hard going to school full time during this time. His schedule allowed him the time to be with his family more often then not. After working in ministry for a certain amount of time things can tend to slip with the nature of ministry outside the home. We are very grateful for this time our family has had together and as it is coming to a close we are mourning the loss of this season. Yes I did say close...details on changes coming soon. Today we are just thankful to be together.