I’m Blessed

I foolishly am writing this as I get up this morning and am drinking my coffee and waiting for the oatmeal to finish on the stove for the kids.  Brace yourself for some rambling and grammatical errors.

It feels like ages since I wrote an “I’m Blessed” post, when really it’s been a week or two.

I’ve been blessed this last weekend, with 2 particular friends who saw me in my need, and quietly, simply helped me without any fanfare.  One friend texted me some encouragement when I reached out for some prayer.  What she said was so beyond perfect, and full of so much compassion.  I want to be like that.

Still another friend saw that I was hurting and helped me.  Our small group at church was meeting at her house and watching a movie, and she saw that I was trying to hold and rub my neck, and find some way to rest it.  She quietly warmed up a big rice bag, and just came up behind me and rested it on my shoulders.  Friends, it was heaven, and I didn’t even have to ask.  Sometimes as a mother of 5, it feels like no one sees the hurt, and no one really cares.  They’re just kids, you know.  So have some one see me, and not just offer help, but help without question, not only made my neck muscles melt, but my heart was so touched by it as well.  It was another needed reminder that I am not alone.

I want so badly to see people as these friends saw me, and just be there without any fuss.  Today, we trudge through the morning, all waking up an hour later than usual because the kids have been up late a lot, and the last thing I need is anyone getting sick so I let them sleep.  Knut left before I got up, as corn harvest has begun, but left a full coffee mug on the counter for me as always.  I’m blessed that I got to talk to him for awhile last night before bed, after our small group Bible study.  It was one of those good, deep theological discussions that made us both think.  I love having someone that I can ask the hard questions, and he can ask his hard questions back.

The colors here are beautiful, with all the trees changing, though the wind is slowly making them bare.  The weather is so ideal right now for harvest.  I’m so thankful for that.  I’m hurting so much today that I think I’ll go see my chiropractor a few days early.  The very idea of working in my garden today, like I need to, makes me tighten up in my chest again.  I’m thankful the weather is holding, so I can take my time to get these things done.  I’ve been able to enjoy so many evenings, on the couch, working on my knitting this last week.  Also, I have been working with the best tech editor ever for my upcoming patterns.

So today I’m thankful for being given such a community.  Also I’m thankful I found my car keys.  Knut will be happy I didn’t permanently lose yet another set.

In our stressful Mondays, will you take time to give thanks?  What are you grateful for today?