Thankful Thursday

I know it is time for me to do a Thankful Thursday post. God gave me a reality check on my whining yesterday and told me that I have a lot to be thankful for and it could always be worse.

1. I am so thankful for my daughter. I am thankful God saw fit to trust me to raise Ciara knowing that she would not fit any molds of anything I ever thought about when I wanted to be a mommy!
2. I am thankful for Mexican food and alka seltzers!
3. I am thankful that Ciara loves her teacher.
4. I am thankful that I work at and Ciara goes to a school that is small enough to care and big enough to have resources available and is focused on the future.
5. I am thankful for my friends who keep me lifted up.
6. I am thankful that Ciara and I have always been safe when driving.
7. I am thankful there is no violence in my life.
8. I am thankful that I didn't wake up with acid reflux last night
9. I am thankful that Ciara feels such joy when she plays with her kittens and that we found them after they got lost this weekend, but really, to wake up and find them in the dining room was a shock!
10. I am thankful that I have experienced depression and God can use me as a tool to relate to others that are depressed. No, I'm not!!! Yes, I really am. Yes, I am thankful. I am mostly thankful to be able to recognize depression so I can deal with it.
11. I am thankful for the sweet students in my class this year that have so much potential.
12. I am thankful for bills, cause it means I am making it.
    
13. I am thankful for my nice soft bed. I wish I could spend more time in it!!
14. I am thankful for my friends who do card swaps with me. We are making some really beautiful things and having a great time doing it!
15. I am thankful that it is World Card Making Day on Saturday and I am going to offer a free card to anyone who comes over between 1 and 6. This card is so stinkin' cute that you won't want to miss it. It doesn't matter if you have never made a card before, come try and it will be so fun.

There are so many more things that I have to be thankful for. I am glad I had the opportunity to sit down and think about it for a while. It is always good to reflect on the positive and not focus on the negative.