Not As Easy Last Night

I was getting concerned yesterday afternoon about falling off the wagon when the hubby called me all down and out. Some things in our business have come up that are threatening to cost us more money (than we can really afford to spend at the moment) and a real estate deal fell through that might have helped put some working funds back into the business. It seems like it has been one thing after the other for the past year but I know God is taking care of us and will continue to do so. Typically, we would have reached for our cocktails but last night, I just took a walk and he cooked a pot of chicken soup and then my mother-in-law joined us for dinner. She lives close by and was unexpectedly widowed by my husbands father in August (another incident that ramped up our drinking at the end of 2009). My mother-in-law has been in her own depression that has been hard on us but last night she was good and she helped lift both of us out of our negative frame of mind. Last night will be remembered as a cold night outside but warm inside filled with comforting discussions of how to move forward in troubled economic times over coffee and great soup.