Well, today is Day-2 of my new life as a blogger. This morning turned out to be a sad one at the Pace house. Our sweet Polly cat was hit by a car and killed this morning. Polly had three kittens who were born about four weeks ago. Our Gracie cat had four kittens about ten days later and unbelievably, both mother cats let each others kittens nurse!

It was so funny to walk out into the sunroom and see a mixture of kittens from each litter nursing on whichever mama cat was available. Fortunately, Polly's kittens are pretty much ready to start on some soft kitten food.

The death of our cat is so small in comparison to what so many of our friends are going through right now. One friend just lost her daughter, another was just diagnosed with cancer and one very special friend has twin grandbabies who are fighting every day to overcome some seemingly unsurmountable challenges.

Seeing my friends go through difficult times has not been easy but, in each case I have seen such an amazing display of trust in God. There have also been incredible outpourings of prayer and support from friends and strangers for these situation. The faith shown in each situation has been inspiring and has reminded me of times in my own life where my faith and the prayers of others did so much to sustain me in times of struggle.

How wonderful it is to see social networks such as facebook and blogging used as a way to uphold and encourage those who face difficult situations.