Gratitude

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Today is November 26th, 2014... it's the day before Thanksgiving. I think back on this year and I truly see so many things for which to be thankful. Yes... it has been a really, really, REALLY hard year! However, through all of it, I have learned so many things about my Savior and have experienced, intimately, His overwhelming love and grace. How can I not be thankful?! I may not be thankful FOR everything, but I am certainly thankful IN all these things!

I recently found an article that I have taken as a personal challenge: Letting Go of a Relationship with Gratitude. It's about learning to focus on the positive aspects of an ending relationship... mine being my marriage. It also encourages you to look into the learning experiences (whether good or bad) that came from the relationship. 

I'm just beginning the journal... and I think it's going to take me a LONG time (and many boxes of tissues) to finish it... if ever. I can tell you that the first items in it are my children!! Yes, I can easily think of many things about my 30 years with T that make me thankful, but my 3 kids are at the TOP of that list!!

So, as I work on that journal, I hope to have some things I can share... things that God is teaching me. I have so much to learn... and so much that makes me grateful.