{"id":14,"date":"2003-05-28T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2003-05-28T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=14"},"modified":"2003-05-28T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2003-05-28T20:20:01","slug":"happy-birthday-joshie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Joshie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was hard. I tried to stay busy packing boxes and a few ladies from church helped (one took the boys to McDonalds for TWO hours &#8211; there is a special reward for her in heaven LOL) and somehow the day is closing. DH bought a pie and we sung &#8216;happy birthday&#8217; but I couldn&#8217;t really do it. I was just sitting there. The kids &#8211; they don&#8217;t know any better &#8211; said somethings that just cut so deep. But they are hurting too and I&#8217;m glad they are talking to us! <\/p>\n<p>Sort of related, but not really&#8230;.I read an interview with Gracia Burnham in &#8220;Decision&#8221; magazine today. A few things she said struck me: <\/p>\n<p>When you are suffering and throwing yourself on God, that is when you are closest to Him. Amen to that! <\/p>\n<p>I think of everyday as a gift now, I choose to accept the freedom that I have now as a gift and to be happy. Every day, things that I don&#8217;t know how to deal with happen to me, but I&#8217;m not going to let that rob me of my joy. I am free, and I have my kids and his wonderful house to live in. I&#8217;m not going to mope around about what happened. Of course, I wish I could change things, but that is not the plan of God. 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