I’m trying to use these gratitude posts as way to cope with the less pleasant parts of the week (who am I kidding? The year so far!). Hoping that it helps me to stay grounded. I admit to struggling a bit when I sat down to get started on my post on Monday. 
However, as Wednesday evening approaches, I’m finding it quite easy to come up with items of gratitude. Hopefully, I’ll be able to add a few more items before I hit publish at some point tomorrow.
How did we already hit the mid-week point or as you’re reading this, the eve of the weekend?
My items for the week of February 4-10
- Finally getting a haircut on Saturday! Delayed on it almost 6 weeks because of us all having COVID to start the year. My hairdresser actually moved salons during that time. As a bonus, her new salon is slightly closer (think very slightly, she’s on the same road) to me than the old one.
- Dinner out and a game night with some friends on Saturday night
- Seeing J smile on Sunday while helping my husband with a project
- Getting to view an absolutely stunning sunrise on Monday morning
two more pictures of this amazing sky were in my Happy Homemaker Monday post - Not breaking my leg/arm/or anything else when I slipped on the ice in our driveway on Monday (and that said ice is all melted away now!)
ice on a local lake, not our driveway - Understanding and compassionate band directors
- Sunny, warm February days
- Celebrating my husband’s birthday with the kids by going out to dinner
- A chocolate cake that turned out, it doesn’t always
- Figuring out that the cake frosting makes a pretty good fruit dip (It’s this frosting mix and I always make too much, see cake that doesn’t always turn out listed above. Now I have something else to do with the leftover frosting. By the way, that Amazon price is crazy! It doesn’t cost that much in the store.)
- Remembering and making the effort to take 3 “people” pictures during my husband’s birthday. And the family cooperating! That’s a big one.
- Finding another good book to get lost in for a moment
- That the mayor and local council candidates I favored made it through to the general election
- The kind and encouraging comments left on this blog
- Getting to watch a crow chase away a hawk (and snap a couple pictures of the hawk in flight, saving the other photos for a bird-watching Saturday post)
- Caring school administrators who give hope and real answers
- Having hope
- Going out and spending time with long-time friends who are always there to offer a shoulder to cry on when needed
- J getting up and going to school for a half-day today
- My husband who agreed to handle the whole morning and take J to school today. Worked out so much better for all of us. Though I confess it took a lot of strength for me to stay away from it all and keep myself in the bedroom until they left.
- A bit of time alone to “cry, breathe, etc.” this morning
Update on my Tuesday post
Again, I’m so grateful for the kind and caring comments some of you left on my post on Tuesday. The meeting at the school went better than I hoped and we did indeed (or rather my husband did) get J up and to school today. We’re transitioning back with a half-day to start.
It certainly helped when the assistant principal was super nice and told J that he would be more worried if he didn’t feel weird about coming back after being out so long. They also worked out that J could leave a class and just go to the office or counseling center whenever he felt overwhelmed. So, I’m super cautiously hopeful (tiny slit of light in cloudy sky hopeful) that we can get back to a school routine. Trying very hard to take it one day at time. Continued prayers would be welcome and appreciated.
Back to Thankful Thursday
I’m finding these posts extremely helpful and hope you enjoy reading them. Amazed at how the start of the week seemed so bleak but I’ve now easily listed 21 items and could keep going! My list runs Friday-Thursday each week. Always thankful to God for his help each day.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power, his understanding is beyond measure. (Psalm 147: 5)
What things are on your gratitude list?