FRIDAY GRATEFUL POST

  Morning Everyone,
 
I am SO grateful that the weekend is finally here.   I have no plans so far but I'm sure as the day goes on today I will have some plans in place.    We ALL have so very much to be grateful for in our lives.  Today I am grateful for peace in my life.   My life ( since we had children ) is like a roller coaster.   SO glad that it is on a downhill right now.     I feel peace at this moment and for that I am truly grateful.   I have SO much to be grateful for but this year I am trying to keep it at only one thing  daily as not to repeat and bore you.    PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

love threads like these!

I am grateful that I can be open about my weight struggles and find supportive and encouraging friends to motivate me.  I am only on day 3 since my surgical consult and have worked out and tracked food every day.  I am blessed that I have a loving husband who goes to work out each morning and encourages me to go when he gets home (we have young children).  I am blessed that I am physically able to excersise a little each day and already feel better.  I am blessed that I have an amazing God who has blessed me in so many ways.  I have been blessed with two beautiful children that I never thought I would have through the miracle of in vitro and adoption.  I am blessed with birthparents who love our daughter so much. 

So many blessings!!  Thanks for starting this thread!

 Chelle.....I have 2 adopted sons.    Mine are 30 & 26 and then God blessed me and my husband with a natural child who is also a son and is now 21.     Congrats on the beginning of your WL journey.    I'm here for you if you need me to encourage you.    God is so good !!!   Thank you for your response and welcome to Obesity Help.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Thank you for your support!  It's funny how we connect with other people who have adopted when we are not expecting it.  I was at the grocery store the other night talking to the cashier about February birthdays because she mentioned 2 of her children had Feb. bdays.  I told her my daughter would be 2 in February and we talked a little more about birthdays and how one Mother's Day, she was a mom and did not know it.  They were waiting for an adoption and were called a couple days after Mother's Day with the news there was a baby who was 5 days old for them.  He is 38 now :-)  Then I told her my daughter is also adopted.  She also had bio children too.  

I need to keep my motivation going for my sake and my children are the drive that I need.  I do sometimes need to write about all of the bleesings I have so I remember those during the tough times.  I really like to read about happy news so I hope more people respond.