Today I'm especially happy to sleep in and avoid the Black Friday crowds! :)
Today I am thankful for friends and family who have been so kind and gentle with me through this year of transition and loss and emotional chaos. It has not gone unnoticed and I do not take it for granted, especially having been through something similar when all my friends abandoned me in the past. I appreciate every prayer, text, call, email, invite, and conversation more than you know.
I am thankful for the kind heart of God, who loves and gives generously to His children. I am thankful for the timing of reading THIS POST last night.
"There are words with roots in deep error and deep evil. But not all grey words get their color from a black heart. Some are colored mainly by the pain, the despair. What you hear is not the deepest thing within. There is something real within where they come from. But it is temporary—like a passing infection—real, painful, but not the true person."Love that. It was really comforting, because I certainly think and say things that are completely out of character when I am in despair. It helps me to remember that it's only a season and that God understands my pain. I'm thankful that it will pass and that I'm not alone in the middle of it.
I'm thankful that this was the best Thanksgiving Day I can remember in recent years. Lunch at the Parrish house with Josh's family and our fam, hanging out with Missy K and playing with the boys outside. A nap at Mom and Dad's, which was awesome. And dinner at Nancy's, where we had much to celebrate (more on that tomorrow). God is good, all the time!
^^The boys (and Missy K) crashing our sister pic! =)
^^Family Pic for Dad's SF Christmas letter, Thanksgiving Day 2013!
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