Thankfulness, day 5

Tonight I burned my fingers as I was serving winter root vegetable soup out to my family and it spilled the hot soup on my hands. As I ran my fingers under the cold water I said, "I am so thankful I can feel the pain, its the really serious burns you can't even feel!" I am thankful for my health. When I think of where I was in my health 15 years ago, and even 3 years ago, its wonderful to know how merciful God has been in bringing slow healing to me. I am thankful for my friend, Priscilla, who when I was at my wits end and being eaten alive by Candida took me to see a nutritionist, Margaret. I thank God for this wise woman who gave me the courage and knowledge to set things right in my body and who so wonderfully supported me in this process. Thank you God, its so nice to have health in my body, with my only ailement at present a few blisters on my fingers.

Thankfulness, day 4

Today I am thankful for how free my son is to do crazy skipping and jumping down a city sidewalk. When I asked him what all the jumping about was for he says, "Just practicing my soldier moves" I am thankful for my 2 boys and their wonderful daddy and God for blessing me with them all. I am thankful for the freedom and happiness of a child to move about anyway they want to without the restraint of self consciousness. Thankful that as a mom this kind of joy streams into my life everyday.

Thankfulness, day 2 and 3

OK, so I didn't get off to a good start! Here's a combined thankfulness! Just shows how hard it is to be thankful, can't really do it on my own strength!

So today I am thankful for the shop keeper at the news agent who was smiling today. A smile in the midst of a sea of disintersted, apathetic, or even mean faces is so refreshing. Thank you, God, for people who smile!

Yesterday, I am thankful for friends and birthday parties. For friends with listening ears and cups of tea who make you laugh at the end of it all, thank you God!

Thankfulness, day 1

So lately I have been festering and fostering a lot of grumbling in my mind and heart. To combat this, I am going to try and blog each day between now and Thanksgiving about something or things that I am thankful for, and perhaps the grumbler will be evicted by the end of it all.

Today a friend was telling me how her grandfather survived during WWII and the horrors he endured. Being forced out of his home country of Poland, he and countless others were abandoned without food and freezing. One in seven made it back. I am thankful tonight to be in place of peace, not having seen the horrors of war. Thankful to lead a life of freedom, I am thankful for the basic essentials. The things that would create a state of desperation if I were without them...food, clothing, shelter. Thank you, God, for these good gifts. Thank you also for bringing my friend's grandfather through, and for her sharing that story with me today.