funny story

Emma Claire just came up to me and said "hey momma, why is it that you seem to always be happy, when everything is going bad?" Seriously how smart is my girl. I looked at her and asked her why she thought that I was happy when things got bad...."well, you are always happy momma, and like right now your knee is all messed up and we are having to help you do things around here, but you are still happy"

I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to share with her why we should always be happy....I started by saying that I am happy because I know that one day I am going to die and go to Heaven, and that every day we are given the choice of how we are going to deal with things. I asked her if she would rather go thru the day as a grump, and how she felt on those grumpy days. Then I asked her if it was more fun to be happy. She of course picked happy! Then came those words that made me proud to be her momma!! "I think that you are happy because you are strong, and you don't want me and Abbi to worry! And that's why you always laugh and say that it could always be worse but not to worry because we always land on our feet!"
I smiled at her, and gave her a big hug. It is good to know that when it is all said and done, that my kids understand that when life gets hard you have to look at the positive side of things. And that you have to make the choice of whether or not you will face life as a grump or with a smile and a laugh. At our house we are making the decision to be happy about the obstacles in our days, and I assured Emma that there is always someone watching to see how we deal with those obstacles. She of course being a seven year old girl decided to tell her sister that her grumpy days were numbered! haha