Giving Thanks

You know, we had a pretty crappy (and vomity) Thanksgiving week.


It got me pretty depressed, especially since we were on our way to Arizona when it picked back up and since that meant I wouldn't be seeing my family.


I felt like that week would never be over. Yah, it's still kind of going on (you know, the gift that keeps on giving), but I realized that on the national day of giving thanks...I didn't.


Sure, when I pray every day, I thank God for my life, my husband, my awesome girls, etc. But have I really ever sat back and counted my blessings?


I really DO have a good life. Heck, I have a GREAT life.


I have an awesome husband, who supports everything I do. He loves me for who I am. He takes care of me when I'm sick and hugs me when I'm upset. He's not perfect, but he's everything I'm not.


I have three beautiful, unique and awesome daughters. Piper wants me to dance with her. Sam wants kisses and hugs. Scarlet yells "Ma" when she wants me. They love me and they don't even know it. They need me. They need my kisses to make their owies feel better. They need my lap when they are sad. And they want me. Right now, this very moment, they want me.


We live in a great house, in a beautiful city. 

I have the best job of my life, leading worship, singing every week- it's what I love and what I've always wanted to do. Knowing that God is using me in ways I never would have imagined brings a happiness into my life I couldn't find anywhere else. It's a completion.


I have the best friends anyone could ask for. They genuinely care for me and are there when I need them.


I have family who, no matter how crazy things get, are still there for me. Knowing that the traditions I pass down to my kids were passed down to me makes me all that more proud of where I came from.


How can I ever be unhappy with what I have? Crappy days. Crappy weeks. Literal crap...it doesn't make any difference. Each day I get the opportunity to make a decision about my life. I can either be grateful for what I have and who I have in my life or I can be hopelessly waiting for that life I will never have. 

This may not be the life that I dreamed I would have; it's better. Green hair, puke and all.