Spiel the Beans: Being Grateful

Hi there friends! Tis the season of thanks giving - my favorite of all. Shelly and I really wanted to devote a post to sharing what we are thankful for or perhaps what we take for granted. I love the crispness in the air, my favorite fall candles and all that delicious food in my belly, but I'm not gonna lie - this season has been hard this year. 

Ryan has been traveling for work since April 2015 and I know that there are people that do this day in, day out every single day (I'm looking at that rock star SHELLY) but y'all - I am tired. My kids miss their daddy and I miss my husband. I've thrown about 1000 pity parties lately, yelled at every person I know, and cried a million tears. 

I can do hard. 

I just don't want to. 

But, blessings come in many ways and I think the Lord is blessing me with this topic today. I honestly have been so busy at work and life, that I haven't prepped a thing, so today you're gonna get a little of my heart.... here goes... 

Grateful...

Grateful for sunshine, grateful for rain

grateful for joy and grateful for pain

Grateful for courage, grateful for fear

Grateful for the gift of laughter through tears

Grateful for work, grateful for rest

Grateful for friends, I've got some of the best

Grateful for music, grateful for art

Grateful for words that come from the heart

Grateful for my kiddos that love me so well

Grateful for this crazy fairy tale

Grateful for love the unending kind

And the fact that I know someone is mine

Grateful for forgiveness, it hangs on a cross

His mercy is new, His grace is not lost

Grateful he knows that I'm a big mess

And loves me even though I fail every test

Grateful for kindness and strangers that hug

Grateful for the coffee that fills my big mug

Grateful for pizza and wine and cheese

I'll have a little more of each if you please

Grateful for friends the old and the new

Grateful for readers, ones just like you

Grateful for a space to share how I feel

Grateful to be welcomed for just being real

Grateful for the easy and even the hard

Grateful the world is our own backyard

Grateful for people that are different from me

Grateful for blessings that I just may not see

Grateful through the hard that helps make me grow

Thankful beyond measure, more than you know. 

Now it's your turn to share what you are feeling thankful for! Your words will surely shine a light for someone today, so thank you in advance for sharing your heart. Be sure to mark your calendar for November 29 as we come back to share our favorite holiday movies!! (THIS POST IS GOING TO BE EPIC!) 

It's a party, try to visit at least 2 other posts and show them some love!  This is the fun part! Be inspired, inspire someone else - don't just link and run!

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And don't forget to keep spieling the beans...