From Tracie: Today I'm Thankful

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Today I'm Thankful

My grandma is back in the hospital. This time in the ICU. She is dealing with the same breathing/lung and heart issues as before with some serious added complications. There has been talk of surgery and other options, none of which look really great. Katarina and I are flying out there to see her on Thursday. I've been so blessed by the prayers and love that have sustained me as I count down the days until we can get there to see her, and I'm thankful for the amazing people who make up my world.

Lizzi mentioned in her Ten Things Of Thankful post that this week we really need thankfuls. She is so very right. So I'm going to dig deep, and share some of the things for which I am thankful today.

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I shared this on facebook yesterday:
"Taking a personality test. One of the questions is, "You find it difficult to speak loudly - yes or no?" ....and then we all laughed and laughed. 
But I laughed the loudest. Because, obviously."

I'm thankful for that laughter, because laughs have been few and far between this week. But I'm also thankful for one of the responses (which brought back a special memory and also made me laugh):
"Remember when we had a slumber party at my house and we were so loud that my parents set up the camper?! Hahaha"
And in case you are wondering, like Thomas was, if this is a true story? It is. It SO is. I could tell you that our awesomeness was too much to contain in a small bedroom. But, honestly, we were just really, really loud, and I, the loudest of all.

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Thomas stopped at a garage sale while he was at work yesterday, and came home with a Harry Potter shirt. It is actually a Quidditch shirt for the Gryffindor seeker. I'm thankful for a husband who notices little things that will make me happy, and brings them to me.

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I'm thankful for my job with SITS and Sway, where I work with amazing people, and actually look forward to starting work every morning.

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Blue Sky Hope

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On Friday, my friend Sheena shared some great tweets, including some gratefulness statements that really grabbed my heart. Here is one of my favorites:
I'm thankful for wisdom. I'm thankful for the ability to do better. I'm thankful for Sheena reminding me of both of these things on a day I really needed to remember them.

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I'm thankful Enter The Worship Circle is on Spotify.

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I'm thankful Lizzi tags me on twitter each week with a reminder to share my thankful moments. Because I need it. Especially on weeks like this, when it is easy to be wrapped up in fear, anxiety, frustration, hard feelings, and something far too close to grief. All those feelings are real, and many of them are valid, but the thankfuls are real, too.

Right now, for at least as long as it took me to type these, I'm going to focus on the thankful things. My heart needs it. If you have had a hard week, I'm pretty sure your heart might need it, too.

Ten Things of Thankful

What are you thankful for today?

10 comments:

  1. I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother. That puts a lot of stress on everyone, but I'm glad you were still able to find some thankfuls after all. I certainly remember those sleepover days when we were so very, very loud! How sweet that your husband found you a Harry Potter shirt when at a garage sale! My son found me a Young Frankenstein shirt at Goodwill the other day and it made my heart happy!

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  2. Traci, I am so very sorry to hear about your grandmother and I know from my own who had issues with her lungs (she had fibrosis of the lungs), that lung ailments in those who are indeed older are truly very serious and if not treated could lead to worse and definitely not easy for those family members close and who them so. Saying tons of prayers for your grandmother, you and your family, too.

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  3. *hugs* I'll keep tagging you. I know the responses to the tweets are a bit varied, so I'm glad to hear you appreciate them.

    It seems it's been a tough ol week all round. I'm glad Thomas found something which cheered you up. That's lovely of him :)

    Sorry to hear about your Grandma. I hope that things go as well as they can do for her :(

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  4. Thank you for sharing a beautiful list of thankfulness.
    I am praying for your grandmother with you.

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  5. Wonderful list and wonderful friend Sheena to be so inspiring. Prayers for your grandmother. It is in these difficult weeks that posting 10 things of Thankful is so crucial.

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  6. I'm thankful for YOUR job at SITS. It helps my world.
    And I'm so sorry for your grandmother and hoping everything aligns as it should.

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  7. I'm sorry that your grandmother is having some health problems. You've managed a good list anyway. I hope this week will be brighter.

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  8. Thank you for your thankful list. It is so perfect and a fantastic reminder to look around and see gratitude everywhere. So sorry to hear about your grandmother. Thinking of you.

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  9. Love your thankful list! So sorry about your grandma! ((Hugs))

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  10. So sorry to hear about your grandma, hope she is improving and will be home soon.

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