Thankful.

I complain a lot. I stress over EVERYTHING. I see the bad in ever situation and I think of the worst case no matter what.

I am however thankful. Not just because it is thanksgiving, but because sometimes I just need a really good phone call to remind me that no matter what everything is going to work out.

We will no matter what happens, have a place to live. I am assured that whatever happens in a week (btw we are looking at apartments in Chatham now, YEY!) we will have somewhere to live. Even if it is a trailer in my brothers front yard, the offer is there and we will have somewhere to live.

We will have food to eat. Never in my life have I been without food. We may buy what is on sale, and rarely eat out, but in the end we also never have to go without. Never are my cupboards ever completely empty with no options. We are blessed to have food and this thanksgiving I truly appreciated it.

We have friends and family. We have people we can all no matter what to help us, no matter what. We may fight, we may not get a long sometimes but we have people. Our people. We love our people. And this weekend we are so excited to spend some time with our people. We realised how lucky we were at our wedding to have those who loved us surrounding us. We realised after we were married those who came to our aid, those who no matter what were there and who were always just a phone call away. If you are reading this, we love you and words cannot describe how much we appreciate you!

We have money in the bank. It may not be much, it may fluctuate greatly, but there is money in there. That makes us richer then a large portion of the world. I stress about money more then anything. I get frustrated because we cannot always go where we want to go, or buy what we want to buy, but in reality we can do more then many people in this world. I had the opportunity to participate in sports as a kid. I realise now that many kids do not get this opportunity. I went to school with food in my stomach everyday and had new clothes at the beginning of every school year. I had multiple pairs of shoes and if my jeans had holes its because I wanted them there, not because we could not afford new ones. I am blessed and have been my entire life. We have debt yes, but we are trying to manage it.

We have a God that no matter what provides and I think for that I am most thankful. I have been stressed. I have no clear picture of the future, but I know it will all work out. I know it will be ok eventually.

So this Thanksgiving as we eat turkey with friends and family, we are thankful, not only for these things, but also for so much more. We really are lucky and blessed and we may not always see it, but it is true.

Happy Thanksgiving!

My little turkey, Miss Jemma enjoying Thanksgiving number 1.