God,
Thank you for this day. Thank you for all the graces and blessings you have given me. As this day comes to a close I ask that you help me to see the good things that you have done for me so that I can grow in belief and faith. I also ask that you show me the mistakes I have made so that I may see the things that separate me from you and do better tomorrow.

Amen

Yeserday morning I was trying to pray in bed and my wife and daughter interrupted me. I gave a quick answer to a question in the spirit of tolerance but they stayed there and kept on talking and assumed that I was awake and didn't mind. They didn't know that I was struggling to wake up and pray. I had a appointment to make and I was facing jumping out of bed and feeding all the kids and then dressing appropraitely for my appointment. Then my wife asked if she could use my truck because her AC doesn't work. At this point my frustration was very apparent and she had an angry outburst and stormed off in her van.

I had to take ownership of my peace and just let her work it out herself. I had to just get moving and get the kids taken care of and make it to my appointment on time. I knew by her actions that she was very angry.

The appointment that I had was with the workforce commission. Being around a lot of other people goin through the same thing I am and hearing their presentation lifted my sense of value as an employable person. I realized just how much my spirits had dropped in this regard.

I was grateful to my mom that she was willing to watch the kids.

In the afternoon I resolved to make sure everything was in order to make it as easy on my wife as possible because I intended to go to my meeting. WHen she got home she was still angry and barely speaking to me. She was not happy when I told her that I was going to the meeting. I reacted to her action and then realized that I had done what she had done. Nevertheless I resolved to own it, to ask for God's help and to let it go.

I enjoyed the meeting and left thinking about surrender in regard to the last two pages of the twelve and twelve on step one.

I got to talk to a friend after the meeting.

When I got home I tried to be kind to my wife and let her know that she could use my truck but she didn't want to talk to me.

Thanks be to God.