The little things

Well this has been a crazy past few weeks. Not enough work for me with my contracts and not having the time and/or availability to work in June meant July was a tough month for the Youngkins'.

Although, at the beginning, I said, "God, finances are yours and I'm sure you'll work this out." It is truly hard to follow through with that kind of faith. So this week, what happened? Well, after two months of training my last contract came through.

After reviewing this with one of my medical transcription contracts I have, I discovered that I only have to take one file per day with my new contract and keep my medical contract and BOOM we have enough to meet our basic needs and a little leftover. This will help us get back into the Baby Steps from Dave Ramsey.

I always tend to note the bad side and this contract has a net 30 payday. Yet, I'm not bothered by that at all. What I feel is peace and excitement because my husband and I knew the opportunities were there and thought they would pay off and here they come. Thank you God with a sincere heart for the blessings He is providing and the opportunity to share with others.

The other thing I learned happened just between yesterday and today. We made plans to celebrate our son's birthday today (almost a month late due to life events). I had made a Lightning McQueen cake and was planning on decorating it last night. I got home and discovered I was missing two ingredients for the icing and Grey was already in bed. I thought, well, he and I will make a trip to the store first thing in the morning.

Wrong. Grey was not in the mood to shop and just wanted to play.....ashes, ashes (ring around the rosies). So, we ate breakfast, did puzzles, ashes, ashes and had a wonderful time. So the cake is still sitting on my stove tonight waiting to be decorated and no ingredients to complete the plan.

See, I tend to need everything to go as planned. Some call that perfectionism. My response is isn't that how everything should be? Well, I've learned the answer is no. The time I had this morning playing ashes, ashes, puzzles, reading, etc. with my dear 2-year-old son cannot be replaced. If I had chosen the cake this morning we would've fought at the store and I wouldn't have made memories. Well, maybe some memories but not what I want to remember about our time together.

So, as July closes out and we embark on a new month. How has God blessed you this month? Has God provided you with minutes to make memories? How did you choose to spend those minutes? Maybe in reflection you realize you may have messed up. Don't be discouraged....instead pick up and take advantage of them now.

God bless.......Melissa