Gratitude

Today I have much gratitude in my heart.  It has been quite a journey for this little family of ours.  We have put our faith in God to bring us through this trying time of moving our family to the county and praying that it was the right thing to bring my mom out here to live with us.  It has been a growing experience for sure!

I am filled with much gratitude that this week I can finally say that God has allowed His Grace to fall upon us without question!  We have acquired the funding to begin my mom's apartment and construction will begin next week.  Our prayers have been answered. Hip Hip Hooray!!  I never realized how long this process would take.  But God is so good and had grown each of us in our own ways.

I am filled with much gratitude to our family and friends that have had to listen to us go on and on about making this happen.

I am filled with much gratitude that what started out as a simple question--"do you think you would ever want to move?" turned into a reality that even I didn't realize I would appreciate so much.

You see, I really loved my three story home in the burbs.  I loved my close-knit neighborhood that had many parties throughout the years.  I loved being just a few minutes from work. I loved that my kids could play in the cul-de-sac and I didn't have to worry about traffic--at least not too much that is!

However, while I have been mourning this part of my life during the past few months, I am now realizing that I am loving my new life in ways I didn't think possible.  I love that I don't have to close my curtains if I don't want to.  I love that I have to stop on my way to work to allow a family of deer to cross my street.  I love that I can walk outside at night and see so many stars that I had no idea they even existed before.  I love that my kids can go outside and climb trees.  I love that my puppies can bark to their hearts content and noone will complain!  I love that I only have two bathrooms to clean and not four.  (I hate cleaning toilets!)

The gratitude that fills my heart is so great I feel like shouting it from the rooftops!