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Do you ever feel that God may have put you here on earth to make other people feel better about themselves?

Do you ever think to yourself in the middle of one of your stories that the person you are relating this hilarious event to is actually GLAD that she is not you?

Has anyone ever said about you, “It could be worse–we could be like the _____?”  (This did happen to us in the church parking lot one time.)

Do you ever look over while you are typing a blog and notice that there are 8 M&M’s under the chair in your TV room?

Do you ever wonder if the 5 second rule is really just an urban myth while you pick up M&M’s off the floor and eat them?  (OK I am just kidding about that one.  The M&M’s are still on the floor. . .for now.)

God made me with a sense of humor.  He knew  I would need one.

So in keeping with my calling in life, I will now relate all those things currently in my life that will make you feel better about yours:

I still have Christmas decorations spread all over the ping pong table in the basement. 

I have lost my hair 3 times, and some days consider that those were the best hair days of my life.

I sometimes feed my kids pop tarts and cereal all week long. (Ok, Ok sometimes they eat that on the weekends too.)

The one day that I did try to make breakfast last week (cinnamon toast!!!), it burned.  Seriously, there was smoke.

I checked Will out of school to  go to the orthodontist office last week.  We were there on the wrong day.  I had the right location, the right time and the right child.  Can I at least get partial credit?

I have started 4 books since Christmas and finished none of them.  But I have read several magazines cover to cover.

My husband was helping me out by taking the baked potato soup out of the oven.  Somehow he sloshed the soup onto the door, and it went inside the door between the exterior glass and the interior glass.  (OK if this has happened to you too, you are starting to make ME feel a little better about my life.  If you can now tell me how to get it clean, I will feel tons better.)

Even though I have survived cancer, I still get mad when I can’t find my car keys.

My kids are closer to their Bible reading goal for the month than I am.

Jack did show up to his basketball game last week with 2 different colored socks on.  (He does this on purpose for some reason.)

So I hope that some of those things make you feel better or at least normal.  I was recently bemoaning to my mom the fact that all my friends’ houses are so neat.  My mom said that I needed to find some messier friends.  But maybe my purpose is to be their messy friend who makes them feel better.  Yes, that must be it.

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