Today
is the birthday of Ten Things of Thankful. I was invited to this
group by Dyanne who I met while participating in the A - Z Challenge a couple
of months ago. I always say, God brings people to our paths in the right
timing, and meeting Dyanne was no exception.
Along
the paths of blogging, I have met some wonderful people. Ten Things of
Thankful has blessed me so much since I joined their blog hop. I have
enjoyed reading other posts of the things they are thankful for during the
week. I too have had comments left on my posts.
Happy
Birthday Ten Things of Thankful...I hope to be a part of this journey for years
to come.
Life,
Breath, and Just Being are
three of the things I am thankful for today. Each of them can stand alone - but
at the same time, they need the other to accentuate the next.
Without
breath, we would not have life. Without life, we would not be. When I have been
in dark times, I cannot do anything but just be. This is when I reflect on
life. This is when I take those nice slow breaths...
Today,
I am also thankful for my health. I have been extremely sick since
the middle of February and finally, I am feeling much better. I still have some
healing to do, but each day I am becoming stronger. That is a good thing!
I
am thankful that my weight has finally started to drop.
Through this illness I mentioned above, I have been on massive amounts of
steroids. The scales were slowly creeping upwards to numbers I am embarrassed
to even say out loud. When I weighed myself this morning, I have dropped almost
15 pounds since last week. I noticed the shorts I have on today seem to lose
around the waistline. This is a good thing!!! Some of this weight gain was
water retention. The doctors have had me on several different diuretics, but I have
not noticed the difference until today. Daily the scales were telling me a
different story. I am doing the happy dance - not literally though as I tweaked
my back on Monday while watching my grandson and I cannot hardly move right
now...but in my mind, I am dancing!
I
am thankful for the opportunity of participating in other blog
challenges. Currently, I am doing The Color of the Day. It is hosted by The
Mommies Review/Glenda Cates. If you are friends with me, you will see that I
have been posting the daily prompts. Many of my friends have been playing along.
It is exciting to see what others come up with each day. Very soon, I will
participate in the Ultimate Blog Challenge (UBC). It is held every couple of
months. It was the very first blog challenge I ever participated in.
Family
is always something to be thankful for. I have been hurt many times by my family. I have hurt them. I have learned through the years how to forgive my
family. I am thankful for forgiveness. I just wished others would learn the meaning of the word.
I
am thankful for friends I have met along the way. They have
been my constant. I have several friends I call my BFF's.
Several months ago, I created a small space in the front yard to create a flower
garden in memory of my mom. The flowers have started blooming. They are
beautiful. I am thankful for their beauty. They smell amazing
too.
Finally, I am thankful for the opportunity of genealogy. I have met some amazing new family members on my journey of walking with the ancestors. Being able to connect with them through Social Media and the telephone has been wonderful. I have had the opportunity of seeing many photos of great grandparents that otherwise would have never been found. The stories that I have learned as well have been priceless! In fact, I have learned through the TToT - I connect with several distant cousins here in the group. How cool is that!?
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next time...
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Super cool, I'd say! :-) Thanks for joining in the celebration today! Congrats on the weight loss and improved health. I hope your back feels better soon! The lilies are beautiful; I can almost smell them through the screen!
ReplyDeleteHi Kristi!
Deleteyes ma'am...me too! Yes, the smell is wonderful.
Oh, I can just smell those flowers. They are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you discovered how to be able to forgive. It is such a healing thing to be able to do.
Some people create private FB groups where they share info and photos about their shared ancestor and descendants. Someone who shares DNA with me invited me to his private Martin group. (As it turns out our DNA connection is through another surname.) My husband created a private FB group consisting of cousins and aunts and uncles to help identify people in some old family photos we have.
hi Pat!
DeleteThanks for reading and commenting. The flowers are gorgeous...yes, I learned a very long time ago the power of forgiveness when others told me to keep on walking.
Yes, I too am in a Martin group on FB. is that the Daniel Martin one by chance? I have several cousins groups set up for my family and my husband's family so cousins can shared and connect. It all has been a very fun journey!
By chance, is your family tree on Ancestry and if so - would you mind giving me the name of it? I'd love to see if we share any common ancestors.
That is awesome that you are all able to share the photos. I've been pulling my hair out trying to find family photos on my mom's maternal and paternal lines -seems they are all locked away and very hard to come by.
Maybe one day...
I tried to post, but apparently it didn’t, so I will try this again.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell those flowers. They are so beautiful.
Being able to learn how to forgive can be so healing to oneself, as well as to the ones being forgiven if they even know of the offense and own up to it. But one’s own peace and happiness doesn’t need to be put on hold waiting for that day when someone asks for forgiveness.
Connecting with others who share a common ancestor with you leads to exciting new discovers.
The flowers are beautiful, I'm sure you mom is looking down smiling. I too am thankful for my friends, you being one of them!
ReplyDeleteThank you Martha!
Deleteme too - I'm GLAD we crossed paths...
Lots of lovelies! You photos are amazing!
ReplyDeletehi Lisa!
DeleteThank you so much!!!!
You've connected with cousins through this? That's amazing. I'm glad you're feeling better from your illness finally and that you're getting rid of some of the water weight gained through steriods. Nice to meet you and so glad you joned TToT. Dyanne is awesome - I agree.
ReplyDeleteHi Kristi!
DeleteYes, several distant cousins. I'm always looking to make new family connections. I'm one of those people who troll FB for the possibilities when I have a connection by way of DNA matches. LOL I'm not alone in this endeavor - but these days, people making their profiles private seem to be hard to get around because of fear of being scammed or hacked. I try to give a head's up someway or another when I'm going to make a connection.
It is nice meeting you too!!!!
hi Lizzi!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting. Yes, meeting new family regardless if they are near or far (1st or 5th/distant cousins) it always brings a smile to my face.
I think mom would have liked them too.
This internet thing is pretty cool, no? "specially the 'blogosphere'.
ReplyDeleteI can say the majority of the people I count as friends are here in the virtual world... very enjoyable
Have a good.
Beautiful flowers, and beautiful thankful things!
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