Early Morning Reminder...

This morning, I woke up to my alarm at 5:25 a.m., hit snooze a couple of times, and waited for Adelynn to come in our room when her alarm went off at 5:45 a.m.  This was no different than any other weekday morning...that is our routine, afterall.  She came in our room to let me know she was up and give Daddy his wake up kiss, so I grabbed my cell phone as I normally do and we headed downstairs for breakfast. 

We got downstairs, turned on the lights, and were trying to decide what we wanted for breakfast.  I took a quick peek at my cell phone to see if I had any new e-mails or anything.  I had a text from a friend that I hadn't heard from in a little while.  I read it and immediately felt a need to do something!  My friend has been fighting for custody of her 3 nephews (ages 3 months, 5 years, and 7 years).  They have been in a bad situation for quite sometime, and she finally got them!!  Great news, BUT my heart went out when I read this cry for help, she needs clothes for the baby as he was sent to her with clothes that were too small or moldy.  They literally had 10 minutes notice they were going to become new parents of 3 kids.

This reminded me to be thankful for everything we have EVERY day!!  Someone, somewhere has it WAAAAYY worse than most of us could ever imagine.  So when I am getting frustrated with my kids for fighting over toys or not sharing, I have to (first, resolve the situation, and then) remind myself of how fortunate we are that we are able to provide our children with those toys or whatever it may be they are fighting over.  You get what I am saying, so I have thought all day about all the things I am thankful for, and tried to imagine what life would be like without these things.

*Side note:  I feel like this blog was kind of long and drawn out...hang with me, I am still figuring all this out!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, and I want to thank my parents for providing me with a great childhood...I realize how very lucky I was/am to have you!