Still Thankful for Everything

Woke up this morning, thanking God for EVERYTHING I have and still have, knowing daddy is smiling down on me super proud. I have so many goals I want to achieve that he knew about and know he's right there still routing for me.

I realized how much I take my life for granted when I really need to give Thanks for appreciating life in itself. I think I focus too much on the negatives instead of the positives, on what I don't have, what I've lost, how far I still need to go. So here it goes... Even after November (the month to give thanks), life still goes on, and I need to start being more thankful and give thanks for all that I STILL have. 

I'm thankful to God for my two beautifully intelligent children and for my wonderful parents who have raised me to be who I am today, a responsible loving mother whose priorities will always involve my children first. 

• Parenting will always consist of it's challenges and rewards but I will forever instill positive morals and values into them because one day, they will be a HUGE part of my legacy. Just remember they are always watching and I believe, by far, the most difficult task in parenting is trying to be the person you want your kids to become.

I'm thankful for the ability to give life (my daughter and son). I see so many woman out there wishing and hoping to have a child, who are unable to have one. I am not in their shoes, nor do I know the pain they endure everyday as they see all the mothers around them. 

• Being a mother has taught me so much. Patience, understanding and love. To love and to be loved, when no one else will, your child will always love you. One of my goals is to, (if I do not have another child of my own), to either adopt a child or to be a surrogate mother for a woman who can not have children 

I'm thankful (believe it or not), to have literally hit rock bottom, to have felt tremendous heartache within a short period of time this year and to realize God truly does have a plan for each of our lives.

• Although these experiences have scarred me, hurt me, and crushed me, they have also made me grow into the stronger woman I am today... to smile when I don't feel like it even through all the pain.

I'm thankful for having grown up an only child and for having my parents spoil me because of it. Even though I am 27 years young, my mommy and daddy will always be "my mommy and daddy". 

• My parents have taught me so much as a child as I carry that on while being an adult and an individual woman of her own stature. I may not be perfect but my imperfections make me who I am. They play a huge part in my life and with daddy gone, my mother fills that void. She is my best friend.

I'm thankful for all of my dearest, most truest genuine friends, who have been extremely supportive, who show their sympathy, who take time out of their day to check on me and who come to me with open arms feeling my pain.

• My friends are the ones that don't judge me, who love me, who motivate me and who welcome me into their hearts freely as I do the same for them. 

I'm thankful for my close immediate family, cousins, aunts, uncles... as they have been there for my mommy and I through thick and thin. 

•  They understand what true love and forgiveness is, even when we have disagreements with each other. They know how to say sorry and/or when to apologize. They know what family truly means.

I'm thankful for being able to share my "diary" with fellow bloggers and to have attained a gift for writing. I write to help myself heal and to share my voice of what a young mommy experience's daily.

•  I am meeting new mothers and different individuals from all around the world whom we collaborate with, share our stories and inspire each other daily. Without each other. blogs would be obsolete. 

I realize more and more how much I don’t step back and appreciate the life I’ve been given. It’s too easy for me to focus on the negative, focus on what I don’t have, how far I still have to go. So easy to focus on my shortcomings, and not my resilience. So my first step in appreciating what I have in my life is taking count of all the things I’m grateful for. - See more at: http://alexandra-elizabeth.com/#sthash.8yaMsRsy.dpuf

I realize more and more how much I don’t step back and appreciate the life I’ve been given. It’s too easy for me to focus on the negative, focus on what I don’t have, how far I still have to go. So easy to focus on my shortcomings, and not my resilience. So my first step in appreciating what I have in my life is taking count of all the things I’m grateful for. - See more at: http://alexandra-elizabeth.com/#sthash.8yaMsRsy.dpuf

I realize more and more how much I don’t step back and appreciate the life I’ve been given. It’s too easy for me to focus on the negative, focus on what I don’t have, how far I still have to go. So easy to focus on my shortcomings, and not my resilience. So my first step in appreciating what I have in my life is taking count of all the things I’m grateful for. - See more at: http://alexandra-elizabeth.com/#sthash.8yaMsRsy.dpuf