Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving. It was also my family's first Thanksgiving without my daddy. The days leading up to it were about as hard as anyone could imagine. I dreaded not being with my family on Thanksgiving. But, the Lord saw me through. He blessed me with Peace to get through that day without a single breakdown. Sure, I cried, but it was nothing like I thought it would be. We spent the day with my in-loves (Brady's family) and every time I saw Jayden play with his Papa, I thought I was going to lose it, to be quite honest. It reminded me of how proud my dad was of all 9 of his grandchildren. Oh he loved them all so very much! And as I would start thinking, the tears would slowly come down, but then in an instant, God would pick me up, brush my knees off and say "you're ok."
So I'm blogging to tell you that I've never been one to make Thanksgiving Day a huge deal, but this year, I'm definitely thankful for Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for my family that I still have here to hug and love. I'm thankful for my in-loves, Angela, Kal & Jena for the many things they have blessed me with. I'm thankful for the thoughtful friends that I have, that have prayed for me as the holiday drew closer and closer. I'm thankful that God has blessed me with such a caring husband and an easy going child. I'm thankful for the home we have to raise our child(ren) in. I'm thankful for the wonderful church God has put us in, he's showed us that it's just as good as our last one. I'm thankful that I can blog about anything, to vent, to write about whatever and I'm not killed for it. But most of all, I am thankful and blessed for having a personal relationship with Christ. I'm not perfect and I sure don't make it out to be, but somehow through all of my heartache and pain, love and laughter, he completely blesses my life.
God Bless each of you!
Until next time!
Kim
