MONDAY GRATEFUL POST

  Good Monday Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone has recovered from the busy weekend if yours was busy...mine was pretty busy.    Today I am grateful for my 3 adult sons (hate to admit they are all grown up even if my youngest still lives at home).    My sons are 30, 26, and 21.    My 21 yr. old is a college student who has 2 jobs and my 30 yr. just graduated college in Dec. and is about to enter into the Teach For America program.   As everyone has probably saw me post about my 26 yr.old son being in Teen Challenge for his drug addiction ( or should I say former addiction ).   I am going to be a first time grandmother in August.   I am SO proud of all 3 of my sons.  My 26 yr. old is going to college when he graduates Teen Challenge and pursue a career in Teaching school.    I am VERY proud of all of my 3 sons today.   PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for.   There is ALWAYS something to be grateful for even if it is you are breathing.   Have a great day today.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Good Morning!! Glad you had a great weekend !!   I was just talking with my daughter to be grateful for all she has this a.m.. We have volunteered at the women's&children's homeless shelter,bring food,and serve the moms& children &bring clothing.And I said to her today do you think those children are thankful &grateful for what they have no matter how little it is....and she said, yes. And I explained that she had 100x's  more than what they had .....a mommy&daddy who love her  and are still married,and a home,a room,a bed to call her own,a grandpa who loves her & little brother too.  And last but no way the least Jesus Christ died for her sins so she could have a relationship with God the father. And as I was talking to her I relized I needed to grateful& thankful too, for all and more that I listed off to her. I hugged her and told her I loved her. **  The reason we had this talk was- she was saying she thought her life was really hard.....because she just could not get Math & she has to keep her room clean and so on.....In my mind I thought oh,boy what a long road is ahead of you  sweetheart.... but I tried to use as a lesson on how to be grateful for what you have and to give even when you do not have excess.Time will tell........            =) Michelle

 Michelle....what a good Mom you are.   If your daughter learns this she is doing wonderful.    I too volunteer.   I have a 26 yr old son who is a former drug addict and is in Teen Challenge 300 miles from us.    I volunteer at the local Teen Challenge for men.   They have a tuesday night bible study and I go there every tuesday evening and bring them baked cookies or some kind of goodies.   They love it and trust me....these young men are like extended children to me.    You are teaching your daugther some very good things by taking her to a ladies shelter and letting her see first hand how very lucky that she is for the life that God has blessed her with.    Good luck to you and God bless your family.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian