I recently described my last year (May 09-May 10) to my mom as feeling like someone threw me into an ice bath and said “K – enjoy your new life! See ya!” And I was left screaming “No – you don’t understand, I am used to a WARM bath, not ice. Please – can you get me back to the warm bath?!” But nobody came…..and now I am sitting in a bath, where most of the ice has melted, but dang, it’s still cold!! I have gotten used to being a wife, and MS and I are working hard on making our relationship what we both need it to be for one another; I am starting to get used to the idea of being a M-O-M; I think that we are almost all moved into our house; I am developing a comfortable routine with the Kait; and I am actually getting used to the drive into work. But I still can’t help but feel like sometimes my life is completely out of control and overwhelming, which is something I am neither good at nor used to at this point. My life has been a constant work in progress the last year, and when I say WORK in progress I mean a daily choice to appreciate everything that the Lord has blessed me with in the last year, and to thank Him for choosing me to be a wife to my amazing husband and a mother to my wonderful daughter. And I can tell you truthfully, that every time I do give thanks, He melts a little more ice….