I should be back in bed.
I need to be back in bed.
So this won't take a moment.
Just a quick-smart grateful-loving post, where I count my blessings.
My blessing list starts off with the phrase, "It could be worse..."
I may have spent all night vomiting... but it could be worse.
It could have happened next week, the day before we travel. It didn't. I'm grateful for that.
It could have happened tonight when Mr G is away.
It could have happened tonight when I would have been at my friends house, eating fish'n'chips. I could have given them all my bugs. Spewed takeaways all over my Odyssey on the Motorway. Had no-one to rub my back when when I woke up heaving. It didn't. I'm grateful for that.
It could have been worse.
I might not have taken the precaution of phoning the Walking Bus Driver when I started feeling queasy. I might have had to walk to school in charge of chattering children feeling like something the cat dragged in. It didn't happen. I am grateful for that.
It could have been worse. I could have eaten nachos for tea. I didn't. I'm grateful for that.
It could be worse. I might have no friends to call on when I'm sick. But I am blessed with many wonderful caring friends. And a friend is coming soon to pick up Scrag. Love that. Grateful for that.
{Grateful that until then there is the TV. Oh Yes. Grateful today for the Idiot Box and DVD's}
Grateful that my lovely friend Meg dropped me in a copy of the latest Parenting Magazine. Featuring my "Confessions of a Lazy Mother" story. Loving being in print. Loving getting emails and messages from people who have read my story, identify with it and thank me for sharing it.
I love writing.
Even now, I should be in bed, but here I am, words pouring out... I can't help myself!
It could be worse. In so many ways.
But its not.
I'll start feeling better soon, as soon as I get off here and get back in bed.
Sip my water. Take my Panadol.
Loving the fact that I can find things to be grateful for even today.
Because as Kristy says:
"I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is."
So how blessed am I?
♥
