It has been a tough week for tires in my family. Last Tuesday my daughter had a blowout and we ended up needing to replace all her tires. Yesterday I hit a pot hole and ended up with a flat tire.
There have been times in my life when these would have been major stress provoking events but at this point in my life I am thankful to be able to say they were just minor annoyances.
I am thankful that my daughter is a competent driver who was able to deal with the blowout she had. I am thankful we had the funds for a tow truck and even though the tires were outside our budget we were able to buy new ones.
I am thankful that I was close to home and able to make it there before my tire had a blowout or went completely flat. I am thankful that I had the skill and physical capability to change my tire this morning and that I will be able to buy a new tire to replace the flat one with the hole in the side wall.
Sometimes it is hard to find the silver linings in the difficult things occurring in our life and world but it is there if you look closely.