Weeks of winter can leave us frozen in our tracks! Caring for self and family can become drudgery instead of blessing. Many of us want to snuggle up in a corner and sleep until spring arrives!

Can you relate? It seems impossible to get menial tasks done when focused on weather. Stress builds as we consider the cost of fuel, food, and necessities. Workers have difficulty getting to and from jobs; it’s challenging to meet the immediate needs of a household.

For you who are caregivers, you may feel more hemmed in than ever before. It’s hard to keep things going when we get depressed. What could be time for each of us to catch up while snowed in may have turned into long, unproductive days and weeks of wishful thinking and procrastination.

Well, if in summer we say, “when given lemons, make lemonade,” then what shall we say when given ice and snow? Make ice cream? Yes! We can do this!

The solution is found in this quote from Anthony J.D’Angelo, “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”

So, dear friend, shake off those feelings, pull up your bootstraps, and smile as we get at the tasks at hand. We can do this!

Here are the steps I took to warm things up.

#1. Comb my hair and put on some makeup to show off my pretty smile!

#2. Pick up and put away all the newspapers, mail, and jackets strewn around the place.

#3. Fill the crock pot with stew, beans, or a roast. That aroma will liven the entire household.

#4. Choose one thing I need to work on today and have it ready to do.

#5. Begin now to plan for a sunshiny day again tomorrow—regardless of what the weather may bring.

#6. As always, thank my Heavenly Father for each breath I take, for those I love and care for, and for His perfect plan.

Let me hear how you are surviving the wiles of winter.

With hugs and prayers,

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