This Week

Well, I haven't been very good about posting what I am thankful for, so here goes. This week I am thankful for...

Honey for my toast- I have fallen in love with honey! And I like to eat it with butter and toast.
Being off from work 4 days in a row every week- need I say more?
Netflix- Oh how I adore my tv!
Pedicures- Because I love being pampered!
Hot showers- Not everyone has them

These are just a few....the ones I didn't post like I had planned. In my own defense, I really don't get on FB a lot.

Give Thanks Challenge

My Grandmother and I were talking today and she mentioned that the women in her women's group are going to start keeping a "Thankful" journal- a journal they can use to record the things they are thankful for. It's easy to sit around and think about all the things I don't have:

• a husband
• a "big girl" job
• total independence
• lots of money
• the ability to go to Europe in the near future
• college degree (almost!!)
• and the list goes on....

But when it comes time to give thanks for the things that I do have, I hear crickets. Here is a running total of all the things I have to be thankful for, no matter how big or small

• hot water for a shower
• honey for my toast
• free roof over my head
• family that loves me
• my job
• school
• my faith
• my independence- my car, money, ability to walk around on my own
• freedom to make my own decisions and choose my own beliefs
• pedicures

Here is my challenge for myself and for you. For the next 30 days, put one thing each day you are thankful for on your Facebook status, Twitter, Blog, etc. It can be anything from paying off your car that month or having enough milk for cereal for breakfast that day. We tend to take things like hot water and remote controls for granted, when the truth of the matter is that there are people who don't get to bathe everyday or who don't know when their next meal will be. I don't mean people in Third-World countries; I mean children in our schools, families in our churches, and our neighborhoods.