thankfulness

It's always nice to pause in life and think about all the things I have to be thankful for.  It is quite easy for me, unfortunately, to look at the glass half empty.  I have a fractured relationship with my brother.  I need to lose about 10 lbs.  I want to save more money.  On and on...  but today is the day to look at thing differently.  Thankfulness is something that I believe Americans have a hard time with.  We constantly are trying to keep up with the Jones' with the newest and trendiest.  We work everyday to buy more stuff that we don't even need.  Today, I'm thankful for:

• God for sending His Son to die on a cross for all of our sins.  I am thankful that I can wake up in the wee hours of the morning to nurse my son and pray simultaneously.  It's an interruption to get up during the night, but an interruption that I have found meaning and purpose.  Prayer changes people and things.
• My husband who is the perfect man for me.  He is kind and patient with me.
• My son who was well worth the wait.  I can't remember life before him.
• My family:  Mom, Dad, and the rest.  I've got a wonderful family and hoping that things will improve with my brother though as of today, still haven't heard from him since February.  He still hasn't met his nephew.  I have to focus on it being HIS loss and not ours.  These are sweet times.
• My job.  It fell into my lap and is perfect for me.