Disaster Prone

I really hate the feeling that our family is disaster prone.   I mean, we don't go looking for trials or attention by any means.  But it seems like if it isn't one thing, it is another for us.  Everyone has problems to deal with, whether it is within their family or at work, or whatever.  But I would love to get to a place where we had some smooth sailing:  a steady job (and income), a stable school situation for Caroline, and a stable bipolar child.  It would seem that we never get all three at once.  Caroline has been stable for over two years with no hospitalizations, but during this time we have been essentially jobless for over 12 months, and she has not been able to stay at one school longer than a year,  but for one during the 7th grade that turned out to be a very poorly run school resulting in a very bad experience for all.   Sigh.  I have so much to be thankful for, I really do, but sometimes I just want easier problems with which to deal.   Like what color to paint the downstairs bathroom, or which mutual fund to choose, or what vacation we will taken this year.  But the reality is, trial builds character.  I guess we have a lot of character, if not a lot of money in our retirement funds right now, or kids that don't need a whole lot of help.  My faith has been stretched to the breaking point at times.  But like a three cord strand that isn't easily broken, God holds us together,  our marriage, our sanity, our testimony to His goodness.