Daily Gratitudes 2015

[stressedHEmum]

A lovely new thread to continue counting our blessings.

Everyone is welcome, of any faith or none at all. Just drop by to pause for a moment and think of what has made you smile or has gone well for you, however small it seems.

Hope things get better, Edith.
Feel better, Kinky.
Hope your slump doesn't last too long, Kevin. I am glad that dh understands a bit.

for all.

A warm bed and a roof over our heads
Medication
Faith - the only thing that gives me the strength to ignore the pain and keep going at all
Food, clean water, safety and freedom.

We are a bit of a sorry lot at the moment, are we not? Even so, there is plenty to be grateful for, even if it is just that things aren't any worse

A good friend
Good food
An endless supply of books

for you all. Hope everyone has a better day today.

Hoping that I'm over the worst of it. I miss swimming - I'd got into a good habit, but can't do it at the moment.

Family at home with me
Crochet
Autumn food - making a big pot of soup for lunch

A nice meal with friends.
That I arrived on time to an appointment despite road works and unhelpful signposts.
A lovely discussion with dc1.
Some wood for our woodburner (very kindly supplied by my FIL)

Glorious sunrises and Sunsets
Clean sheets
Time spent with ds4
Harvest

A full day of rest
A nice cake baked by DH

I hope everyone is feeling better this weekend. Today we have a glorious sunshine. Hope you all have the same.

Still struggling.

Grateful for lovely, patient DH.
Grateful for a bright morning and daft cats stretching out in sunbeams.
Grateful for my warm, comfortable home in spite of its general messiness and disrepair.

dare I say it? some progress with DP
A fun day with the DC
Good conversation and good company

kinky,so sorry you are still struggling.
Edith, perhaps dp will come round. I know how hard it is to have a partner who is opposed to faith. My dh is what I would call a very aggressive atheist. He thinks religion should be banned, churches of all faiths forcefully disbanded and their assests siezed. Religion/faith is only for the weak and mentally challenged. So, I have to rely firmly on God to help me keep perspective and patience. I prat that one day he will hear god's voice, but even if that never happens, I try to see it as a lesson for me in perseverance

More gratiio today
Wonderful thanksgiving service
Lovely harvest lunch, even though it nearly finished me off preparing and serving it
My wonderful friends on the outreach group

Grateful today for

• a nice lunch outside in the sunshine
• nice time and fun with the dcs
• a lie in this morning
• REST

Hope everyone feels a bit better today.

Sleep
A solid roof over our heads
Warm clothes
Food, clean water, shelter and safety

Wow lessstressed how do you navigate that then? Does he just let you get quietly on with it? Or is it a daily battle? So impressed with all the couples I've met in here who somehow make it work.

Today's gratitudes:

Happy kids
A good nights sleep
Public transport

It can be, and often is, a bit of a battle, especially on weekends like the one just passed when I have multiple commitments and I need to give a lot of time and energy. This week I had bb stuff Thursday and Saturday, foodbank and messy church on Friday, harvest and lunch on Sunday and foodbank and bb again tonight. In fact I have church commitments almost every day except Saturdays, so yes, it is a bone of contention.

I try to be patient and weather the storms and no longer shout back (at least not as often as I used to.) II believe that we are all free to have any kind of faith that we want, or no faith at all, so I try to bear with it. The complete disrespect for and lack of understanding of my faith upsets me, but it is just another challenge to be overcome.

What is bb stuff Less?

Gratitudes for today

• that DH is understanding of my beliefs
• a nice meal with my parents
• two parents that organised things for me, wo my knowledge, making things much easier for me
• Seen dc1 taking responsibility for his health.

That sounds hard less. Though I guess the fact that you can and do do all that is a good thing. I would definitely be divorced if I had as much as one church commitment a week - still negotiating for 2 hours once a fortnight! Well done for sticking to your guns, and bon courage with it all.

A peaceful and serene half hour of prayerful contemplation in a beautiful candlelit church
Another opportunity to try and put things right
Safe reliable and loving childcare so that I can do things like the above

Evenings with my family .

Bb is boys brigade, Pacific, I am company captain.

I have been married a long time, Edith, I am not afraid of divorce or anything like that and o am used to the shouting and ranting. I tend to just ignore it now. If he was going to leave, he would have done it already. I know this !might not be the most Christian of attitudes but hey ho. My marriage has been very troubled over the years, dh is a former violent alcoholic drug abuser who made !y life a living hell for years, on!y God got me through that. If He didn't forsake me then, He will be with me on this. That's my view, anyway, so I just keep going regardless.

I hope things improve with your partner. You just need to persevere and bite the bullet.

Gratitudes
Shelter from the rain
A long lie and a day off (mostly)
Food in the fridge

It looks like you have been going through a lot Less.

Gratitudes:
A full day of work and clients coming in
A warm house when I came back home
Seeing my children growing up and getting more independent by the day
A lovely receptionist at work who is spreading the word for me :)

You sound very strong less

My faith, troublesome though it is
My brain, and
My equilibrium
All of which are making me strong too.

Gratitude a for today

• a meal with the whole family
• a cuddle from ds1
• a nice chat with the guy at the till
• helpful people to help Me sort out my internet banking

less it's nice to hear from people who stuck with things. I did the same with DH and have no regret at all, even if there has been a few years that were really really hard.

I don't think I'm particularly strong, Edith, I need to rely on God every single day just to keep going. He is strong for me and gives me the courage to pick myself up from the floor.

Pacific, yes, sticking with it is what I try to do. My first marriage broke down quite quickly when my xh had a string if affairs over about a year, while I was pregnant and then looking after a baby, so I didn't want my 2nd !marriage to fail. It truly was hell for years and almost drove me to suicide, but my faith helped me to keep going. I can't say that things are perfect now, but they are much better. I do sometimes think about what life would be like if I was on !y own, but its not something I dwell on .

I think it's really important to stick things out and see through commitments, otherwise what's the point of taking things on.

Gratitudes
Sunshine
Sleep
Cuddles with my children

Friday . I am very grateful for Friday this week. Feeling tired.
Good books.
My cardigan - I think I will need it today. It's getting chilly.

A warm bed
Another lie in, am really struggling just now
Pain killers
NHS
Still being able to dry washing g outside

Good food in good company last night
A beautiful morning
Not one but two friends in the park today
My computer finally coming back to life
A work problem solved

and for everyone