A good day

Good afternoon and it is a good afternoon for many reasons.  Today the temperatures are not as oppressively hot as they were yesterday.  I am alive and feeling fine.  My husband is doing well.  My grown children and grandchildren are also doing well.  All is good!  This morning I went to the church to do some volunteer work.  I haven't been doing much in the way of productive things outside the home in a long time.  It is amazing how much doing that made me feel so good.  I will be doing this the third week of the month every month from now on.  Before retirement I had a good job although kind of on the stressful side at times.  Since retirement my self esteem has suffered.  It may seem silly but it has.  My husband who is a wonderful caregiver and helpmate tends to take his duties a little too seriously.  I know he thinks back when I was working outside the home and in the home and doing all the multi-tasking that women do.  Now with me not doing that and having my MS he seems to go overboard in caring for and telling others of my health.  I have to remind him that I am so very much more capable than he gives me credit for.  Today I had to let the pastor and his secretary know that I was not as physically challenged as my husband has portrayed me.  I think they finally understand that what he has been saying and what is actual fact are two different things.  So yes, today has been a good day.  I was out on my own, doing something to help and letting people know that yes, I am alright.   On to bigger and better things!