what's today...

This morning, on my way in to work, I was listening to a local Birmingham radio show.  They were briefly sharing about thankfulness.  I know that we set aside one day a year (Thanksgiving Day) specifically for that.  But do we really use that day to express our thankfulness or do we just stuff ourselves with unnecessary amounts of food and lay around watching parades and football?  It is so easy for me to get in my own little world and lose sight of what I am thankful for.  So today I want to begin sharing some of those things.

1. I am so thankful for my husband, Anthony.  He is an amazing man who has a tremendous love for his family and for Christ.  He is devoted to our marriage and to being a great father!  He helps me in so many ways.  He is the laid back side of me.  He takes care of Drew when I am trying to get ready in the morning.  He even cooks!  There is so much more I can't even begin to tell.  He shows his love for me when he wraps his arms around me and holds me close to him, when he gently kisses my forehead and when he plays with my hair as I'm drifting off to sleep.  What an amazing man...and he is mine!  So much to be thankful for!
2. For the provisions that God has made for my family.  He sees our needs and meets them, not always in the ways I am looking for but always in ways that are glorifying to Him.  I know that the plan he has for the house in Fairhope to sell will bring him all the honor and glory and will (and is) reminding me that I don't have to be in control all the time - that's His job!
3. For our family - blood and by the blood! Just knowing how much their friendship and love means to our family.  I am thankful that I can call my mom and she will talk with me as a mother and a friend.  I'm thankful that I have a sister, brother and sister-in-law who get along and we are close to - no matter the miles that seperate us.  I am thankful that I have a mother-in-law that I love as my own mother and that loves me too. And to know that we have a church family that accepts us as we are and loves us.
4. Thankful for a job I enjoy that's close to home and co-workers who are easy to get along with.

These are just a very few in a long list of things I'm thankful for.  What are you thankful for?