Reflecting

So I sit here at my salon, doing my personal laundry, drinking a tea that I just bought at the grocery store and listening to Natalie "making appointments" on the unplugged phone and it is 10:15 PM! Why you might ask, am I doing these random things and keeping my daughter up so late....Well let me unload....Everyone I know in Ohio experienced the incredible wind storm on Sunday afternoon, no secrect there, and many people lost electricity. I know my family and I are going through what many families have gone through this week, but we seem to be a minority in our city. You see those of us residing on one of four streets are the only families without power. Many schools and businesses in other areas have suffered power loss, but as those places get back to normal and get their power restored, we sit in the dark. We have learned alot so far this week and made some changes, that are starting to seem like hidden blessings. We threw all of our food from the freezer and fridge away. We have flashlights everywhere and Natalie knows right when we walk in the door to pick up her flashlight so she can move about the house. We have had no television, which surprisingly, I do not miss at all! We have played dora memory game by flashlight, along with reading books. Natalie had her 3 year old check up even though the doctor's office had no power. By the way she growing and developing just perfect. We seem to be talking more and using our creative brains more. Yes it is quite frustrasting that we can't just flip a switch and have light, or open the fridge to get food out to cook, but when I reflect on this whole experience, I have to say, we could have it alot worse and instead of thinking "poor me",I am going to consider this a blessing. A blessing that I have learned to live in a way that could bring my family closer to each other. A blessing that I have learned different methods of interacting and entertaining with my daughter and learning how to deal with inconveinence. So who knows how long this will last, but it can't get any worse. I can handle this and anything else God might have in store for us, He wouldn't send it my way if I couldn't, right?