Leah and I visited the High Point Public Library this week. I was searching for some decent workout DVD's that I could do at home. Our library is truly fantastic and I do not utilize it nearly enough. We were on our way up the stairs to the third floor where I began my search. To be honest, I was griping in my mind about how poor pitiful me cannot afford my gym membership anymore and that I am now reduced to doing aerobics in my living room (and, according to my husband, make the whole house shake when I jump!! So encouraging). I found a couple that looked tolerable and Leah and I started down the steps to the children's section. As we were walking down the steps Leah pointed to a large window revealing a room of people on computers. She was curious about why they were using the computers at the library and not at home. There were so many people in there, people of all different ages, races, etc. So....here I am feeling sorry for myself because I can't go to the YMCA yet I CAN go home in my yoga pants and tshirt and surf the Internet. I don't have to drag my kids out of the house on a cold night so they can finish their homework or so I can check my emails. Spoiled I am! I take so much for granted. My heart has been heavy this Christmas for several families that I know that have suffered the loss of a child this past year. Yet I have my children safe and sound and healthy laughing through the holiday madness. A friend of mine in Moms In Touch refers to the often chaotic/disappointing/annoying experiences of our lives with children as her joy. When your children come in the house and tracks mud from one side to the other....that is your joy that your children are healthy enough to have been outside playing. When you child drops the milk jug on the floor while pouring a glass of milk...that is your joy that they are able to use their arms to pour them a glass of milk, there are many that cannot. When you find permanent marker on your wall...that is your joy that your child has been creatively expressing themselves through art. You get the point. So much easier to sit behind my computer when it's quiet and write this than to be in the middle of one of these events. Find the joy in your life, I am.