What Are You Thankful For?

Hello Friday! I am so happy to see you. This week has actually gone by faster than I thought it would. Usually the week before a trip or holiday drags out. This week I have been busy baking and doing all our laundry for packing-amongst playing with my sweet lil boy.  I am really looking forward to relaxing and reconnecting with family and friends over the holidays. Throughout the year I try to be thankful for my life and everything in it. Days go by and time passes so fast that sometimes it takes a holiday, to bring everything into focus and to see a different perspective on life. With every year that passess my life gets better and I am so thankful for that.  Sometimes when we get used to having things so good we forget to stop and take it all in and think WOW this life I have is beautiful and all the little petty things really dont matter in the big picture. Its not to say we cant have bad days or bad moods these things are just part of life. I just think its so easy to dwell on things or let one bad moment take over. I want to try not to dwell on things and to always realize the positives in my life. Todays DIY is not a recipe or a craft it is realizing your wishes and being thankful for the ones that have come true.

Grab a pen, paper and a jar of somesort and start writing down what your thankful for and some of your hopes and dreams for 2014. I guarantee you when you look at them throughout the year, you will find that a lot of them have come true and the ones that havent will be a reminder of your aspirations. When I was about 19 I wrote down some of my hopes and dreams for my life like travel, become a nurse, wife, mother- when I found the box of papers I read these and felt so proud and happy that these ones had come true. Others in my box have not come true yet but they reminded me of where I wanted to be and now I can figure out how to get there. 

Some of my aspirations for 2014 are to challenge myself more with health and fitness. to be the best mother and wife I can be. to remember to take care of myself. to put in more effort with my family and friends as they are so important to me. to remember to breath in life everyday for what it is-there will be bad days but I want to deal with those moments in time and move on. to give as many hugs & kisses as possible to my sweet boy and to love him uncondiitonally. 

Some of the things I am thankful for are my family & friends. my health and home. my job. the love and joy I have felt these last 7 months being a new mom.My husband and the love and companionship we share.

I hope this inspires you to think about what you are thankful for and what your wishes are for 2014. This time of year can be so focused on material goods that we forget about all of the things we cant see but can only feel. I strive to take each day in to its fullest and make tommorrow better than today. There will always be grey days  but the sun will always come back out to shine. Happy holidays! xx