Thankful

As I sit, quietly on this beautiful Sunday morning, and reflect on God's work in my life-- I. AM. Thankful!

My in-and-out, run-around, crazy-busy, normal day-to-day seems to leave me restless and ragged. But, man, I am so thankful for this life.

I was thinking just the other day of my life back in engagement or early marriage phase. Our saying was always, "We've got the world by the tail". And we did! And many times I find myself mourning the loss of those carefree days. We did what we wanted, went where we wanted, spent what we wanted and had so much fun.

And now, now... we budget weekly. We disagree about money. We share the burden of running the house, raising the boys, getting things done, and trying to keep some semblance of order. But we get to do it together.

I feel thankful that Jordan is the one on this journey with me. I feel thankful that God has richly blessed us with our beautiful boys. We have more than we need, and can give back, too.

We are not where we want to be yet. But I hope we never are. I want to continue striving in this life. I want to have things to work for. I want to journey through things with my partner. I want to play legos as little longer. Shovel snow to help it melt and shovel the carpet because we have to have a shovel at all times in this house.

I hear the small stirring of my tiny one. I am so thankful to be able to go get him out of the crib and snuggle him now before our day starts. So here I go... off to snuggle. And thank God all the while.