Thankful

I love thanksgiving, I truly do. I've decided I must be a very festive person because I pretty much love every holiday. I just think there is a season for everything in life, a time for celebrating and a time for reflection and remembering. It is nice to stop for a minute and realize what all we have to be thankful for. Sometimes we get so bogged down with what else we need or what we want or what we think we could do better that we often forget the things that we have to be thankful for.

I have stated it before and I'll say it again, another reason that I love Thanksgiving is that you can focus on family and not so much on crazy amounts of decorations and gifts. Don't get me wrong, I am no scrooge and I love Christmas but I don't like to start thinking Christmas until after thanksgiving. (I won't say that I haven't already eaten a bag or two of Christmas edition candy cane hershey kisses though)

I do thank God every single day of my life for being blessed with my child. Most days I am also thankful for my husband too :) and my super awesome family BUT, aside from that I don't really take the time to reflect on what I have that I really don't deserve. And, quite honestly, I have a lot. 

I have seen on Facebook and other blogs the 31 days of thankfulness and I do think it is a great idea, but I decided just to blog about it...and I may or may not have time to come up with 31 things but I guarantee I am thankful for a whole lot more than that. 

• A God that never fails, always has a plan way better than any I could choose for myself, and one that forgives and loves me even when I mess up. And a God that provides in a way that I could have never imagined. 
• My husband. He truly is a great father and a great husband. I don't know what I'd do without him. Seriously, I don't have a clue. 
• Having 2 of my best friends back in my life. My heart is much happier now. 
• My family....biological, "step" (I really hate that word), and the family I married into. I truly love them all and am so thankful for them. Not everyone has such a crazy fun, loving, and supportive family. 
• Friends..I already mentioned 2 of them, but I am so thankful to have the best friends on the planet. Most of them don't even live in the same town (which stinks beyond belief) BUT we make it work. That is just what real friends do. 
• Good music. I am not musically talented in any form or fashion, but I am thankful for those who are. Music can set the mood for any occasion, bring back memories, bring a tear to your eye, and a smile to your face. I know that is random, but it is true. Maybe I was listening to music when I thought of this...I don't really know. 
• The internet. Really, what would I do with all of my time without it? What would I cook? What would I decorate with? How would I know how to do anything? How would I plan a party? How would I know what anyone was doing? How would I know that there are so many interesting people out there and that some of them have the life I dream of? Not to mention, how would I fill prescriptions?
• Food. I am thankful to never worry about going without it first of all. It is easy to forget that there are people in this world who literally struggle to have enough food for their family. Second of all, I am thankful that food is so darn good!
• A roof over my head. And, I must say it is a lovely roof to me.  It may not be perfect and I can almost guarantee there will always be a project going on and something I am in the middle of changing (ask the husband!), but it has everything I could ever need plus a whole lot of things I don't really need (but I am happy to have). 
• Hobbies. I am thankful that I have things to occupy my time with things that I enjoy....photography, crafts, cooking, sewing, blog stalking, blogging. Problem is I have too many hobbies and not enough hours in the day. 
• My job. Even though I struggle with working full time (verses part time), there is no other job that I could find as a pharmacist with my schedule. I really am lucky. I am very aware of that fact. 
• Sundays. Even on the Sundays I work, I still get to spend the mornings with my family, and get to go to church as a family...something I struggled with for 2 years that wasn't an option because of work schedules. 
• The little things in life. Singing a song with my B, chai lattes, watching Bishop's face light up when he sees something for the first time, staying up late laughing with family, spending days at home and never getting out of PJ's, the way my house feels so homey at Christmastime, sleeping late, snuggling on the couch watching Mickey Mouse with my B, the smell of waking up to breakfast cooking, hugs and "tisses" from the sweetest boy I know, I could go on (and on and on). I saw a quote on Pinterest that read "Enjoy the little things.... for one day you'll look back and realize they were big things." So true. Little things are my life. 

See, nowhere close to 31...but I tried, and I am thankful, always thankful.