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Subject: Gratitude Roller Coaster Author: Jennifer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:07:29 01/17/05 Mon On Friday, as I drove to visit my darling husband, I saw the most fabulous peachy pink clouds against the bright blue sky just before sunset. I thought, "Wow- those are amazing- I need to write this down!" Then when we had almost arrived, I realized that my 3 perfect daughters had been behaving beautifully for nearly 3 hours in the car. Can someone say grateful? I no sooner added this to my list than I looked up and saw a shooting star streaking across the dusky sky. This seemed too good to be true. The tip top of the roller coaster came when I pulled into the lot where Jason was waiting for us, and all at once I beheld the freshness of his wonderful smile after we've been apart. Ahhhhhh. Then, 3 days -cooped up in a hotel room with 3 kids climbing the walls and nothing to do but watch TV and eat junk food- later, and after that same 3 hour drive with not-quite-so-perfect-this-time children, I arrived at the bottom. I don't want to unload the van. I don't want to unpack the bags. I don't want to talk to the kids anymore, and most of all I don't want to live in a different state than my husband. But I am grateful, nonetheless, that I shiney-ed my sink before I left, that my tiny flower arrangements are still cheerfully greeting me as I go through the house, and that I do have a wonderful husband and children to take care of- wherever they may be right now (and whether they are positively screaming their heads off or not). Sigh. Grateful really can mean so many different things. But I am so glad that I have gained the presence of mind to seek it out- no matter the circumstances. Last edited by author: Mon January 17, 2005 18:09:16   Edited 1 time. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date I sure understand this post! Melissa 19:46:05 01/17/05 Mon I remember those days well -- Laughing Lily, 18:59:37 01/20/05 Thu