Strength in this Journey

I have said this many times before and I am sure I will say it again; it amazes me how mostly women don't know what strength they hold deep inside until at some moment of great weakness we are forced to find it. I know there are days when you feel like you aren't strong and there are more days when you feel like crawling in a hole and giving up. But I just want to encourage you today; you are much stronger than you even know.

Every storm, every struggle, and every battle even though we don't want to endure them they bring forth more great strength that you don't even know is buried deep inside. I have said many times that there was a time that I am not really sure I knew who I was. At some point when I started this journey I can't even count the number of times I said or thought "I can NOT do this." Why do we do that?

You have great strength. You get up in the morning to get ready for work, to get your children ready for school or daycare, breakfast must be made, notes are there to be written and signed, its off to work, and some of us leave that job and head to another one, you get home and there is homework to help with, clothes to wash, bills to be paid, a home to clean, dishes to wash, dinner to be made, baths to be given, stories to be told, prayers to be said, and your head hits the pillow just in time to hear the alarm going off it seems. And you do all that just to start the same routine over again the next day. How do you do it and still remain sane and still focus with energy and zest to face the world out there? I believe it's because God knew you had a strength held inside that carried far beyond your own imagination. You aren't weak, you aren't going to give up, and let's face it you're tough. You've got what it takes to fight this giant and come out a winner.

I know there will be days when you feel completely exhausted and you want to just hide behind anyone or anything that will allow you to ignore that struggle you have been dealt.

I heard this great little line a while back;
When life knocks you down to your knees just remember you are in the perfect position to PRAY!! This alone will give you great strength.

You are strong, you have great strength, sometimes we forget how to be strong until being strong is the only choice we have. Not to mention let us not forget that through our strength we will gain some great rewards: the love of our children.

And remember

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS SINGLE PARENT JOURNEY!!

God Bless