Day 6: 30 Days of Thankfulness

 

Today I am thankful for my best friend, Michelle.  We met in 1996 at the Catholic Student Center and MSU and have been best friends ever since!  She and I have been the ones we vent to, cry to, and celebrate with when life throws us some of the wackiest things and the most sorrowful moments.

I am so thankful she is Joseph’s ‘Nanny Chelle’ and we just are thankful for her presence in our lives.  She is a no nonsense, gonna be there for you when no one else will be there for you kind of friend.  She has committed her life to her family and she is an amazing daughter, sister, aunt, and friend.  She is in deep sadness right now and we are lifting her and her family in our prayers tonight as they grieve the loss of a wonderful mother and friend.  She was very much like her mother, Mary Maxine, committed, honorable, caring, and generous. 

God really smiled on me when he allowed our friendship to grow! 

Here we are at my much anticipated baby shower that she and my other friends planned for us.  Pictured here is Michelle, Carrie, and Kim.  My friend, Maria, is the one who captured this great picture!

My goodness, we were so young here!!!!

Fun times with the girls at LCCS.  Michelle, Kim, Wendy, and I .

At a slumber party for my 20th birthday!!!  Who has a slumber party at 20th, this girl does!  It was fun and these are the best friends a girl could have asked for in all the world.

We hopped a train What were we thinking??

Pictures in the cottonfield when we pulled off the side of the road during a road trip!  “Marge, those cotton-pickin’ kids are back!!!”  We love that line, Michelle.

Please join me prayer as we keep her and her family close in our heart following the death of her wonderful Mom!  She will need those extra prayers in the days, months, and years ahead.

Day 5: 30 Days of Thankfulness

Tonight I am extremely thankful for my bed, Ad.vil, and quiet.
Just returned from an event at the school called 'fall fest'! I have a few other names rolling around in my head that would better deceiving the insanity of the so-called fest! Jessy and I were beyond speechless and the boys (older ones) thought it was awesome. Joseph was a good sport until the last 15 minutes, a miracle! See, case in point I am getting to be too old, but gosh this quiet room and soft bed really are an answer to this tired momma's prayers!!!
Election Day tomorrow and that has me anxious!!
God be with us all, tonight and tomorrow.

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Day 4: 30 Days of Thankfulness

 

Today I am thankful for our church, our faithful community, and the Catholic faith.

I have been a bit determined to get Joseph to Holy Mass as much as I can lately and I think it is beginning to pay off in such eternal ways.  He is still a very busy boy with seemingly ants in his pants, I still am grateful to hear one nugget of truth in the mass to encourage me for the days ahead, and we are slowly making our presence known – in hopefully a good way.

Jessy takes the older boys to the early mass because they are all early risers and so it is just Joseph and I for the second mass and this somehow helps him be less busy and more content to sit quietly in church. 

He astonishes me with how well he is picking up on the faith, I swear it is those baptismal graces coming in to play.  He knows how to show reverence before the cross and the altar, acknowledges the images of St. Joseph, Mother Mary, and our Patron Saint, St. John Vianney. 

Today, in all of this distractedness, he instinctively knew to look at the altar when the consecration was unfolding, it took my breath away that he reminded me of the real sacrifice happening at that exact moment.

And more than anything, I am thankful that he waited all through mass for “Peace” time.  He just learned the joy of that this week at the All Saints Feast day mass.   So he has been giving peace to others with great joy!  He got rather upset when we finished the Our Father though, because he kept signing “MORE” and was mad when we did not continue it as he wished.

He also decided to kiss each pane of the stained glass we were sitting next too.  He did it reverently, too!  So funny!