Thursday 5

Happy
Jubilant
Grateful
Loved
Thankful
I am Happy that my husband has a four day weekend after only working one and a half days this week.
I am Jubilant that my closets got cleaned out this week and I can actually get to my children’s clothes without things falling down.
I am grateful for a husband who brought me home sleeping pills because he knows I have not been sleeping, although I cannot bring myself to take them.
I am loved when my kids climb into my bed at night and snuggle up to me, or when they have a boo boo and want me to kiss it and comfort them.
I am thankful that payday is tomorrow and I still have a couple of dollars in the bank. I love that my husband supports us and takes care of us and that after many years we are starting to get control of our finances instead of them controlling us.

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for a amazing husband who made sure we had plenty of wood to keep us warm this winter. I am grateful for snow to play in, although it turned to ice quickly. I am thankful I tried snow cream because it was Y-U-M-M-Y!!

Wprdless Wednesday

Our love story

One day there was a boy who was dating a girl’s cousin and it did not end well. Said girl then felt sorry for boy. So she went out with him. They continued to go out for 2 years but said boy was very controlling. The girl grew up in a very interesting home and was not going to be in a controlling relationship. So she moved out on her own at 17 years old. Actually she moved 9 hours from home to get away from him. She got a job and went on with her new life. For the next two years she lived but in the back of her mind she still loved her high school sweetheart but reminded herself that was not the relationship she wanted. One day that all changed. Her phone rang and it was her mom saying that said boy wanted to talk to her. Oh how her heart ached and fluttered. She then gave permission for him to call. He called and they talked for hours and hours. By the end of the night it was decided he would drive up for a visit. That was on Wednesday night. On Friday he arrived and WOOOOOO! They spent the weekend talking and meeting her friends and talking and talking. By Monday afternoon the boy, now a man had a full time job and was in for the long haul. Almost a year later they were married. Sixteen amazing years later they have four beautiful children and cannot go a day without smooching. Oh yeah, that controlling boy grow up into a kind, gentle man Christian man that has earned her respect and love.

Gratitude Tuesday

Gratitude: the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
— Psalms 118.1
Sometimes I forget to give thanks to the man that gives me everything. I am great at making list of all I am thankful for. I am great at telling others how blessed I feel. But I am not good at taking the time when I pray to admit how grateful I am. That is my goal this week.
This week I am grateful for the snow. I am grateful that the Army let my husband off today and tomorrow because of the snow and he is home to be with us. I am thankful he is off on Friday for a four day weekend.
I am grateful for a fully stocked pantry and chopped wood that is making this mini snow storm fun to enjoy.
Today I am grateful for the dirty bedroom that took me 5 hours to clean. Because why I cleaned I realized how fortunate we are to have so many clothes and blankets.
What are you thankful for? I encourage you to take time regularly to just make a list of things to be grateful for. It helps on the days when you feel you have nothing to be grateful for.
Pamela