I am blessed

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With a new year upon me and my determination to live in gratitude, I am reminded again just how blessed I am, even when life feels a little tough.

When D works late and the home front feels crumbly because of it, I am blessed. He has a good job and a strong work ethic and he provides well for us.

When A refused to take a nap and then falls apart and cries over everything, I am blessed. I have a healthy, normally happy, chatty two year old. (And I am so incredibly blessed on this count.)

When L cries because he's been neglected or because his sister is crying, I am blessed. He has a good set of lungs and a normally ready smile, and cute "crying drips" coming off of his face.

When the weather outside is very frightfully cold and windy, I am blessed. I have a mostly warm house and a furnace that chugs faithfully away and money in the checkbook to pay the propane. And I get to spend my days inside where it is warm and not out on a loader!!

When I get woke up multiple times a night by the children, I am blessed. I have children to love and care for and the stamina to continue getting up and then I have coffee to drink in the morning as well.

When A comes and cheerfully tells me she puked in the living room, I am blessed. She did it on the leather chair, so clean up was a breeze and she seemed perfectly fine and quite pleased over having a bucket to puke in if the need arose again.

And now when I am in the middle of writing this and A comes and joins me on my lap, I am so incredibly blessed. I have a living little girl who can walk and talk and hug and cuddle.

So to sum this all up, I am blessed beyond measure!!! Thank you Jesus!!!!

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