With many thanks...

I thank you all for the kind emails, phone calls, and visits! Each of you had something that spoke to my heart, things that I have easily overlooked or simply forgotten. Sometimes, it takes someone from the outside to look in and remind you of the important things in life. Family. Friends. Faith. Dreams.

I am thankful to have all of those. I have an incredible circle of family and friends. My faith, although it waivers at times, still stands firm. My dreams are still within reach and my desire to attain them is still strong.

I took the weekend to think about the things each of you said. Some of them took a little longer to sink in than others but each of them I needed to hear.

Things here are undoubtedly, difficult. Times are about to get even more so. However, I have to keep positive and remind myself of what we've went through already and what is still to come. We are okay. I am okay. All will be fine.

Tim will have two more days of work and then he will be laid off. I'm done with classes after Monday until they resume again in January. I'm about to begin my clinical 3rd rides for the Ambulance as well as in the hospital ER. I'm pretty excited about that. My EMT class is going great and for that, I'm thankful. I have to believe that the Lord knew exactly what he was doing all along.

I have to remind myself that everyone has a dream. Whether it's a big dream or a small one, there is a desire inside each of us. For me to pass that dream up would be doing an injustice to my children. To my family. To others who have to work just as hard as I have. But most of all, to myself.

I will not give up. The good things in life don't come easy. I will continue to fight. I will continue to pursue my dreams, attain the goals I set forth, and be where I feel deep in my heart that I should be. I have to remember that this, too, will be just another stepping stone for me. It will be another chapter in my life that will, one day, come to an end just as all of the previous chapters in my life have. Someday, I will look back on this experience and be able to see the big picture. I will know exactly why things turned out the way that they have.

For now, I will remain thankful. I will stay strong and keep pushing forward.

Thanks to you all,
-Becky