Sunday December 15, 2013...

     It has been a weekend of laughter, happiness, and peace.   A friend looked at my washer and then we went out doing some Christmas shopping. It was a fun and relaxing way to wind down a Friday. Saturday was just as relaxing, did some laundry at my moms house and then went to Zoo lights with my daughter.   We loved it and had a great time.  It was very cold but so worth it.  I am always grateful to be able to do things with my daughter.
      She got to see Santa and get pictures with him.   We got hot cocoa and then we got home and played games and read our book.  It was a delightful day filled with laughter from her and me.
     Today I have been just as grateful to be with my kids in our last few days at the home we have known all these years.   Who knows when the divorce will be done and we will be moving on to other things.
     I am grateful to the mellow weather thus far and hope that we can have long periods in between each and every storm we get.   I am so not wanting to break down in the middle of the winter with my kids.   Not fun! 
     I am thankful that we are here together and healthy for the most part.   I am ignoring my thyroid at the moment ha ha  I am thankful that even though our Christmas is going to be small, we still have each other and a warm roof over our heads.   I am thankful we have some place to lay our heads and we don't have to sleep in a shelter with a million strangers.   I am thankful I can still show my kids some kind of life even though it be small.
     I am thankful for the opportunities I know I will find if I just open my eyes to them.  I am thankful for my family and friends, for my job and the paycheck that comes with it.   I am thankful for co workers I have met and what they have done to enrich my life and make it happier.  I am thankful for  the time God has given me to be here learning and growing, and I am especially Thankful for him letting me be a mother.   I love my kids more than my own life.   They are my everything.