Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[flyingdumbo127]

Pandemic aside, I pray daily for a kind, compassionate, and permeant Covid end, these last few years have been a time of many blessings and peace for me.

Right now, my feet pain, I am so grateful extra to know God has this, He always has me and that by His Mercy and Love, good will come from this time. Of course, as a human, I sure pray for happy not hurting feet.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Learning to Read - long story won’t get into it but new way to teach reading messed me up - grateful I overcame it - was brutal but I’m glad as I love to read
My childhood - made me a strong person
Driving - I don’t care for it but am grateful I can do it

 

[flyingdumbo127]

extra WDWEPCOT. My own childhood was not always safe or positive. It also, I pray, helped to make me a strong lady of devout Christian kind faith.

 

[newski_mom]

3 Challenges:

1. My current job - I'm the controller of a company. I was the assistant controller for a number of years (around 22) and was promoted to the controller position when my boss through all of those years retired. I'm glad I was offered and accepted the position, but I'm also glad that he didn't retire until my kids were older (DS was 16 at the time) because it was a huge time suck at the beginning. I've definitely settled in now, but it was challenging and stressful at the beginning!

2. Losing weight - I still haven't conquered it but for me it's challenging to plan and make good choices consistently, but it is definitely worth it to feel better in my own skin.

3. Raising kids / a family - definitely challenging at times and I constantly question myself if I did enough / the right things, but 100% a blessing that I wouldn't trade for anything!

 

[mumto3girls]

Challenges:

1. Parenting for sure. Always questioning if I/we are making the right decisions, doing the best thing. Rewarding but hard. And it doesn’t really end. Even the 23 year old calls with dilemmas sometimes. Grateful for the people they have become.
2. Aging parents—had no idea how difficult this could be. My mom passed a few years ago and the few years before that were pretty intense. My dad is still relatively healthy, but a recent minor surgery reminded me that my sisters and I can be going back to that hard place at anytime. I am grateful for the peace of knowing that I did absolutely everything I could for both of them though.
3. Small business—we own a small business and that has its up and downs, but the freedom to schedule our days makes it worthwhile.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Seconding all those who said I'm grateful to be a parent - definitely challenging, but so worth it!

I'm also grateful that some minor challenges I deal with have helped me over the years to better understand students with more severe versions of the same issues.

And per today's inspiration, I'm grateful for puzzles of all kinds (this morning was a jigsaw, but I also play Wordle and Nerdle every day, love logic puzzles, etc.) Little challenges that we have a choice over keep our brains sharp.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Inspired by...

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Today's Topic (Sat, 10/21) - 3 things you're grateful to have a large number of

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Infinite Love and Mercy, Presence of God!
Bottles of water along with extra favorite water and food stuff.
Stickers and cards to I pray bring smiles through the mail.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Quiet day, huh?

I'm grateful we have many trees in back of our yard. It makes for a pretty view this time of year.
I'm grateful I have a lot of cousins.

I'm grateful for a large number of people to chat with here on the DIS

 

[DawnM]

Inspired by...
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Today's Topic - 3 things you're grateful to have a large number of

I am grateful to have a large number of:

• Kids! I have 4. I never thought I would have 4 kids.
• Years with my parents. Mom died at age 88 in 2019 and dad died at 87 in 2022.
• Friends.

 

[maryblanchard49]

Today's Topic - 3 things you're grateful to have a large number of
1. Animals - 1 Dog and 3 Cats
2. Photos in Photo Albums of my kids throughout there years
3. Books

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’ve ponder this all day
I’m grateful for the mini vacations I’ve taken to DISNEY and the Disney cruises I don’t want it to sound like I’m boasting I want it to sound like family - we gave up a lot of things so we could do our vacations every year because vacations mattered so much to us
I’m grateful for all the Disney stuff I have the pictures the magnets the collectibles it isn’t their value it’s the memories
I’m grateful for all the artwork my kids made all through school I have a lot of it and I cherish it and it from the coupon books for Mother’s Day to the silly pictures they made in preschool I’m not a hoarder I don’t have all of it I just have pieces of it God for bid you keep all of it will be buried in artwork
And finally my Christmas ornaments they’re almost exclusively Disney ornaments except for the ones my kids made and a few I made when I was a kid so you know those are antiques but again they all have memories attached to them

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Amen to friends, the Dis, and books! All great answers, friends. I am sure grateful always to each of you!

 

[newski_mom]

3 things you're grateful to have a large number of

Good topic!

I'm grateful to have a large number of Christmas ornaments! Love Christmas decorations!

I'm grateful to have a large number of nieces and nephews - I have 15 (plus one of the way) great nieces and nephews on DHs side and I'm grateful for all of them!

I'm grateful to have a large number of shoes - I never used to be much of a shoe person, but for whatever reason, I've kind of become one lol!

 

[PollyannaMom]

And the opposite this morning...

Today's Topic (Sun, 10/22) - 3 things you're grateful for that you only have one of

 

[WDWEPCOT]

My car !!!
My House
My
My
My job !!

 

[mumto3girls]

Large #
1. Peony Bushes—my favorite flower—I probably have 20 in different spaces.
2. Christmas ornaments—my go to souvenir—I never buy t-shirts or hats, I buy a Christmas ornament.
3. Microfiber cloths—I use them for cleaning, but also instead of dish cloths or paper towels. I have so many I only need to wash a load of them every few weeks.

Only 1:
1. DH—he’s fantastic, but one is enough!
2. Dog—see above
3. Job—grateful for it, but don’t want more than 1 at a time.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

My Savior Jesus
Dad
Each of you are so dear to me in your own way

 

[slo]

Good Sunday Morning!

Lots of….

#1 - I’m grateful for lots of texts from DD20 - she’s always sending me texts, TikToks and more.

#2 - I’m grateful for all my Precious Moments - so many have a significant meaning with them.

#3 - I’m grateful for all my jewelry - not just good jewelry. I get some of my best compliments about pieces I bought off the clearance rack at Kohls - LOL!

One of….

#1 - I’m grateful for our grill - we use it all year, even in the snow.

#2 - I’m grateful for our little Guinea Pig - she does give us joy

#3 - I’m grateful for my winter robe - it’s keeping me warm right now

 

[Tink-osophy]

Count Your Buttons Day - I love that!

Memories
Entertainment options
Hugs!
Tees (maybe too many!)
Books

And only one: -

Ooh, this is harder. I can't think of anything where I'm glad specifically only to have one (people aside)... Need to ponder this one some more. I probably missing some obvious answers!