November is here and once again my friend Joy has inspired me to participate in a month long celebration of gratitude. The goal is to acknowledge something I am thankful for each and every day of the month of November. I am going to say at the outset I might not make everyday, but I am going to try! I am a big believer in counting our blessings so this will be as good an exercise as any. Today I am thankful for a warm, dry home, food on the table, and an evening spent catching up with old friends.
It's simple, but it's true. This evening we had over for dinner a family whom we have known since Big J was an infant. The mom and I met in a new mom's group with our tiny infant sons and we have remained friends ever since. Even more wonderfully, our boys grew to be best friends and remain so almost 14 years later. Along came our second sons and they too grew to be best of pals. It is a friendship that has been a blessing on so many levels and it is always fun to get together with their whole family. If only they would have had done us the favor of having a little girl to match up with Pumpkin... (just kidding, of course).
So that's it. Just thankful for friendship.
How about you? Wanna play along?
2 comments:
Lovely Lori. I had a lot of trouble with this last year because some days I wasn't feeling particularly grateful (remember the Brandon stealing a car incident happened in November) but I think that's the point. We always do have plenty to be grateful for it whether we feel it or not.
Just don't stress yourself about it. If you miss a day, you miss a day. No "30 days of Thanks" police will come knocking on your door. The last thing we need is MORE stress during an already busy month.
And I am thankful for the friendships in my life as well!
What a wonderful thing, I can always use an extra reminder to be grateful and of all my blessings. Friendship is one of the most important.
Take care and I look forward to reading.
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