I know, right?!?! I was on such a roll. Honestly, it's way easier for me to write about what I'm grateful for every day than it is to just write about our daily life.
Along those lines, I'm reading "One Thousand Gifts". Likely I'm the last person alive to read it and I love it. I'm about a third of the way through and relishing watching her life and relationship with Christ evolve as her view of the world changes. I could completely relate to the excitement she described early on in the process. I remember that feeling. Like I could spend all day every day just thanking God for every little thing.
And I did. I believe I actually listed a parking spot on one of my lists.
Almost four years later, I can testify that refocusing a life on thanksgiving changes everything.
Every. Thing.
Without a doubt, it helps you slow down and take notice of those amazing little moments.
Yesterday, I wasn't feeling so hot. Chris was gone Wednesday through Saturday afternoon last week. Both Wednesday and Thursday, I had to be in Fort Worth. Friday, Pumpkin and I had a playdate that morning (which was awesome, BTW) and then we braved the grocery store together that afternoon. I don't take her on errands much anymore. It seems cruel when she just wants to run around and play. Anyway, Saturday night after Chris got home we went back to Fort Worth to see the Christmas lights at my office. It was totally worth the trip but it was a four hour ordeal.
So I was not at all surprised when I woke up Sunday a little achy, a little snotty and a lot exhausted. Chris was tired too so we took turns taking naps in the morning but by that afternoon, I was done. He took care of Pumpkin while I rested in our room.
That night when it was time for her bath, Chris opened the door to the room and she came charging in.
Yelling "Mamma" and grinning ear to ear.
Those are the moments that I grab hold of and don't let go.
Aubrey Kate is so beautiful and her smile melts my heart.
Later that night, as I thanked God for the day, for a husband who allowed me to rest, for a comfy bed to rest in, for a warm home to house the comfy bed, I thanked God for the gratitude journey. Without it, I am not sure I would see all those wonderful moments. Maybe I would. But I know the me before God challenged me to change my view. I saw only what we could achive next. Only what the next house would be. Only what our perfect life would be like if only...
That me would have missed that precious moment. That me might have actually been upset to have my rest interrupted. That me would have thought more about what didn't get done instead of what a day of rest can provide.
That me...is long gone.
And this me is excited to see where the Lord leads me as I continue to live a life "overflowing with thankfulness".
Along those lines, I'm reading "One Thousand Gifts". Likely I'm the last person alive to read it and I love it. I'm about a third of the way through and relishing watching her life and relationship with Christ evolve as her view of the world changes. I could completely relate to the excitement she described early on in the process. I remember that feeling. Like I could spend all day every day just thanking God for every little thing.
And I did. I believe I actually listed a parking spot on one of my lists.
Almost four years later, I can testify that refocusing a life on thanksgiving changes everything.
Every. Thing.
Without a doubt, it helps you slow down and take notice of those amazing little moments.
Yesterday, I wasn't feeling so hot. Chris was gone Wednesday through Saturday afternoon last week. Both Wednesday and Thursday, I had to be in Fort Worth. Friday, Pumpkin and I had a playdate that morning (which was awesome, BTW) and then we braved the grocery store together that afternoon. I don't take her on errands much anymore. It seems cruel when she just wants to run around and play. Anyway, Saturday night after Chris got home we went back to Fort Worth to see the Christmas lights at my office. It was totally worth the trip but it was a four hour ordeal.
So I was not at all surprised when I woke up Sunday a little achy, a little snotty and a lot exhausted. Chris was tired too so we took turns taking naps in the morning but by that afternoon, I was done. He took care of Pumpkin while I rested in our room.
That night when it was time for her bath, Chris opened the door to the room and she came charging in.
Yelling "Mamma" and grinning ear to ear.
Those are the moments that I grab hold of and don't let go.
Aubrey Kate is so beautiful and her smile melts my heart.
Later that night, as I thanked God for the day, for a husband who allowed me to rest, for a comfy bed to rest in, for a warm home to house the comfy bed, I thanked God for the gratitude journey. Without it, I am not sure I would see all those wonderful moments. Maybe I would. But I know the me before God challenged me to change my view. I saw only what we could achive next. Only what the next house would be. Only what our perfect life would be like if only...
That me would have missed that precious moment. That me might have actually been upset to have my rest interrupted. That me would have thought more about what didn't get done instead of what a day of rest can provide.
That me...is long gone.
And this me is excited to see where the Lord leads me as I continue to live a life "overflowing with thankfulness".
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