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I was very sick as a child. I have overcome those challenges to lead a healthy adult life!!

Resilience for me is sticking with it through 6 moves in 10 years of marriage. I long for the day where I know I won't have to put anything in a cardboard box again!

Being able to accept change and be grateful, able to go through a lot in my life, I think that is resilience itself.

Last the last 3 weeks without my husband taking care of our two year old and needy dog! I am horrible at this, but I make it happen... :)

I raised my daughters basically by myself and when they left for college-I went back to college myself-my dream was to get my degree and so at 40something I did!

Resilience is an interesting thing. Sometimes the greatest blessings mean you need resilience. I've always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, and for the past year I've had that opportunity. I love my boys (3 and twin 16 mo.), but they can drive me crazy. There are definitely times where teaching 6th graders seems easier, but I am glad to be able to push through and stay home. There have been so many fun and exciting times because of it.

An example for me? This may sound dumb, but it's when I was babysitting a baby (and watching my own children) and his sister for over a full day and night and he wouldn't stop crying. That was one of the longest days of my life.

My parents divorce was THE formative experience of my childhood. But thanks to God's grace and a lot of love from others, I've been able to heal and move forward. I just celebrated my seventh wedding anniversary, and I'm so grateful to be handing a different kind of legacy to my own children.

I believe I am resilient, what an accomplishment for me to even say that! I have lost my best friend (my "soul sister") to cancer just over a year ago. I am just starting to have to care for my elderly mother who by no means at all wants to be cared for, she is in early stages of dementia (compounded by alcoholism). I work in a social service filed which continues to face cutbacks....but I continue to find little miracles and work hard to see the positive results. I raise my family on a stretched budget, being grateful that we have a budget to stretch! I am 2 years into dealing with depression and anxiety....and am finally starting ti see and believe in all the beauty in everyday.

For two years, my husband and I have been going through fertility treatments. After three miscarriages, it sometimes gets hard to find the strength to keep going when all you want fails to happen. You are up and down emotionally all of the time. Hope and expectation are sometimes fleeting. Our relationship keeps getting stronger and I couldn't imagine my life without my husband's strength, courage and faith that it will happen for us.

My example of my own resilience is surviving my husband's fifteen months of unemployment without losing my mind!

For me it was going on with my walk of faith after my Church split and then closed. My family looked to me for the correct response, I had to led by example. For many months, every Church service felt strange and sad.After two years many of those pains have been healed. To heal I had to go through the pain there was no avoiding it. Muscle grows stronger when torn!

My dad became critically ill when I was ten. It was one of those "sink or swim" moments for a young girl. I did sink a bit, but on the whole I made it through. When I was 18 he got sick again. And this time, it was a big mental shift to remind myself I wasn't a little girl any more and I had to handle this time as a woman. I'd like to think I was much more resilient. {While at the same time, learning a great deal of vulnerability.}
I've always loved reading through the blog and "extras" that Scrapbooking From the Inside Out has to offer. Would be amazing to win a kit from them!

I think it takes resilience to get through life. At 62 there have been many hills but more valleys in my life but I continue to get up each day hoping for the best.

My resilience does not come close to comparing with some of those listed here. There are some very strong ladies out there. I tend to cause my own problems with worry. During the last 9 months, my dil has miscarried, my bil was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and my brother's house burned down. (no one was injured). It is just amazing how life can be interrupted in so many ways. Best wishes to all of the families out there facing trials. Everyone is. Thanks for the chance to win.

Carrying on, and (re)creating a new and even better life for myself and my two little boys when their father decided he wasn't up for that much parenting (or marriage). I have two more children now, and it's been a rocky road many times. But being a single parent also has its advantages, and I wouldn't trade my kids or my life for any other path now!

After working since I was fifteen, I went through a layoff at work and became a stay-at-home mom. The transition was tougher than I could've ever imagined, but my kids, my family, and I are all the better for it. I'm now a school volunteer, a Girl Scout leader, and a soccer mom, and although my line-of-work has changed, I'm more dedicated to it than ever because the end goal - my family - reaps the benefits.
Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful prize. Good luck to everyone. There are truly some amazing, resilient people out there!

After experiencing a major set back at work, I picked up myself up and made a new home in a new workplace. It's been 4 years now and I finally feel like I fit in. It has been a difficult journey.

Hmm, my resilience lies in my work. I am a high school teacher and it can be trying at times. But I try to remain resilient and remind myself that all the students need is to be shown that they are valued and that they are cared about. I would never dream of doing another job as it is so rewarding; it can take a lot out of you but is so very worth it! :)

My resilience was from dating boyfriend at the time - who was in military. Then 3 deployments later and a long-distance relationship for 11 years; got married and live happily w/2 wonderful kids!!

I think I show resilience by having 6 major back surgeries in 5 years, all before the age of 40. Losing my job, my home, my fiancée, my health all in a short period of time...yet still moving on with my life everyday, raising a great daughter, starting to follow my dreams and work on my art. Working constantly healing on the inside and outside. Allowing myself to grieve for all the things I have lost but not letting it all consume me. I have shown resilience!

My daughter had a stroke when she was 22 while she was in labor. She "died" three times and was finally brought back to life. As a result, my granddaughter was born with highly involved cerebral palsy. A few years ago, my son was diagnosed with leukemia. I didn't realize I had resilience. I thought it was something we moms do because we are moms. But looking back, I see that it was resilience. I appreciate a chance to win this gorgeous kit.

Overcoming an abusive childhood through resilience, prayer and the help of others is my biggest life achievement. I have other serious life challenges that are ongoing, but without perservering through about 20 years of this initial struggle, I would not be able to do anything else. Part of my resilience is the acceptance that even though what took place is not my fault, I can be part of the overall fix. We took my mother in 21 years ago, when we were a newlywed couple in our early 20's. I am proud that I was able to get out of the evil situation I was born into as well as get my mother out of it too.

Losing our 14 year old and 12 year old labs to cancer in a 4 month time span and checking all the shelter websites on a daily basis to find a new dog their forever home.

For me, it was finding myself pregnant after 20 years of just the two of us! Hello big but wonderful changes!!!