Being Thankful, Being Positive

I love reading the post over the last few weeks about being thankful. I know some days, weeks, months and years are harder to be thankful for the people we have in our lives and the things we have. I have been needing to blog about the kids and all the different adventures we have been doing, but being thankful and being positive have really been on my heart. Some of you may read this and think it is a bunch of bull, but to be honest I write this for the kids and for them to remember things that we have done as a family and as individuals. This is something that I want them to learn and I want them to always remember. For me the best way to teach them is it do it myself.

Growing up I always wanted to be a stay at home mom. My picture perfect day would be filled doing fun things with the kiddos and then having dinner on the table at 5:30 as Mike walked into the house. Well, that does not happen. Honestly I hate having dinner every night without Mike at home with us, but we have faith that one day it will change. One day we will get to do family dinners more than just the weekend or the random blessed day that he gets off early. 

The kids and I have become one awesome team tackling the to do lists. it takes me a little longer to do things at times, but we all learn something from it, mainly me with patience!! I have learned to carry and climb a 10 foot ladder and give Evan instructions if I fall, as well as strength and skills I never thought I would have.  With prayer and will the kids and I having really gotten the swing of things. Now when Mike is home we all work awesome together and it is even more fun to do it all with the 4 of us together.

I guess the point of this blog that I want my kids to learn is that life does not go the way you dream. I know that I have been given the strength the think positive and to be thankful for what God and Mike have provided for us. To (try) and take each day at a time. Yes, I am a HUGE planner and love to have my day and week planned out so I know what needs to be done and when, but at the same time I know things come up and I will have to change our plans. I am generally Ok with that and so are the kids, as long as I have a snack for them!! You just need to laugh sometimes. Crying works as well, but laughing is much better in my book. I try to always think positive and I try and point out the positive things that have happen during our day, not the stinky things, like I have paint on my carpet, someone hacked Mike's debt card and I had to deal with the bank to get our money back, having to stick my hand down a toilet to try and grab something,  that the kids have been at each other for an hr now and I am about ready to just let them duke it out to see who wins. I just laugh not to be mean or anything, but just because I know it is making me stronger, that I have the power to change my day with help from God. Plus I don't want people to read about my problems all day long or to think I just complain, even though I do to my close friends, often!! It is being human to complain. Everyone does need to vent it out. That the kids seeing me do this will hopefully help them and teach them how to try and always find the positive.

 As I am writing this blog I have a friend texting me that is going through a few different trials with life and she that she was able to be with a dear friend of hers and just laugh together and that brought her closure. I found it funny that with the things she is going through and her friend that they were laughing to get closure. They were and are thinking positive and being happy for their blessings, even though it is hard. Laughing helps, thinking and being positive help!!

I have a blessed life and a blessed family. I am so fortunate that I get to be home with my kids, every day!! I am thankful for our jammie days. That we just get to sit at home and play whatever their little minds things up. We are all thankful for Mike, how hard he works and just how awesome he is as a dad and husband.   I may get stressed, down or angry, but I am thankful and I am always trying to find the positive in every situation. It is not always easy, but it does make me smile or laugh!!