Giving Thanks

I've been feeling a little hum drum lately like I have the "blues" or something.  I can't really explain it, but it was like 72 hours of just feeling unmotivated and just lethargic.   If you know me, you'll know I'm the cheery, loves-harmony, positive-girl--so how did I get myself out of this FUNK?  By GIVING THANKS!

I don't have to even go back very far in remembrance.  Our Thanksgiving had my cup running over. 

Best group of people.  So humbled to be serving our Shepherd group from Reston Bible Church.  Singles, couples, parents, grandparents -- we're the real deal and I give thanks for them.

Thanks to my mom who finally showed me how to make this Cambodian dish for our Thanksgiving feast.  I give thanks for recipes passed down through the generations.

I give thanks for my other mother-in-love, who loves me with a steady, without-condition kind of love.  She is lovely and I could have wound up with one of THOSE MILs, but I didn't.  I got the best.   We went to Virginia Beach to visit Meghan and mom and dad were there too.  We had a chance to get out and have some girl time.

Thankful for my creative husband who feels the need to convince me that he takes great photos.  I tell him he's so super creative, but he doesn't believe me.  For the record honey, I think you are GREAT photographer! Who would have thought to take baby asleep by the fire?

I'm thankful for cousins.  One of the prayers Patrick and I had was that our kids, when they get the chance to see their cousins, would just ENJOY them.  Wow.  We didn't really see the whole weekend!

I'm thankful for their little sizes, and their little frames, all relative to each other.  It's so cute to watch 3 boys go around together.  I am in awe of their interests that make them giddy and well...even addicted...the passion and determination is real and I'm appreciative of their relentless pursuits to get what they want. 

Nothing could make me more grateful than this unit of people.  We got a chance to just be with us as a family as we spent time at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg.  We played in the water, ate well, and even slept well in their hotel.  Grateful for a season of sleep.

The key to defunking is just to live on the side of "Wow, I so thank you."  Like I said I can't explain it, but I know that I am actually MORE appreciative of what I have after I came out of it.   For that gift, I give my biggest THANK YOU to Jesus, who gives me so much abundance--not in my weekend trips or my relationships, but in who HE is.  My cup runneth over!