Being a Tough Cookie

My husband emailed me this picture today. Everyone who knows us knows what a difficult time we've been going through. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but this week things got even more difficult.



Anyway, today I casually emailed Steve "I'm a tough cookie," and this is what he sent back. I love it!



I do consider myself a Tough Cookie, but not on my own. I have the support of so many special people in my life, and those people not only encourage me but will sit with me in my difficulty. (As I explained to one dear friend, they will sit in the crap with me, instead of trying to tell me that it isn't crappy. Eloquent? No... but it is true.)



Most importantly, the strength and grace that I have is not my own. Anything in me that makes me a Tough Cookie comes from God, and my faith in Him.



I don't know how, or when, or how long it will take... but this Tough Cookie will come through this time, and she will not be broken!