THIRTY DAYS OF THANKFULNESS

Once again this November there has been a Facebook challenge to find some reason to be thankful every day.  I have seen some posts on Facebook where people say that they aren’t going to participate in this little tradition; we need to be thankful all year long.  I totally agree with that line of thought and am not upset or discouraged with anyone who doesn’t want to participate.  Actually I purpose to try to be thankful all year long and participate with a fellow homeschooling Mom and her weekly Facebook posts of Thankful Thursday.  However, this little piece is about WHY I AM participating with Thirty Days of Thankfulness!

Until last year, November was a month that brought me pure joy.  After all, who wouldn’t be joyful knowing that two of their awesome children were born in November?  My two oldest both have birthday’s in November making it one of my favorite months, a fun month to celebrate life!  Then 2012 happened, and November became a month of indescribable sadness.  Not only did my family suffer the loss of a child that we wanted and loved, but I almost left this earth too.  If it had not been for the Thirty Days of Thankfulness challenge on Facebook last year, I don’t know that I would have survived.  Why?  Because focusing on finding something to be thankful for everyday literally helped pull me out of my grief and let me see how blessed and highly favored I truly am.

I am participating in the Thirty Days of Thankfulness again this year, and I hope that I will be able to participate next year as well.  This little exercise in thankfulness helps me not to dwell on my sadness but helps me think on what matters most; the gifts of life that I see daily.  I am so thankful that I can participate in this and find a reason to be thankful everyday!  I am even more thankful that I am able to share this with my children.  This little venture has helped us to have an awesome first half of November 2013, and here’s to a lifetime more!