Just Bacon

So it has been a few weeks but I wanted to update on this newer journey. I've been pretty sick lately so I haven't had time to do much of anything.

Things are going well. The friend that is doing the 1000 Blessings dare sent me a copy of the book and I have to say that I LOVE it! It really is amazing. I have decided to stop doing the dare the way that she is doing it off of a list and just create my own list. The first day I came up with 12 blessings. I am steadily adding to the list and the best part is we are doing it as a family. Every night at bedtime we do stories songs and prayers but now we are also doing blessings from the day. It is so much fun to listen to my daughters blessings. She loved doing it and she gets so excited to tell me what she is thankful for. :) It makes my heart smile. I have also noticed a big improvement in my own mood.

So much bad has happened lately and at times it just feels overwhelming. Somehow though saying what I AM thankful for in that hard moment seems to make me feel so much better. Last night I was in soooo much pain but all I had to do was say that I was thankful I wasn't in a wheelchair and I could get around on crutches and that I was thankful for the Wendy's we were getting for lunch and that I didn't have to hobble around making it and BING! my mood improved about the whole situation. :) I need to keep my journal near me because that is the one struggle I am going to have doing this. Not the remembering to be thankful part but the remembering to record what I am thankful for part so I can look back on my 1000 or more blessings and remember in those hard times all the things that are good and right and pure in this life. Even if its just bacon.