I have to say, I don't know if this is a self fulfilling prophecy but I think I feel happier already. The exercise element definitely helps. I have to force myself to start sometimes but then I feel great. I also find that that writing about myself is easier than expected :) and doesn't take too much of my time.
The things I am grateful for today are:
- My family, if I didn't have their help and support I don't know what I'd do.
- My job, the staff and students are really great and I love to go.
- My home, it's nothing grand but I really appreciate it and it's coming along. (We built our own home.)
I am, I will fully admit, NOT a morning person. I never have been and although it has improved over the years, I do not jump out of bed with a ton of energy, raring to go at the first sign of dawn as my boys do. (Sophia also like her sleep.) But this morning my oldest son (who has Autism and is not very verbal) came into bed to wake me up and instead of trying to pull me and said with no prompting "want to cuddle" and cuddled up to me. It made my morning.
The first three things I have to be greatful for are my three children:
- Seth (10)
- Sophia (6) and
- Samuel (4)
As corny as it may be, they really are the light of my life. They give me so much joy. They also drive me crazy of course, but that just adds some excitment to life. It would be too boring to be sane.
The first positive story I have to tell also involves my kids. It just seemed like a long day and I was tired coming home and worried over the list of things to do in my head, like I do way too often. So I was just a bit down when Samuel met me as I was coming in the door with hugs and kisses and great announcements of "Mommy's home". Then he also serenaded me with a song of Mommy is the best, mommy is so great, Mommmmy is the beeeeeeest! And I just had to think, life is good.
