Geez! This morning has been a very emotional one!! It started out as any other day, but as I was watching the "TODAY SHOW" they had a clip on St. Jude's Hospital. Meredith walked around the hospital talking to kids who had cancer or tumors and who were going through chemo and radiation. I burst into tears when I saw these 2 and 3 year olds bald and hooked to all sorts of tubes. They were all so happy and grateful they were getting help! WOW! Was I ever humbled! Some days I find myself feeling so upset that my kids are whinny or that Carson isn't crawling yet, or that they mess up a room faster than I can clean 1 toy up... meanwhile completely seeing past the fact that I have 2 beautiful, healthy kids with perfect immune systems and healthy hearts. Especially around this season of thanks, I am so grateful for my family! On the same show this morning, Faith Hill was giving a concert dedicated to the troops. During one of her songs, they showed a VA Hospital and had all the injured troops watching Faith's performance. I again burst into tears as I thought about how grateful I am that Tony came home safely after being in the war for a year! I thought about the times I got a phone call from him after his base had been bombed, and after he was driving around Iraq in an open Humvee. How lucky I am that he was safe and was able to come home!
Sorry for the burst of emotion, but I thought with it being Thanks Giving and all, I would share a few of my thankful thoughts!!
I, like my friend Joy, always have to have a picture in my post! So here is one of Tony (obviously the one in the middle!) when he was over in the war.
Happy Thanks Giving everyone!
3 comments:
ah...one of those times when I wonder if we were truly supposed to be mother and daughter..I totally relate to what you've written here.
Remember, Lizz...Carson's daddy didn't walk till he was 15 months old and look at him now!!!
I'm grateful every day that Tony found a girl I would love this much.
love, Tori
Thank God that he has blessed you with 2 beautiful, happy and healthy children and a wonderful husband. You definitely have more than some of us do in that aspect. You're right, it's easy to find things to complain about in our every day lives, but when we truly stop to realize what others may be facing and how good we have it then it's an amazing wake up call. Good for you for being able to find many things to be thankful in life...Love you!
IT is true, we need to stop and think about the things that we are grateful for! I totally hear you about being frustrated with the LITTLE things, when our kids are totally healthy! thanks for reminding me to REMEMBER that!!!
I am soo glad that your husband is home safely too!
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