Operation Shower Blog

For 21 days, we are accepting the Gratitude Challenge.   Join us in this and also in a night of gratitude at Operation Give Thanks!

Today’s challenge is to “take 5 minutes to write about how grateful you are for all the wonderful things that you currently have in your life.”  If any of you know me, you know I can’t do anything in 5 minutes (I am actually struggling not to make a list of the things I should do for this challenge — even though they already  told me what to do).  Anyway, so I am going to write for 5 minutes then that’s it. Here goes:

I am so grateful for the family I have –my husband and son who are virtually identical in looks and in spirit — and also my extended family and all its craziness.  And let me tell you we have a sitcom-ready family, but I am so grateful that we are not boring and that we love each other.  Crazy, yes.  Love, yes.

I am so grateful that I have been able to be a stay at home mom for my son’s life and that I have found a “calling” with Operation Shower.  I cannot believe the blessings I have found through this organization. The families I have met in the military have inspired me every day; the leaders who welcome us with open arms and love what we are doing and take the time to say so — the people I now work with in a common cause with joy and laughter every day.  They inspire me to be better than I thought I could be and to remind me of the importance of our mission.

I am so grateful that when I moved here with my 3 year old that I found a place where I could meet other moms and learn that I was not alone and that having to check my son’s breathing every night (still) — was normal (well, pretty normal).

I am so grateful . .

(ok, that took 6 minutes technically — and I ‘m so grateful that I could go on and on with this list .. . )