Being Grateful

So it's November 2nd and we're almost at the 3 month mark of this deployment.  The holidays are right around the corner, and things are getting busy in the house.  I think now is the time to reset myself a little bit. 

Being a single mom for the time being isn't easy, it is challenging, but it should be.  Being a parent is a privilege,  although some days I wonder what exactly that is!  I have realized after a very long weekend of everyone battling the stomach bug that I need to stop for a moment and take stock of my life, at the moment.

Having Bryan deployed is awful, there is no other way to put it.  We have been so luck to have had him home for a little over 2 years, and that is a really long time for us.  We found our groove as a family, we settled into the role and we love it!  We did fun outings, we had our things special things that Mommy or Daddy did, and now it's gone....but just for a little bit.  So with these changes of Mommy taking care of everything, and the big changes of Rory being in Kindergarten and Brendan recently starting preschool, I've decided that instead of dwelling everyday on the long of list of things to do, or worrying about the things that didn't get done I have to stop and think about the things that I am grateful for at the end of everyday.

My challenge to myself for this month of Thanksgiving, is to be grateful for at least one thing everyday.  Yesterday I was thankful for 3 healthy children that were able to go to school, and I was very thankful that I was healthy as well and able to get a few things done around the house to get us back to the way we were before our pre-illness weekend!

Let's see if I can actually keep this going....you should try to!