#Reverb14 Day 3

It’s all too easy to put off loving where we are until everything is perfect. What can you love about where you are now?

It’s kind of a funny actually. This has me written all over it. I’m always dreaming of that perfect happy ending at the expense of feeling like Cinderella trapped with her wicked step-family. Of course, Cindy didn’t just mope about it — she made the best of her miserable situation, even before she had any idea they’d rip her dress before she could go to the ball. I don’t have my forever house. I don’t have my perfect “job.” I’m not in the best of shape. Know what I do have? I have my family all together. I have my husband and sweet kids. We’ve got a pretty decent roof over our heads that still has the charm of home sweet home that it did on April 1st, 2012. I’ve been working at my job for over three years, and I feel like I’ve become a fixture in our store. My job provides me health care and benefits — like paid sick days, which are especially helpful when every super bug that’s going around seems to be invading my family’s bodies at the same time. Our neighborhood is mostly quiet and pretty safe. The bank accounts are starting to look a lot healthier. I have family and friends who love me and make it known. I may not be where I want to be, but I can still love where I am. I’m alive, I’m apparently in good health, and my family is all home under one roof together. Life is good.