Today I am thankful for my family. In 2010, my husband and I got married and started our family just the two of us. We did not know if our little family of two would ever be three or four or more. Today our little family has grown to the two of us plus a toddler and a baby. It’s pretty great and I am very grateful for our family of four and I am looking forward to seeing just how big our family will get!
Today I am thankful for our safety. The world is a dangerous place fraught with all kinds of perils that I never realized existed until I became a mama. I remember my mom talking about them when I was a kid but I didn’t believe her. Now I know she was right. Danger lurks around every corner!
We don’t live in fear, though. My daughter runs and climbs and goes outside and gets scrapes and plays in dirt and has adventures. Danger can happen whether she is running wild or asleep. In fact her only major injury so far happened when she was sleeping. The potential danger doesn’t keep us from living life but it does make me thankful that we are safe and healthy.
I am thankful for my parents. That’s my wonderful stepmom Sharon with me and Amelia in the picture on the left and that’s my Daddy holding little Eli in the picture on the right. There’s not a photo of my Mom because she’s not a fan of her picture being on the interwebs but I’m crazy thankful for her too. She’s one of my best friends.
I’m so grateful for these people that raised me. They prayed for me and are still praying for me. They showed me unconditional love even when I was being a little brat. They are really incredible people.
My husband and I lived in a house in the Houston area for a little over a year. Then we lived in an apartment for three years. Now, we live in our second (and hopefully last) house. We are planning to live here until we’re so old we can’t take care of ourselves well enough to live on our own any more. That’s our plan. Only the Lord knows how it will actually play out. I am merely hopeful that our plan works out the way I imagine it.
I do know one thing for certain though. No matter where we live, no matter the physical location of our residence, as long as we are together, we are home. I am not sure where the following quote comes from but I like it a lot. I think it captures “home” well.
A house holds our stuff
A home holds our hearts
Today I am thankful for my children. I might be a little biased but I think they’re pretty much the best ever. Amelia is the sweetest big sister, always trying to help me out and trying to share with her brother. Eli is the cutest. He makes the most adorable little faces and sounds. Life is basically great.
Mark 10:13-16
13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16 And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
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