Sunday Gratitude – 29.X.2023

The weather was beautiful this week, for the most part, though the chilling fingers of winter started grasping over the area yesterday or so. We went from having the windows wide open to having the heat on. I pulled the potted plants in, and I planned to bring a few to share at church today, but we didn’t make it, as neither I nor a couple of the kids felt great.

My mind is incredibly scattered at the moment, and not in a good way. I’m hoping the routine of school tomorrow will help get me back on track. As it appears though, we may have one kid home sick. We’ll see.

I am grateful that the weather was nice and that there was a chance to go out to the park on more than one occasion. I’m grateful that the one day there was a little girl there just a few months older than my youngest, and the two of them had a grand time going around with each other while the girl’s grandmother and I had a nice chat in the lovely, warm sun. I gave the girl’s grandmother my phone number on the chance that she’d like to get together again.

I am grateful for the very sweet things my toddler does. How she’ll say “thank you” for little things she appreciates, or how she’ll exclaim “I love you mommy!” when something makes her really happy. It melts my heart! (And it breaks it knowing she’ll grow up out of this.)

I’m grateful that the kids had a couple of “extra” days off of school where we could really take it easy.

I’m grateful I got to talk to a couple of my friends in Germany this past week.

I’m thankful that we did make it out to a pumpkin patch, even if it is one of the little local ones. The little kids looked forward to that for a long time.

I’m grateful that when I was shopping and I dropped my coupons ($15 worth, and the reason we went to that store on Friday) that I retraced my steps and found them easily.

I’m in a weird state of mind right now, and I think it’s a reaction to a number of things not going well over which I have little control except for my actions and reactions. I just have to keep reminding myself of that adage that when one is going through hell, the worst thing one can do is just stop and stay where one is.

I am thankful for you.

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