the Life of Olena

She comes down the hallway dressed in this lovely outfit.  I can't help it, but I bust out laughing.  She looks at me with this serious face and says "what?......too much pink? you think this is too much pink dont cha?"  I almost peed my pants I started laughing even harder.  Honey...the pink should be the last of your concern! 

It is after 11pm at night, I am sitting in a completely quiet, peaceful, warm breezy house.  I am soaking up every moment and really appreciating it for what it has to offer me right now...REPRIEVE! I am so exhausted I cannot even fall asleep.  Fighting a bad case of insomnia and after tossing and turning for over 30 minutes I figured I would just get up and wait for the heavy eye lids to return.  The last 2 weeks have been extremely challenging, not to mention a true test of my Faith.  I have had to deal with some of the most difficult, negative and self loathing people I have ever encountered, and have had every possible thing go wrong in the mean time.  There has not been a single solitary day in that last 14 days that a problem has not occurred.  The honest to goodness reason I am still sane or even alive today is because I have prayed....a lot, and every prayer has been answered.  It is the only thing that keeps me stro...