Practicing Thanksgiving
Posted at 5:42 am on November 27, 2009 by Heather
This Monday afternoon is grey and cold. Very different from the lovely two days we had this weekend. I do not feel great today. I can’t get warm today. I struggle with depression and days like today make it hard to leave my bed.
Of course, staying in bed is not really an option with all the “Mama, mama!”s going around my house. So I’ve been up down, doing the step and fetch dance, wiping noses and behinds and cooking lunch and dinner while trying to run my business and play Little People at the same time.
As much as I am looking forward to Thanksgiving this week I am not looking forward to going to the grocery store this afternoon. My children are infamous for bad behavior while grocery shopping. Like there are some stores I will never go back to. But I’ve got to go get the turkey! Even though we are just cooking a turkey breast this year.
Meanwhile, I am trying to see the silver lining on all those grey clouds out there and practicing thanksgiving. I know these next three days will be a whirlwind and so this still and cloudy day has been a blessing in a way. I don’t want to get too busy to remember the things for which I am thankful. I am thankful that I have my car back from the dealer. I am thankful that I can buy dinner for my family and that my husband is employed. I am thankful I will have Thanksgiving with my father for the first time in at least 11 years. I am thankful for those “Mama mamas” that get me out of bed in the morning and the little sweethearts behind them.
What are you thankful for this year?
I am thankful for life leveling out a bit. I feel like I have been on this 6year roller coaster of very high highs and very low lows. And even with all that has happened, I love my boys and I love my job and my life overall. And I am thankful that we (hopefully) have some smooth road ahead.
And I am thankful for my friends who have loved me and walked with me through all those highs and lows and the privilege to do the same with them.
Wow, so much to give thanks for! I am thankful for my father who DIDN’T die from his major heart attack last December and is fully recovered. I am thankful for my husband getting into the residency program of his dreams starting this summer. I am thankful for my sweet baby girl (and our second baby that is growing in my tummy). I am thankful for my loving husband every day of my life. I am thankful that God saw fit to redeem my life and I am thankful for the chance to live for Him. I am thankful for the earthly blessings that we have like a new house and a new car (that we are buying soon – to fit our growing family). I am thankful.