30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 30

I am thankful for the stars.

This includes the sun. Without the sun we wouldn’t actually be able to live on this planet. The stars are also amazing. We use our imagination and pain pictures using them. We use them to look beyond our self centered world into the world of wonder. You help but wonder about things when you look up into the sky at night.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 29

I’m thankful for my memory.

With my memory I can remember the first day I met my husband, or the way I felt the first time I held my children. Memories keep people who have passed alive, or never let people live down something silly they did. Memories are windows into the past and help remind us where we come from.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 28

I’m thankful for hope.

Hope that tomorrow will be better than tomorrow, hope that your children won’t have to experience some of the terrible things in the world. Hope can help people who are sick or those who have fallen on hard times. Hope makes the world a whole lot brighter than if you take it for what it is and the idea that things will never get any better.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 27

I’m thankful for food.
I’m thankful for the fact I have the ability to by the food I need. Another thing I love is food itself. People come together over food, sometimes the only time you see people you love is at the dinner table. Also if you ask me there are some foods that just taste awesome.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 26

I’m thankful for sleep.
I love sleep, which probably makes me lazy. I love to lay down at night and dream. I also love when my children sleep. I am so lucky to have two wonderful sleepers. The fact that they go to sleep at 7pm allows me some much needed time: whether it’s to just relax or clean. Or sometimes I use that time to go to sleep myself.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 25

I am thankful for my body.
It may not be perfect but it does some pretty amazing things. It has created and carried two beautiful and amazing children. It allows me to enjoy the world around me. And for all of its flaws just the fact that I’m alive is pretty darn awesome.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 24

I am thankful for my family.
I was blessed with a family and the ability to build onto my family. I am thankful for the time I spend with them every day. I love my children and my husband for everything they have done for me and helped me realize in my life.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 23

I am thankful for today.
I am thankful for the fact I woke up this morning and held my son. I am thankful I get to play with my daughter and kiss my husband. I am thankful for the fact that I am here today.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 22

I am thankful for medicine.
We have medicine for almost everything now. Have a headache? Take this. Ear infection? Take these. But not that long ago things we can easily cure with a pill, killed people left and right. We are so blessed to live in a time with excellent infection control, and the technology to create medicines to help heal things that were one absolutely fatal.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 21

I’m thankful for modern technology.
I mean we are now so accustom to things like computers, cell phones, and TVs that we take them for granted. But modern technology has impacts on all of us.
One of these machines I am most thankful for is the ultrasound machine. It has checked on my children at times when I needed to know they were okay. It reassured me my daughter was still growing early in my pregnancy when everything else said she wasn’t and an ultrasound allowed me to connect with my babies before I could really touch them.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 20

I’m thankful for rainbows.

Both figurative rainbows and real ones.

The rainbows in the sky are beautiful and such a blessing to look at. The symbolize the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel since they appear after storms.

I also know the term “rainbow” to stand for the child born after a miscarriage or pregnancy loss. My little rainbow is growing every day. She really was the light at the end of the darkest time in my life. I will be thankful for her every day.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 19

I’m thankful for the difficult times.

Just like mistake difficult times are a tool for teaching. They teach us to be grateful for what we have, they teach us to work harder for an “easier time” and they teach us not to take things for granted. Some of my favorite memories take place in difficult periods of my life, like the first apartment I ever lived in with my husband. They also allow you to realize the people in your life that are worth keeping.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 18

I’m thankful for books.
I love books. I have always loved books. They can teach you so many new things, remind you of things you already knew, or just take you somewhere different. They allow you to live places that couldn’t really exist or take you to a time you’ll never actually get to see. I always get excited when I enter a book store, even more so when I can come home with a handful.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 17

I am thankful for my mistakes.
This might confuse you. Shouldn’t I be thankful that I don’t make more mistakes? To answer honestly, no. I wouldn’t have learned so many important lessons if I hadn’t made mistakes in the past. While at the time most of them seemed like awful things to learn now I am thankful for the chance I had to learn them.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 16

I’m thankful for my phone.

Oh how lucky we are to have such amazing little electronics. My phone does everything from take pictures to reminding me of important events. It allows me to get in contact with my husband throughout the day. It also gives me confidence to leave the house knowing I can reach someone almost instantly if something were to happen. You will rarely find a time when my phone is not within arms reach, if not closer.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15

I’m thankful for warm showers.
I’m selfish and love my warm showers. I get crabby if they’re cut short by someone trying to do the dishes or calling for me. I admit I probably waste a fair amount of water just standing under the shower head enjoying the feeling of the warmth. The rare occasions I get to shower at night it helps me relax and enjoy the day I just had. In the mornings it helps wake me up and lets me think about everything I need to do during the day.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 14

I’m thankful for Fall.
My favorite season is Fall. It’s full of color and carries the promise of some serious fun. Whether it’s playing in the leaves or getting to dress up and act like a child even though you outgrew that years ago. The temperature goes down and allows us to run wild and enjoy the beautiful leaves. It also carries the idea that you should enjoy everything while you have it, because just like the leaves on the trees, life changes quickly.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 13

I’m thankful for music.
All types of music. I appreciate Bach but love listening to some country.
Music inspires so much. It can inspire an artist, it can help along some amazing pieces of literature, and one of my favorites: it can help lull you too sleep. Both of my children fall asleep at night listening to a classical CD played on loop. I swear my daughter will hear The Four Seasons by Vivaldi one day and just collapse on the spot.
Music can drive a person to run faster and can make a shy person dance. Music is a beautiful and powerful weapon.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 12

I’m thankful for the ability to do nothing.
We spend most of our lives with “something to do.” We run errands, go to work, and manage the house. Some days it’s just beautiful to not have a plan and just enjoy life as it comes. Waking up and not immediately thinking “I have this to do” is refreshing. Not rushing the children into clothing and out the door and instead just enjoying pajama day is so much fun. You can learn an awful lot by doing “nothing” for a change.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 11

I’m thankful for laughter.
Laughter is the best medicine. It can make a person feel better when nothing else seems to work.
I love to listen to the sound of Sam laughing, knowing most of the time he’s laughing at his big sister. Sometimes the sound of laughter and get me to go investigate what my little trouble maker is up too. Even just the sounds of them laughing make my day brighter.