This morning my wife was still sick so she had to miss all the kids baseball games.  I felt bad for her but was grateful that she was getting better.  My parents were a big help managing the kids at the ball field. Before my #2 son's game I found myself questioning if I should be attempting to be the team pitcher given that my attendance is so uncertain. After the game I realized just how fortunate it is for him that I am given his motor-sensory delay. In fact I was grateful for the opportunity to be a needed asset to the team which may in turn increase my son's sense of contribution and esteem.

In the afternoon there was a moment as often happens lately, when I was just warming up to my wife when she observed something I did that caused her to unleash a tirade at me.  In this case it was that I ran some of her laundry through the drier mixed in with a load I found in the washer that she left there when she got sick. She catastrophized this as my having "ruined her entire wardrobe."  For a moment my heart sank and my anger raged. But I caught and resisted these feelings.  These are the things I have control over, not her behavior.  Now I just need to work on willingness to try not to mess with her laundry in the future.

I worried all day about the state of my school work and whether or not I missed any deadlines.

This evening I got to go to a meeting. We talked about "there is a solution."

Late at night I got to finish my school work.

Thanks be to God.