Thanks!

I read Mary Hunt’s blog today, Gratitude: The Antidote for Greed, it made me think about how difficult these past few months have been and how I have taken my blessing for granted.  In the last few months: we moved to a different state, I am unemployed and am finding it difficult to find a job, I began my final course for my MPA degree, I learned that I am going to be a grandma (Nonnie, NO granny), and my step-daughter moved in…my life turned upside down in an instant.  The stress of the whole situation has been almost unbearable, to put it mildly.  I think that many times I have forgotten to step back and think of the things that I have to be thankful for:  we moved to a different state, I am unemployed and am finding it difficult to find a job, I began my final course for my MPA degree, I learned that I am going to be a grandma (Nonnie, NO granny), and my step-daughter moved in.  Yes, the exact things (and more) are the things that I need to be thankful for these days.

Moving in and of itself is stressful BUT to another state, pile on the anxiety!  I should be grateful because my I still have two of my beautiful babies with me plus I gained another one, not too shabby.  Jobless, it gives me a chance to take on new challenges and MAYBE find my dream job but until then I have the time to catch up on my fitness routine, work through the challenges of my final course (the workload is INTENSE!), spend some quality time with the hubs, and love on my babies before the leave the nest.  Nonnie…how could that be bad, the generations continue.  My FINAL course for my Master’s degree, wow, I never thought that I would make it!

The holidays are around the corner, a time that we all reflect on the blessings of the past year but I have made it common practice to be thankful EVERY day that I open my eyes.  I think that my perspective got clouded by the bad stuff, I need to refocus and learn to be thankful for the things that are right in front of me!  I have to remind myself that I have a LOT to be thankful for in my life, take some time to renew your grateful attitude as I renew mine.