Grateful

This holiday season, I am beyond grateful for the life I have been given. I often find myself stopping to pinch myself to ensure that this is real life. For anyone, who has followed this blog for a while, you know that the stories that I wrote were not always of joy. They were always of hope, but some days were bleak.

I sit here overwhelmed by the many blessings of my life. The beauty of what has been crafted is more than I could have ever imagined. Here is the highlight reel. 🙂

Brad’s Health

If you would have told me two year’s ago that Brad would be living a “normal” life, I would have given you a puzzled dog face. While I could see a future for us, it was clouded with uncertainty and fear. Our future is still uncertain, but I trust that it will all work out. None of us know what tomorrow holds. We do, however, have the ability to waste today if we worry about things to come. Brad’s health has taught me that, and I am grateful for the grace.

Work that I love

In the midst of what we thought was a flair up for Brad and the first trimester morning  all day sickness, I interviewed for a new job. Switching companies after 7 years with BJC scared me. I was comfortable and proficient at what I did, but I kept being pulled to SSM. I prayed and prayed and prayed some more. I put up every road block to God on why I was not going to take the job. One by one, He knocked them down. At the end, I was standing with an opportunity in front of me and a pit in my stomach. I blindly leaped, and couldn’t be happier. I am grateful for God guiding me to this role and the lesson of following Him blindly.

Baby Wester

I cry tears of joy nearly daily thinking about our new baby. Even the phrase, our baby, doesn’t seem real. In 14 weeks, sweet pea will be here. You think it would have settled in, but I can’t find the words to express my joy, nerves and pure gratitude for the situation. Being in awe of God’s work and without words to express is breathtaking. I look at the world from a limited human perspective, God looks at it and knows he has more in store. Baby Wester is yet another testament of how great our God is. We will never be able to see all the ways God is providing for us, but I am grateful to know that he is.

Over this holiday season, take a moment and be grateful. A grateful heart will spur joy and be contagious!

May you have a blessed Thanksgiving filled with good food, family, friends, laughter, love and most importantly a grateful heart.