Giving Thanks
Early Thanksgiving morning and I have just changed my son's poopy diaper. I am grateful that it was swift and healthy, for yesterday he struggled for at least 20 minutes to have a poop. In a restaurant no less. There was my son, hanging on to me and his grandma at the same time, bearing down, eyes turning red and watering, pushing and grunting loudly while other diners tried to eat. I had to change him in the car as the restaurant did not have a changing table in their restroom. When I came back in, he was so tired that he fell asleep almost instantly in my mom's arms. It was quite the event for him.
I didn't expect to talk about my son's poop this morning, but I do want to say how grateful I am for the beautiful being who has blessed our lives - we are truly blessed. He teaches me how to be grateful for the small things as well as the big and obvious. And, I am grateful that I have my mom, who has helped us so generously in so many ways. I am also grateful that my husband is working so hard to create a good career for himself to support his family and allow me to stay at home and raise our son. I have a wonderful life. It may not always be easy, and it may not always be fun, but I am blessed for all that I have - the good and the bad. Besides, what's positive and negative in our lives comes down to how we perceive things.
Now, I'm off to get ready for cooking my first turkey! We're hosting one of my best friends and her husband, with whom I am having a tiny feud over the turkey. I told him, when he enthusiastically asked how he could help, that he could show me how to cook it. Well, that turned into him planning a recipe and not telling anyone what it is - and complained, when I asked him if I could tell him how my dad makes it, that I wasn't going to let him do the turkey. All that is fine, if it were HIS turkey. But, it's not. It's MY turkey, we're hosting, we bought the free-range bird (which I hope all of you will consider in the future, if you don't already). He will be a good test for me to stay in a grateful, loving space today.
Have a wonderful, grateful day, everybody.
Love,
Aislinn
I didn't expect to talk about my son's poop this morning, but I do want to say how grateful I am for the beautiful being who has blessed our lives - we are truly blessed. He teaches me how to be grateful for the small things as well as the big and obvious. And, I am grateful that I have my mom, who has helped us so generously in so many ways. I am also grateful that my husband is working so hard to create a good career for himself to support his family and allow me to stay at home and raise our son. I have a wonderful life. It may not always be easy, and it may not always be fun, but I am blessed for all that I have - the good and the bad. Besides, what's positive and negative in our lives comes down to how we perceive things.
Now, I'm off to get ready for cooking my first turkey! We're hosting one of my best friends and her husband, with whom I am having a tiny feud over the turkey. I told him, when he enthusiastically asked how he could help, that he could show me how to cook it. Well, that turned into him planning a recipe and not telling anyone what it is - and complained, when I asked him if I could tell him how my dad makes it, that I wasn't going to let him do the turkey. All that is fine, if it were HIS turkey. But, it's not. It's MY turkey, we're hosting, we bought the free-range bird (which I hope all of you will consider in the future, if you don't already). He will be a good test for me to stay in a grateful, loving space today.
Have a wonderful, grateful day, everybody.
Love,
Aislinn
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