That is what I want need to do right now, and let me tell you that sometimes it is easier said than done. I know that it is all about perspective but if my generally easy to please, happy as larry, easy come easy go, pollyanna type of attitude is finding it hard to see the bright side then there is a chance that the silver lining may be beginning to tarnish.
(BIG deep breath in)
Now I know that recently it may have appeared that life has been pretty awesome. After all I have just returned from an awesome outback adventure. And don't get me wrong on some levels it has been a really wonderful time. On others though, ones that I have been trying very hard to ignore it has not been so great.
You may recall that I mentioned a few weeks ago that DD1 was off to visit family in Townsville for ten days. Now that she has safely returned I can admit to some of the worries that I had about the trip. As I am sometimes prone to a highly over active imagination I had her plane crashing, terrible car accidents and all manner of disasters occurring while she was gone. Not to mention the ridiculous notion that perhaps she would just decide that she didn't want to come home. Anyway aside from all of that I also managed to offend the people that she was staying with. Just to add a bit more spice to it
The real problem is I don't like acknowledging that we are a blended family. I feel that by having a child who's biological father I am no longer with is some sort of failing in life and I just can't get past it. We (I) can never be perfect now. (Yes yes I know perfection is not really attainable anyway but shouldn't it be something we strive for regardless?)
Like a lot of things lately I need to suck it up and move along. It has happened, I can't change the past, not that I really want to as there are probably a thousand odd reasons why we are no longer together, the number one being I am now married to the man of my dreams and the love of my life. Which brings me to what I am grateful for this week.
I am grateful and I mean truly grateful, thank the Lord every day kind of grateful, for my husband.
He is my rock. My comfort, my everything. Without him I would not only be alone but lost as well. He helps me find direction in the world and it is because of him that I walk the path of happiness. He is caring, kind and selfless. He never complains about my faults or my lack of housework. He never grumbles when he walks in after a 12 hour day to find a disheveled house and dinner not exactly waiting on the table. Instead he greets us with smiles and covers us with hugs and kisses.
I could go on forever about what a wonderful man he is and how incredibly blessed I am to be able to call him my husband but I am tipping you catch my drift.
What are you grateful for? Head over to Maxabella Loves to see what she is grateful for.
Now this was supposed to have been a linking up post with Maxabella Loves only I have taken to long to get it published so the linky tool has closed so I missed out. Which I can just add to the list of things I need to suck up and move on from. Now I know that to you the list seems pretty short but that is just because I am at times a terrible sharer, especially when things are not going so great. So here are some things I have been struggling to suck up.
You may recall that I mentioned a few weeks ago that DD1 was off to visit family in Townsville for ten days. Now that she has safely returned I can admit to some of the worries that I had about the trip. As I am sometimes prone to a highly over active imagination I had her plane crashing, terrible car accidents and all manner of disasters occurring while she was gone. Not to mention the ridiculous notion that perhaps she would just decide that she didn't want to come home. Anyway aside from all of that I also managed to offend the people that she was staying with. Just to add a bit more spice to it
The real problem is I don't like acknowledging that we are a blended family. I feel that by having a child who's biological father I am no longer with is some sort of failing in life and I just can't get past it. We (I) can never be perfect now. (Yes yes I know perfection is not really attainable anyway but shouldn't it be something we strive for regardless?)
Like a lot of things lately I need to suck it up and move along. It has happened, I can't change the past, not that I really want to as there are probably a thousand odd reasons why we are no longer together, the number one being I am now married to the man of my dreams and the love of my life. Which brings me to what I am grateful for this week.
I am grateful and I mean truly grateful, thank the Lord every day kind of grateful, for my husband.
He is my rock. My comfort, my everything. Without him I would not only be alone but lost as well. He helps me find direction in the world and it is because of him that I walk the path of happiness. He is caring, kind and selfless. He never complains about my faults or my lack of housework. He never grumbles when he walks in after a 12 hour day to find a disheveled house and dinner not exactly waiting on the table. Instead he greets us with smiles and covers us with hugs and kisses.
I could go on forever about what a wonderful man he is and how incredibly blessed I am to be able to call him my husband but I am tipping you catch my drift. What are you grateful for? Head over to Maxabella Loves to see what she is grateful for.
Now this was supposed to have been a linking up post with Maxabella Loves only I have taken to long to get it published so the linky tool has closed so I missed out. Which I can just add to the list of things I need to suck up and move on from. Now I know that to you the list seems pretty short but that is just because I am at times a terrible sharer, especially when things are not going so great. So here are some things I have been struggling to suck up.
- The fact that DD2 had a tooth pulled out recently
- The return of school is inevitable
- People don't have the time to invest in helping as much as I would like
- Children will always bicker
- I don't have all the answers and apparently nor do I know everything
- Houseworks needs to be done every day
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