Good heavens- that photo I took of myself is close up and personal! haha!
But I just had to show everyone my rosey cheeks from my steroid shot I got on Wednesday in my hip--who would think it would still be having that reaction by today??? At least I didn't have to wear any blush for the day.
Well anyway....Hayley Nicodemus dared me to write the Three Thankful Things for Thursday....only I didn't read her post until this morning and I had a ----load of work so far today and have just gotten around to it. I'm going to skip the usual thankful for my kids and husband because I will write about them later for sure...and you all hear about how awesome they are plenty, don't you?
#1 My first thing I'm thankful for today is actually my JOB. Yes, people, you heard it hear first. I was thinking about this earlier today that even though the paperwork drives me crazy because I seem to always be behind with it, and even though I work with a lot of families whose lives are totally upside down and I feel totally incapable of helping many of them....I love it. I love it when I feel like I am good at something and THIS is something I feel I am good at! I think a big part of the job is making people feel that you are really listening and that you care. And I do. I love being my own boss, so if I decide to take off for lunch with Steve then I just lock up and go!! I love it when I get a part of the plan exactly right and when you start to see change happen in a positive way that you know you set into motion....that is sweet indeed. We all like to feel that we have made a difference in the lives of others in some way or another...and this job lets me do that. It doesn't work all the time and there are some people that aren't happy, but TODAY I am thankful for this job.
#2 I am thankful for having a dependable, fun car to get into every day to take me where I need to go. I feel so bad for people that are having car trouble and all. There are so many days when I can be in a bad mood and if it is 65 degrees or above, that top is coming down!!! That helps my mood so much that it should be shameful! Steve teases me because I will put it down to go the five minute drive to Northside, where I have to put it back down for the day. I don't care. It is worth it. I don't even care about my hair. I'll brush it when I get there. You can't imagine how good it feels.
#3 I am thankful for changes. Changes are hard, but they are so good for us. I'm the most resistant person to changes and it seems that just when I get all settled in and think I have things on my own personal cruise control, that's when something happens to change things. I don't usually like them because it often means people leave us too soon or decisions are made that we don't agree with and know in our hearts that better decisions need to be made....but sometimes later on we see there was a reason for it all. When I moved to Fort Smith 23 years ago, it was the hardest change in my life up until that point. But if it hadn't been for that single change, that decision, look at the impact it would have had the lives of so many. There wouldn't have been a Steve, or a Connie or a Tammy....my children would not have had their list of friends....they likely would not have gone to school in Fayetteville....there are just so many things that would have been different if I had not made that one major change. So, today I am thankful for changes. We are facing some changes in our future and I hope I can remember that tearful 29 year old facing a new home, new career change, new friends and how things turned out so well.
So there's my Three for Thursday on Friday, Haley!
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