MY BLESSINGS!

Have you ever felt like your whole world is falling apart before your eyes?!!! That is how I felt tonight. I even asked myself if my life, at this moment, could get any worse?!
We drove home ALL DAY from Oregon! We made good time; a little less than 10 hours. About 10 min. before arriving we stopped and picked up dinner. It was after 7pm and we hadn't fed the kids. Bad, I know, but I really wanted to be home! So just as we were leaving the restaurant with our take-out Paul said to me, "I really hate going home after a long trip." I asked why and he said, "because I'm always afraid there is something wrong with our house."
FAST FORWARD 10 MINUTES...
When we were turned onto our street we noticed a police car near our house. When we finally got to our house there was a police car AT our house, a police men on our drive way and the garage door open. This is where I started to lose it... Police do not represent "safety" to me - they remind me that "danger" is near. - I even thought that they could have been there to evict us and they were removing our stuff for us!!!
Paul and I got out of the car (leaving the car practically in the middle of street - running - with the kids in it) and asked what the problem was. He said that a neighbor had called because the garage door had been left open - he didn't know how long but for at least a day.
I LOST IT! We couldn't go inside - we had to wait for more policemen to show up. I LOST IT MORE!
While all the police were showing up all I could think was that all of our stuff was going to be gone from inside our house - our house would be trashed - or there was a dead body stashed inside...weird I know - but it had been a long emotional week.
I was still losing it! I tried all my family phone numbers but couldn't reach anybody. I think all the emotions I kept bottled up all week came out. It has been a long time since I cried like that - a long time! I called a friend who lives nearby to help me keep my sanity! Thank you Kris!
LONG STORY a little SHORTer...
All is well at home. We don't know how long the garage door was open - but the door to the house connecting from the garage was open and nothing inside was touched.
SO...my thoughts at this time are how blessed I am! Our situations could have been SO MUCH worse!!! But we were blessed and our home remained untouched. I am blessed! It was such a blessing to be in Oregon this week, it is such a blessing that my father is home and well! It is such a blessing that Paul returned safely and that we are safely home together as a family. I am so blessed!

*Okay - I am also lame! An entire week without pictures?!!!!! Tomorrow I vow to NOT go to bed until I have posted pics from OREGON!!!