Just Muddling Through

The question posted on the support group web page: "Are you currently surviving or thriving?"  My mind turned this question over and over in my head as I reviewed the current status of my family and could just not land on one side or another. On some days and in some ways we are thriving, but on other days and in other ways we are just surviving. As I continues to ponder how best to answer the question I noted one differing comment in the sea of  "just barely surviving" comments with a smattering of "thrivings" - stating, "we are just muddling through". Yes. That. For the most part, we are muddling through.