Gratitude

Yesterday and today were those days where you sometimes wonder why you got out of bed in the morning, and then later on you realize that "yes, even today God had a lesson for me." I could tell you about how yucky yesterday was with one of my clients whom while he was throwing a fit broke my favorite necklace, which I fixed, or I could tell you about what great friends I have that took me to dinner for my 29 year old and 1 week birthday. And that it meant everything in the world to me to know that I have friends that love and care about me to do nice things for me! And then there was today, where I had another child throwing a fit and realizing again how much parenting plays a role in a child's behavior, or I could tell you that I have gained way more weight than I have should at this point in my pregnancy and that I want to cry because I am not eating terrible and yet the weight continues to build and my "oh so loving husband" thinks the right answer is to tell me to work out more. Or I could tell you about the email from one of my friends who told a story of a mom who gave birth to a stillborn child at 38 weeks, and I realized once again God is explaining that things are not always what they seem. I am thankful for lessons I learn in life because they remind me that I still have so much to learn. It reminds me that I have lived a life to know that there are other opportunities and situations that can happen and to not be worried so much about my weight or that I am a cranky pregnant woman even if I don't like to admit it. Thank you to my friends who help teach me God's lessons along the way that it is the way we look at a situation, to decipher if it is an opportunity to learn something or an opportunity to do something.