This month I am going to attempt to make an entry every day to express what I am thankful for…there are so many things I do not even know where to start!
I will be honest…have not had the best week. I was not able to face something I thought I was ready to face and I let it get the best of me on Monday. My spirit went downhill from there. Time does heal all wounds though. But sometimes you just cannot look back at all. From here on out I am living with purpose and I will do my best to only look forward.
I say my week wasn’t the best only because I let my emotions control me. I did accomplish a lot regardless…and I was able to have some fun. I had dinner with my friend Shan on Monday…at an amazing little diner I will be frequenting a lot more often now! I met with another friend Wednesday…a “little ray of sunshine” as I like to call her…and saw her new house and we had some sweet tea and shared some laughs. Thursday I completed a travel article I have been working on and submitted my application for a writing contest. I felt a great sense of accomplishment regardless if I get published or not. And today I met Anna at the gym in the afternoon and I met Shan for a movie this evening. I had a busy week and although I didn’t feel at my best on the inside…I pushed through. I am doing. I will be ok. I am alive.
Tonight I received a sweet email from someone I miss a lot and am saddened that I won’t be part of her family anymore due to my marriage ending. She reminded me that this is a month to give thanks and that is what has inspired me to write about what I am thankful for every day this month. Today I am thankful for family. Even those who I am not related to by blood or not even by marriage anymore. The people who have stuck by me and have not chosen sides. The people who love regardless of choices made by others by which they have no control over. They haven’t abandoned. They just love. They are the sweetest people I have ever met and they know what love is and I am thankful to have been a part of their family for the last year and a half. Even when things seem bad…there is always something good if you look hard enough. Today I am thankful and honored to have been a part of their family if for only a short chapter in the book of my life. They will always have a special place in my heart. (Love you MJ and K)
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