Thankful

Wow, I can not believe that it is Thanksgiving already! Where has 2010 gone to?

In my Wednesday night Rainbow's class our memory verse for November has been Psalm 107:1. The version that the kids have been learning is simply "Give thanks to the Lord..." however when I look up the entire verse it reads "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." As I look back over this past year, I have been thinking about how I can apply this verse to my life.


I was unemployed for March 2009 until October 2010 but God provided for my family during that time. I spent most of the year getting to be home with my beautiful girls, getting to spend extra time with Elizabeth, getting to drop the kids off at school in the mornings and be there when they got home. In addition to the extra time with my girls I also got to keep 2 other beautiful little girls in my home and watch them grow and learn. I am so thankful that I was able to do this for almost an entire year.


This year we celebrated birthdays #14 for Ashley, #8 for Courtney and #4 for Elizabeth, we also celebrated our 5th anniversary. All milestones to be thankful for!


One of the biggest happening in my family this year, also one of the hardest things to find the thankfulness in was the passing of my dear PaPa. When I visited Willis in September 2009 I can say that I honestly did not think that he was going to make it thru the holiday but when I returned in March 2010, my last blog, he looked healthier again, was out and about, talkative and seemed back to his old self in most regards. In June we got the news that his cancer was beginning to grow again and was more aggressive. I visited 2 more times this summer and saw him get progressively worse each time. The sickness took over his body and his mind very quickly and eventually took him away from us on August 5. I know this may seem like an odd subject in a blog about being thankful but I am thankful that he is no longer suffering, I am thankful for the 34 years that I got to spend knowing him, both as a child and as an adult.
Most of all I am thankful that he is no longer sick and sufferin, that he is in a better place and that I know that I will see him again someday.

Tomorrow we will have Thanksgiving at my house with my family, including my dear MaMa, I am thankful to be able to spend time with all of them, I am thankful that we are all so close. I am also thankful for Ian's family, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Saturday and I am so happy to be so accepted by a family who I know loves me like their own.

I am looking forward to the last few weeks of this year and to starting a new one, to seeing what the future holds for me and my family. I am thankful to have a God that I know loves me and will always be with me even when I can't see the good in the situation at the time.

I hope that all of you have a blessed Thanksgiving!