Thankful Thursday

It’s hard for me to get started today with being thankful, because my head’s really bothering me. In my neck of the woods, the temperature has gone from cold to hot to cold and rainy in a matter of days. We’re talking going from 40-something to 70-something and back again. Crazy! My sinuses are driving me nuts! But regardless of the pain, I know I have lots to be thankful for so here goes:

• Upward: I’m so very thankful for the church that hosts this; for the people who allowed Duck and I to coach a girls’ team; for all the girls on our team — 8 precious little hearts; for the people who came up with the idea, the supplies, and all that stuff. Upward is a great ministry and I highly recommend you get your kids involved. Especially if they are not all that athletic.
• Randee and the Pink Collar Club: Randee is the founder of the Pink Collar Club. She’s the one who orchestrated the whole Mirror, Mirror ebook project. Her and the other authors I met have been such a blessing to me. I’ve also been blessed by the new network she’s setup. Check out the network and join in. There are smaller sub-groups for writers, creative types, homemakers, and so much more! If you don’t see a group you feel you fit into, then by all means, create it There are others out there just like you. You are not alone in whatever you are facing!
• Study Group: I’m thankful for every one of the ladies who signed up for my study group forum. This is a kind of experiment for me to see if it’s possible to do a study together, online and through a forum. My prayer is that it’ll help just one person who maybe is having trouble connecting in real life Not that we’re not real, we’re just not physically close!
• Working out: I’m thankful for exercise and vitamins. I got back into the routine this week and it’s made a difference. Even though I had to start out slower than I thought I would have to, I still have hope that I’ll get back up to where I was at in a few weeks. I’m thankful for the friends I’m making down at the gym too. It helps to have a friend or two there just to smile and say hi to in between ab crunches. It also helps to have a friend help you up when you can’t get up off the floor after the crunches.
• Duck’s job: I’m very thankful for Duck’s job. God has really blessed us with his job — actually all of them really. God has now lead him to a place where there’s actually a team of people working together — it’s not just him that’s responsible for more than one man should be responsible for. He gets along great with all the people he works with and he loves the work. I’m thankful he likes to work too and that I don’t have to have a traditional outside the home job — at least not right now
• Doodle: Yesterday morning was a rough morning where it seemed like I did more yelling than anything to try and get her out the door to school. Today however, I started the day with prayer and it went much smoother. I even got a good hug this morning which I’m very thankful for! She’s growing up quickly and I know it won’t be long until she will not want anything to do with me. It’s hard for me to remember that when she follows me around the house — talking non-stop, but I’m working on it.

That felt good My head’s not hurting so bad right now. Join in on or read others’ Thankful Thursdays — it’ll cure any negative attitudes you may be having today