Have yourself a Merry Christmas
22 Dec 2009 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Christmas, friends, grateful, home, job, kids, present
Christmas is almost here. And while you are juggling getting last minute gifts, baking and decorating and making everything festive for the family, I hope you are able to take a minute and reflect on the good things that have happened to you over the past year. In uncertain times like these, it is hard to remember the things that you do have, because the bad things that may have happened to you are overshadowing the good. The economy being a mess, our troops fighting for us in other countries, many friends loosing their jobs and subsequently their home. It makes it kind of hard to remember the better part of your life.
Here are a few things that I am grateful for this Christmas:
It’s been a year now, since I had major surgery and had to spent the pre-holidays in the Hospital. This year I am grateful that I get to spend it here at home. I am grateful that I get to have another Christmas with my family.
My kids. I am so very blessed to have kids, that have grown into such wonderful young adults, with everything they had to endure while growing up, the odds were against them and they have beaten them.
My Job, it may not be a lot and it may be at times nerve wrecking, but I am grateful that I can still provide for my family, when many others cannot.
A roof over our heads. It may not be a lot, but it is still home.
Friends. I am grateful for the many friends I have, that care and are there for me when I need a helping hand. That will listen when I need to talk, that have a good advise, and that I can laugh with.
These are things that I am grateful for this Christmas, and no amount of presents can replace them. And I am certainly going to try not take any of them for granted.
So from my house to yours, have a merry Christmas and enjoy the little things that makes it all worth while.
Surprised and proud!
04 Dec 2008 Leave a Comment
in parenting Tags: bell ringer, daughters, giving, grateful, money, store
Earlier this evening, once I got home, I picked up my Daughter to go Grocery shopping, because it is her notion that i don’t ever buy anything to eat for her. Refer to a earlier post about this subject and you will know.
So we went through the Grocery Store, and I let her do the shopping, in a way. I made sure that she picked up things that she would eat but also not go overboard of picking one of each.
After we went through the check-out and left the store, she stopped in her track, and gave money ( and I mean her own) to the Bell ringer for the Salvation army. I was just in awe, after I saw that.
Now we are talking about a teenage girl who will keep her own money and ask me for money to go to the movies with and spends my money whenever she gets a chance.
So I just thought I would let you all know, that I am very proud of Daughter of making such a nice gesture on her own, and that maybe she does listen when I tell her, that there are a lot of people out there that have a lot less then us and she should be grateful for the things she does have.
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