Seeing the light from a dark day

My heart is broken just a little. I mean, putting things into perspective, what happened this past Sunday is nothing, just a mere inconvenience in the world of troubles. Nevertheless, my heart aches.

My computer was being revamped because I run my computer so hard, Tyler is constantly trying new things to make it run faster, better, more like a new computer. I have collected articles, recipes, notes, emails, written articles on nutrition or health etc. for over 10 years. I have made profiles, lifebooks, and fun things for the kids for over 4 years. On Sunday, Tyler realized that the backup of all my "stuff" was gone, vanished, never to be recovered. It has hit me in spurts. I will be doing something random around the house and remember a project I had been working on (e.g. my book!!!! or Tate's wonderful little Lifebook) and now it is all no more. I cry a little, mourn for the hours lost to something I will never see again, but then I realize, God is AWESOME! Everything happens for a reason!! Good or bad, good will come out of it! Earthly possessions matter not! 

Matthew 6:19-21 says "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

The Good From This Mishap:

• I seek God that much more when I am in a time of heartache.
• Good practice letting go, seeing the good is all situations and being content. 
• My computer will now run better without the 100000000000 files I had saved.

What we still have are all our pictures (well, except the ones from the last month or so). Those are on another computer. I still have the hard copies of our profiles for the boys. And I can still get the final copies of my published articles. What I still need are emails, addresses, etc. I lost all my address book. So for all those reading this, when you have a moment, if you could send me any info you think I need to have - numbers, addresses, email address, birthdays.

We are still getting things put back together, so I will not be able to put new pictures up for a while. So tata for now and more to come later.