Being thankful

I'm finding myself growing more and more thankful every single day. Certainly, part of it is the month of Thanksgiving...the month where we (hopefully) all remember our many blessings and celebrate them. By the way, have I ever mentioned that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday? It is, without a doubt. However, I digress...

Anyway, with this being only by second year of subbing, I wasn't really sure how November was going to be. Last year, it was one of the busiest months I had all year. This year, I was really, really busy in October, but thought with the school year becoming more routine and meetings becoming less frequent, well, I thought perhaps I'd work a little less. That is turning out not to be the case. I'm feeling a little swamped and overwhelmed. And yet, feeling so very grateful. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work as a sub at school. It's truly an ideal job. It allows me the opportunity to earn some extra money, but I never have to worry about finding day care for my kids. I love the fact that I sometimes get to see the kids while they are in their school environment, and I love the fact that their teachers know I'm easily accessible. I also love the fact that the job is not full time. I'm grateful that my husband understands that sometimes the dishes remain stacked in the sink overnight because he agrees with me that we'd rather spend a couple of hours during an evening hanging out together than accomplishing various chores. I'm grateful that I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by the holidays because it means that I have many dear friends and family members for whom I want to buy presents, and I'm grateful that the money is in the savings accounts to buy those gifts.

I'm grateful for our family dinners. I love being able to take a little bit of time to connect with the kids. I'm grateful for the fact that we are blessed enough to not have to worry about how we are going to put the food on the table, and I'm grateful that our family takes the time and effort to sit down together as a family, even when dinner is leftovers or a bowl of cereal. And I'm grateful that the rest of the family enjoys that time as much as I do.

I could go on and on and on, but it's getting late, and I don't need to spell it all out for everyone. I do hope everyone finds more reasons to be thankful during the month of November than they can even being to count!