Gratitude Friday...

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Every year for the past two years, my SIL, Carrie, has done a post of Thankfulness every day in the month of November. I was always envious. How in the world does she have time to do that?

I still don't know how she did it. Full time job, teacher nonetheless, which is really more like two full time jobs. One you do during the day at school and one you do at night while your family plays, eats and sleeps around you working. Then there was a baby who grew into a toddler. Plus a husband, a home and time for things like warm baths.

Craziness.

And somehow I ended up doing the same thing this year.

It was really an accident. A Gratitude Friday post that got posted two days late. Which just happened to be November 1st.

I though, could I? Nah. No way.

Honestly, I still have my doubts.

Things have suffered. Like time with Chris and work. I have a million things to do in the house. Boxes that still need to be unpacked. A closet that is in desperate need of organizing. And a guest room you can barely even walk into.

But every night, I find myself sitting at the computer ready to write.

During the day, I see more and more things to be thankful for.

Simple things like the warm sun on a chilly day. A sweet older couple behind me in the grocery line who smile and offer words of support when my toddler cries because I told her no, she could not pull the cereal out of the cart. Watching my daughter put her baby on the couch and then read her a story. A candy treat my husband brings home just for me.

For a while there, I had lost sight of all those wonderful things. I let myself get wrapped up in what I didn't have or couldn't have instead of focusing on the blessings I had already been given.

That's not a fun place to be.

So while I didn't necessarily start out to write a gratitude post every day in November, it turned out that way.

And for that, I am very grateful.

Thank you Lord for this season of the year. A time when we are given the chance to examine our lives and our blessings. May we carry that feeling and the lessons we learn with us throughout the entire year.