Wednesday November 20, 2013...

   Today there have been a couple challenges in traffic and dealing with the masses, (notice I didn't say idiots) I actually did some deep breathing and slowed down and let things happen as they needed to.  It was remarkable not getting myself all worked up.
    I am grateful that it's rain and so far, not snow.  I'm grateful I haven't had to drive in the dangerous stuff thus far in the season.  I am hopeful that it continues around us and not over us. Not that it isn't a beautiful sight to see but it's just so dangerous to drive on.
    I am thankful I had food to feed my kids and gas to get to the job that I am also thankful for.  I am thankful when I get a paycheck even though it all goes to bills, atleast I have the check to pay them.  I am thankful for my co-workers who care about my struggles and make a point of finding out how I am and what's going on with me.
    I am thankful as always for my family and friends, for the support that they all show and the endless hours of venting they endure.  I am thankful for my kids and the laughter and love they bring me. I am thankful God let me be their mom.
    I am thankful that I am on this journey to happiness and find it working more everyday.  Although there are always set backs, things that happen that still get under my skin and push the stress buttons up to high, I still feel like there is more and more peace settling itself inside my soul.
    Each day that passes I find myself thinking more about my future and what I can do to improve it, and less and less about the past, it's pain, and the things I cannot change.  I need to leave the past behind where it belongs and move forward into a new future filled with happiness, and peace.