A month of Thanksgiving

I have come to LOVE November and December and all the holiday fun that goes with it. I think we should be thankful all year long, however, I tend to be more mindful of this during the month of November. I was trying to think what one thing I'm thankful for this month and to be honest, I can't narrow it down to one. I can't believe how much my life has changed in such a short period of time and how good God has been to me/us. As the months pass from my cancer diagnosis, I continue to see what a blessing cancer has been to me and it stuns me a bit to even say that still. I was so certain I was being robbed of so many things when I was first diagnosed and instead I'm starting to see how God was molding and shaping me for a variety of gifts He wanted to give me. I'm SO thankful for the molding and shaping and just like the bible says, it was painful and uncomfortable at that time BUT so worth it! I'm a different person post-cancer and I can only give God the credit for that fact. I still have a lot of rough edges to work through and God continues to smooth them.
I LOVE being a mom, I really can't put it into words! I truly understand when the bible says that children are a "gift" from God.  Each child that has come into our home has been a special gift for the specified time they were here and I've learned something from each of them.  Alex has been one of the best gifts God has given me yet! I look at him and am thankful for my cancer diagnosis and the way that God completely changed my plans. I wouldn't change a thing in this parenting journey...some days I wish the emotional rollercoaster wasn't what it is but even God gets me through those days too. I never thought I could love a child that isn't biologically mine as much as I do. Alex may not look like me but he is mine. In our home, biological doesn't mean much because every child that walks through our door is ours. We love them as though they were biolgically ours. I completely understand when the bible talks about being "grafted" into God's family in a whole new way.

It's so easy to get caught up in the trials of life but don't let business steal your thankfulness because there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for in life. Thankfulness is a lot like trust, it's a choice, not a feeling!