30 Days of Thanks!

There is a wonderful and thought-provoking event happening. It is called the 30 Days of Thanks. Here is how it started.

The jist is to write each day about something you are thankful for. I know that many people, myself included, get so caught up in the daily life and especially what is not going right. Well, if you are a student of the Law of Attraction, you know that focusing on what is not working or those bumps in the road, that is exactly what you will attract.

So, for the next 30 days (since I am starting a few days late – just may go into December), I will be participating. What an awesome way to simply give thanks to God for even the littlest things.

Today:

I am grateful for family. I am lucky to have grown up in a very strong family. For the last 22 years, we have have all lived in the same town – I have three brothers, mom and her husband, an aunt, cousins, son, and nephew who all live here. Wow! Our family gatherings at the holidays are just the best – the best food, the best drink (which we need sometimes), and the best fun.

Although I may not see or talk to them on a daily basis, I do know that if I needed anyone of them in an emergency, they would be there.

Story: My mom had some health issues last year. At one point she did not even wake her husband up – she drove herself to the hospital in the middle of the night and just left him a note. At least she called me at 6:00am (snort!). Turns out she needed surgery so the brothers and I were marking time in the waiting room. Needless to say, waiting rooms are not very entertaining, but we apparently were for the other individuals that were in the room. We just were having great conversations, laughter, and more.

Picture this – the waiting room is on the bottom floor of the hospital. Not great cell phone coverage. So, at one point I was riding the elevators to different floors so I could use my cell phone to call my husband and kids with status updates. My older (and supposedly smarter) brother was walking around in the waiting room with his arm held high trying to find the strongest signal. An hour into this, what happens? The phone in the waiting room rings. (Big snort and lots of laughter here.) Who would have thought of using an actual landline to call anyone?

There was a woman who commented on our behavior (which to my mom’s chagrin is often), and just loved us. So we made her write a note to our mom saying how great we were, how entertaining, and how she was lucky to have us. The moment our mom was lucid we made sure to give that to her!

Ultimately, you choose your friends, your clients, but cannot choose your family. I am so grateful for my family in so many ways.