Over the last several days I have had the opportunity to talk to several people who are dealing with family tragedy—either sick parents, cancerous spouses, or ill children.  Oddly none of them were concerned with how much the care cost, or what they had to do in order to help their family – money and time were not the isses.  In a world of falling stock prices, rising food costs, and financial bailouts— the main thing remains the main thing—our most important goal is to be there for our family.

I am so thankful that the election is almost over and we can get to the season of thanksgiving—we need to start counting our blessings instead of concentrating on what we don’t have.  We recently received an update on Wray’s 401K–it’s not been pretty the last couple of months, but I’m just grateful that we had money to lose.  There was a time that we wouldn’t have lost anything because we didn’t have anything.

Let the celebrations begin!  Let’s begin to look at what really matters— family and friends—and I am extremely thankful for both!!!