Help

  I strive to be independent, I actually think it is my biggest strength and my biggest weakness all in one.  I will do things around the house or on my own for the sake of not having to ask to for help.  Mostly this boils down to not wanting to disrupt anyone else's day, life or schedule.  But this time around I have had to ask for help on several occasions and I am finding that the world has not come to an end and no one has ended up hating me as a result.

  With Ethan getting bigger and sleeping through the night I set him up a crib in our office, now turned guest room and along with that came moving a pretty large desk out of the way.  Could I have done it, maybe, would it have been hard, definitly.  So I gave in when my co-worker offered the help of her husband and his buddy to load it up for me.  They had it done in no time and I was so grateful.

  Our large four wheeler has not been running and Trav was not able to get it figured out before he left.  So our friend came over to look at it, not just once but twice and ended up taking it into town to be serviced for me and then delivered it when it was done.  This is one of the things that yes I could have done but would have been difficult.  Loading up the four wheeler and taking it into town when it fit my schedule or having to take the boys would have been difficult. He also did a few other tweeks on it and now it is ready for us to use it around the farm this winter.  We use it to move stuff around the property and move fire wood and it is an essential part of farm life, not just a toy. So having it up and running again is definitely a blessing.

  We have this carport that we bought from someone out here in the mountains and Trav had started to put it up before he left but like a lot of things this didn't get finished.  My co-workers husband came to the rescue again.  We made a trade and he set it up in a day.   He was also able to get firewood delivered for me.  I was nervous about having someone come deliver firewood at the house with just me there or even thinking it was just me there.  These are things that I would have just tackled on my own before.  It is by far less stressful having the help.

  My mom and step dad came to visit this past weekend and he offered to help with somethings around the house.  So, I gave him my list. He looked it over and said, "Ok".   He hung some new lights in the kitchen, replaced my broken bathroom sink, fixed some loose grout in the master shower and caulked around the kitchen counter and sink, fixed the left side drain in my kitchen sink and installed an automatic gate opener on our entry gate.  Amazing!





 Sometimes God grows you by making you rely on yourself and sometimes he does it by making you reach out for help. I had a friend tell me once that people wouldn't offer if they didn't mean it and by letting people help you when you really need it can actually be a blessing to them.