Thankful

Recently I have been feeling very blessed and thankful. Maybe these feelings are a little late and I should have been feeling a little bit more of this around Thanksgiving but I think the Christmas season really brings out a lot of good in people. So I thought I would type out a few of the things I am really grateful for. (Better late than never, right?)

1. My kids. I love them! They are my everythings. I love watching their little (sometimes BIG) personalities develop and watching them learn and grow. I have especially been enjoying spending any time that I can just cuddling them. Time suddenly feels like it's flying by and like I'm not going to have much longer that they will actually let me cuddle with them.
2. A husband who loves us and takes such good care of us. I am grateful for someone who tries to put our needs and wants before his own. I love that he overlooks my flaws and loves me in spite of them. I am grateful for how hard he works yo support our family.
3. Family. I am blessed to have an amazing family especially a Mom and Dad who have always loved me and taught me about the important things in life.
4. A job. In a time where many are unemployed I'm grateful that Mike has a stable job that supports us and provides us with enough that I am able to stay at home with the kids.
5. A home. Our home is not fancy or new but it is Home and it is a safe warm place to get out of the troubles of the world. It is big enough to have plenty of room for all of us and has a yard that the girls love to play in, rain or shine.
6. Vehicles. We are blessed to have a car that Mike can take and a van that I can use during the day to get around. Neither car has had almost any work needed on it. I'm also grateful for the public transportation system that Mike can use to get to work.
7. Service. I am grateful for both service provided to me and being able to serve others. It brings a lot of happiness into our lives to be able to help others.
8. Trials. This might be a weird thing to be grateful for but trials, though not fun while you are going through them, help me to be a better me. The provide strength, faith and understanding that I mat not otherwise gain without them.
9. The Gospel. I am grateful to be a member of the LDS church, to know I have a Savior and Heavenly Father who love me and want me to be happy. I know that my Heavenly Father always gives me the things and situations that I need most even when I don't realize it at the time. I know that I can live with my family forever and I don't think there could be any greater blessing than that.

There are many more things that I could list but I will stop now. They say there is someone who always has it worse but there is probably always someone who has it better too. I think the most important thing for happiness is to learn to be content with what you have. 

I've decided recently that I think the cure for having a bad day is to think of all the things that you are blessed with (there is always something you can be thankful for, sometimes we just have to look a little harder) and then go out and help someone else to have a better day. I dare you to try to have a bad day after that. I bet it will be pretty near impossible to do. :)