Grateful

A very wise man once said,

"Be Grateful, Be Smart, Be Clean, Be True, Be Humble, Be Prayerful."

Well, today I am trying to be grateful. A couple of my friends always write a Thankful Thursday post on their blogs and I think I really need to do that today.

Thankful---Grateful---Same basic idea right?

1. I'm grateful for Brady and for our kids.

This has been a hard month for me. Brady has been gone a lot the last few weeks. He comes home late if he gets to come home and he doesn't get to see the kids. They are going crazy because they miss him so much. But even when they are going crazy, I love them. Luckily, Brady has Sundays off and so we get some time with him then. Things will be back to normal soon. He graduates from sniper training on Sept. 27th. Just knowing what he is learning to do makes me feel sick to my stomach. We've talked about how he can keep his testimony intact if he ever has to use this training. That was one conversation I never imagined having back when we were engaged.

2. I'm grateful for my testimony.

3. I'm grateful for my mom.

She was a single parent for most of my childhood and I wonder how she did it. I can't even make it through a month of doing double parenting duty. So, thank you Mom! Thank you for always doing your best. I know there were times when life was hard and you just kept pushing through it. I learned to pray from standing in the doorway of your room at night. I would creep out of my room with an excuse like needing a drink and then I would see you there on your knees by the bed. I would wait for you to finish so that I could talk to you but you would just stay there with your head bowed for so long that I would give up and head back to bed.

4. I'm grateful for good friends.

I would love to make a list of names here but I don't think they would all fit.

I love each of you, old friends and new ones too.