Day 22: This week, the boys’ school held Thanksgiving Feasts. So, I got to go celebrate with them. I’m thankful for their school, all the admin, teachers, and staff.
Day 23: I’m thankful for chocolate pudding. That is all.
30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 21
Today, I’m thankful for Celebrities, authors, athletes who give back to their communities!
30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 20
Today, I’m thankful for local business owners who give back to their communities.
30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 19
Today, I’m thankful for music and hearing my sweet girl sing “I raise a hallelujah” in the back seat.
30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 18
Today, I am thankful for my feet.
They help me walk, even when I’m feeling sluggish. They help me run with my kids. My feet are good to me.
25 Days of Christmas
Every Year, I want to lead up to Christmas, to explain the true reason for celebrating Christmas, with my kids. And every year, I slack off on planning ahead. (Yikes)
Join us, for our first time, taking the 25 Days, leading up to Christmas to learn and celebrate Jesus being the Reason for the Season.
Follow Along, this week to find where we got our Advent Calendar and What Bible Verses we will read on each day, and what conversations we plan on having with our kids.
30 Days of Thanksgiving: Days 16 & 17
Day 16: I am thankful for blessings. From the beautiful weather we had on this day to “breaking the rules” by listening to Christmas Trap music to getting away for a couple of hours to watch a good play.
Day 17: I am thankful for Church days and getting to meet new people every week
HIStory: What’s Your Favorite Part of Your Day (Part 4)
As they are talking, another gentleman and I strike up a short conversation. His order gets called up, so he had to go mid-conversation.
Simultaneously, as we had been talking, another man had caught my eye. He was older, and he had a cane. The younger gentleman I was sitting next to offered his seat, but the older one declined. He waited until the seat became available and plopped down next to me.
By then, most people had cleared out. The older gentleman with the cane very clearly knew the owner. They made jabs at each other back and forth, laughing, and then in between, he would make conversation with me.
During this time, I got to learn a little about the gentleman with the cane, how he had known the owner’s father. But the owner’s father had passed away a month before. He had been sick for a long time. He, himself, had known the owner for a long time.
As we were talking, I get a message from the customer:
“Thank you for being patient. It’s is appreciated and your tip will reflect that.”
“It is my pleasure. Thank you, sir”
As I was telling my husband this story, my eyes welled up…and my voice broke.
Here I was worried about our situation. I was worried and anxious. I, additionally-in my eyes, messed up by canceling this guy’s order. Yet, I got the opportunity to redeem it, and while I waited I got to strike up two conversations. One of them being just the sweetest of conversations. And, I got to bless this man by taking his order to him while he had to work.
And God showed up in so many ways that day.
It is days like that day, that I am glad we have the habit of asking each about our days. I am glad that I got to share what happened in the sweetest moment of that day.
Because on a day where I had a hard time only thinking about myself, and my problems, God opened my eyes. He helped me to slow down, that day. To take time to connect with other people, listen to their stories, and learn about them.
And it’s these stories..the ones that start off with a “me mindset”, that move to an “others mindset”, and eventually the glory goes to a “God mindset”. He gets the focus off of me, back on others and Him…and reminds me that there’s a bigger picture. There’s a story greater than myself. Greater than I could ever imagine or comprehend. A love story. A God story. It’s HISstory.
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15
Today, I’m great for my husband’s extra part-time job. It gives me the opportunity to stay home (and do all the stay at home wife/mom stuff) while also giving me space to figure out working from home.
HIStory: What’s Your Favorite Part of Your Day (Part 3)
I turned around, and headed back to the restaurant.
As I was driving, I got a message from the customer.
He said “I know the line is probably long in the drive-thru. It may be quicker to go inside.”
I messaged back: “Thank you. I went inside, but the line was still long. Do you think it will still go quicker even though the line is really long inside?”
“In my experience, it has.” He replied.
“Ok! I will do that. Thank you for the advice.”
So, I drive into the parking lot. Still no place to park.
But, I see one spot next to the dumpster and the exit to the alley way. I pull in, make sure the tail of the bed of the truck is out of the way, and I walk inside.
As I make my way in, I can see a gentleman walking in front of me. He’s a little older, and clearly physically disabled in some way. He peacefully opens up the order, and insists that I go ahead of him.
“Thank you, sir”. As we walked inside, I motion…”Please, go ahead”
“No, you go ahead.”
“Thanks”
I wait in line. And, finally get the customer’s meal ordered.
As people’s orders come in, and they leave…more room opens up in a crowded waiting space.
I make my way to sit on a bench where a young man is talking to an older woman he is sitting with.
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