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I've had to stick to my values lately while managing not to alienate my teen daughter. We want the best for her future and we know she does, too. Working together for the past three and a half months has been a challenge, but she rose over a hill last week when we finally helped her see how ("it's the little things") small changes in the way she lives her life are creating open pathways for her to travel. Resiliance can mean standing firm AND moving forward! Thanks, Ali!

Resilience for me means being here no matter what changes have happened in my life; childhood abuse, moving every few years, losing those I love, job loss, etc. Being able to sit and write this comment is resilience...I am here, loving life, helping others and still learning. Good stuff...

Resilience to is fighting back after my stroke at 50.

I have lost 40 kilos in the past year - Mamma, I have Re-sil-ence!!

Great Giveaway! My resilience was strongest when I was widowed at 24. My first husband was killed in a rockslide while saving two of his soldier's lives. And having the faith to believe God had a plan. I was blessed to see a small reason last summer. One of the men saved was on the team that capped the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico! God is a Great God!

I left a career in the accounting field in the middle of america's economic crisis because the stress was literally going to kill me and my dad was fighting cancer. 4 months later I decided to return to school to become a teacher, my true dream career. There were lots of hurdles I had to jump, not being accepting in one program only to be accepting into another better one. Having to take the ACT again, and the c-base (at age 35!). A year ago on the 19th of this month my dad left this world and went home. I've been on the dean's list every semester, have started substituting, and am loving my classes (except for biology - yuck!). We miss our dad VERY much but I think he would be VERY proud! Hard work really does pay off (and I learned that from him).

over tha past year my resiliance kept me going as I rennovated my new house while 'camping out' in it at the same time

Resilience is a great grandfather nearing the end of a long life of 98 years. I hope to live a long and healthy life as he did in his example.

Resilence - well just this week - I worked my job from home, my son was home sick for three days from school, my husband was out of town all week and I had the flu BUT I still got my day job done, my children were showered with love and back on the mend and the house still stands. Crazy what mom's go through!

I had skin cancer surgery on my lip-twice!

My resilience was surviving a cancer diagnosis and going through chemo and managing to go on with my life without interruption. It took a lot of resilience to not just sit down and cry. Love their kits and would love to win one!

getting sick after my first pregnancy and finding out i had lung disease, getting sick after my 2nd pregnancy and finding out i had heart disease, being told to terminate my third pregnancy because there was a high risk it would end fatally but ignoring their advise because of faith, my kids are 19, 15 and 12, im still here. my bad health is not gonna own me. :)

Surviving sick season this year had taken lots of resilience. We've been through pneumonida, influenza, viral meningitis, and countless stomach bugs and sinus infections. Hooray for spring and healthier days around here!

I feel resilient when I think about carrying on a happy, productive life after the death of my Mom from cancer.

I love the pictures on your blog, they get my creative juices flowing.It's finally Spring here, it's nice to hear the birds singing after a Winter of 86 inches of snow!

Resilience is facing what life brings every morning when the sun comes up. Whether it is trying to be a good spouse, living in the moment and enjoying it, managing my autoimmune disease, the challenges of parenting a 7 y/o and 16 y/o or balancing family and career.

I've learned how to adapt to different ways of life, having moved several times, and being far away from family. It has been a great life lesson and allowed me to actually be much closer to my family emotionally.

Thank God for resilience! My oldest son had a brain tumor removed 24 years ago. At that time it was experimental surgery. It was a horribly hard time...a month in Boston Children's Hospital with him by myself. He made it and is a wonderful young man!
After 24 years of marraige, I faced a very nasty divorce. Domestic violence is the worst thing to happen. Again, I have made it, with God's help, and have raised 3 wonderful young men.
Resilience is all about perservering through all else. Thank God we can.

Resilence for me has been living in a loveless marriage for 12 years, trying to make it work and finding the strength to get up and finally call it quits and now learning to be all alone

Thank you for the giveaway! For me it is making it through yet another deployment. We are more than 1/2 way through our third deployment. And right now my daughter is crying everyday for her daddy.

My thoughts on resilience is simply rolling with the punches. A terrible economy has us all down. Every day many of us we need to think of ways to be creative with our budgets so that we can remain in our homes. Working more than one job, but happy to be working at all. We may not with the newest supplies, but we will survive. I'm sure we all appreciate the chance to win something our hearts long to have on a layout. PS - What a great name!!

Kit looks great I love the colors!!!

Resilience for me is having the strength to make it through the loss of my 18 year old son to a car accident. It has been a rough road but with the love of God, my family and dear friends I have been able to see past the darkness and accept that it was God's will. It doesn't take the hurt away away but the promise is there that we will be together again one day.

Wow! After reading everyones comments so far...AMAZING women out there!!! I would have to say my greatest resilience so far has been in dealing with a troubled young school teacher who developed feelings for my teenage daughter. There was family history of mental illness and when he was arrested for pursuing my daughter, he was also charged with having a firearm on school property!!! I lived in constant fear for my family...Despite a restraining order, he kept showing up at her sports events and contacting us. He served some jail time and is in counseling now for anger mgt. issues. Has been several months now since we have heard anything from or about him. Being resilient is getting up every morning, putting a smile on my face and not letting this "creep" waste anymore of my family's precious time here together on earth.

As a teenage mother, I was faced with many difficult challenges. I am now the proud mother of a 16 year old boy and I am married to his father. Through many obstacles, we were able to stay together, get married, buy a beautiful home and have a happy family. The road hasn't been easy trying to finish high school, find a balance between who am I and who do I need to be for this little person. I think that after all this time and many other struggles along the way I can look back and know that I wouldn't have changed the choice I made to become a mother and that the ride along the way has been worth it