Thankful

Wow.  It has been a crazy few days.  So many things to consider and pray about.  So many messages coming from all over to encourage and help.  I really love looking back over this week and remembering the many "conversations" I have had or messages I have received and know they came from God.  I have no doubts.  People have spoken out.  They have typed the message, prayed, and hit the send button.  I am overwhelmed with thankfulness.  There are so many things.  I will one day be more specific, but so many things have worked out - not just some obvious things but so many others.  And I know that I don't know everything!

I was so tired today that I fell asleep sitting up this afternoon!  I went to bed late last night after Sam's sugar got too low, and I had to wait to check him a couple of more times.  He was fine, but it's hard to get some carbs and peanut butter into a tired little seven year old whose blood sugar has made him even more tired!  I am thankful he is cooperative most of the time, and he becomes cooperative pretty quickly in those few times he is not!

I am thankful for the friends and family who have been in touch over the past few days.  So many.  Some knew I needed them.  Others did not.  But nothing was random.  It all fit into the puzzle, and nothing was repeated or the same.  I am in awe of the messages I have received from those willing to send them.

I am thankful for my friends who love me and pray for me - and my decisions and through my difficulties.  I am thankful for friends who love me and pray for  me even when they don't even know how desperately it is needed right that moment.  I am thankful for friends who can help me laugh through a hurtful situation - because do I really have that time to waste - having my feelings hurt?  If not for them, I would take the time - believe me, I would.

I am thankful for the promises of God.  I have so many things I am working on.  I need to check on Sam's glasses soon.  I need to check with the dentist about a certain tooth.  I need to check on Andrew's labs that did not come back normal for his thyroid tests.  I need to check on some paperwork.  I am anxious about Sam starting second grade and being without us.  I am happy but apprehensive to have another senior so soon.  I need to stay on top of one child's school work this year.  I need to write more notes and emails and get rid of more stuff in my house and pay more attention to my family and neighbors.  The list goes on and on.  But I know that God is with me.  He will show me the way if I keep my eyes on Him.

I am thankful that now that summer is almost over, I can go on a quick trip with the "girls".  These girls have known me  my whole life or close to it.  We will go to the same places, eat at the same restaurant (and maybe have the same waitress we had once for 3-4 years in a row), talk, giggle, sneak on FB when my sister is not looking, lift weights, do water aerobics, maybe walk four miles to Krispy Kreme (it just did not seem that far at the time!), send each other silly texts while riding or walking together, play little jokes on each other (only nice ones!), make store returns for each other, talk about our children, lament that my sister's favorite outlet is no longer there, call and check on our families while we are gone, pray together, and just love spending precious time being together.  As we get older, it's harder to find the one weekend; and the time is more precious.  We have been doing this for at least 18-20 years.  One year, I was almost to Bristol and threw gum out the window only to have it fly back into the car and into my thick, long hair.  My niece Laura looked at me like I was crazy when I walked into her house with gum in my hair and calmly got the peanut butter and pulled it out!  I had just read that tip in a magazine.  Nothing was going to ruin my day!

I am just overwhelmed with thankfulness this week.  It has been a good week.  I am tired, but it's a good tired.  I would not trade it.  I have been bombarded with so much love that I got the message.  He is with me.  He loves me.  He has overwhelmed me this week in particular.