Giving Thanks

My heart is full today. I genuinely realize how blessed I am. After this horrible tragedy that has come over the South recently I realize how precious life is and how precious our homes are. I am so grateful for the wonderful family that I have. God has blessed me with a precious family. We laugh together and cry together. We can talk and share and encourage and challenge each other to be better. My family members are my friends. I couldn't have better. I am so grateful for them. In the past year God has given the addition of our precious neice and I am so grateful for her. I love this little baby and am so grateful for the gift of her.

Life has been difficult lately for me for various reasons that I won't get into here. I'm at some pretty serious crossroads and am making some difficult decisions. I deal with stress and anxiety and at times depression. In spite of these, though, I am still aware of God's amazing goodness and all of His blessings.

I love photos and graphics and enjoy trying to find images that relate to what I'm going through to attach to my particular blog posts. I struggled today as I was thinking about this post. What kind of photo or image depicts thanks or gratefulness? It is such an internal thing. I did find a few, though, that I really liked. I hope you enjoy.

Have a blessed day, friends. May we always have a spirit of thankfulness and realization of just how blessed we really are, and not simply on Thanksgiving day.