30 Days of Thankfulness

I have signed up for 30 days of Thankfulness on Facebook.    I thought I'd post what I'm thankful for here as well so all the posts will be in one easy to find place. 

Here's how the founders explain it.

We are committed, to starting our day in thanksgiving everyday. When our feet hit the floor in the morning we say "thank you" Then we write what we are thankful for every single day on our FB walls for all our FB friends to see! And even if we are having a really bad day, we will find a way to give thanks for one thing everyday. Just Imagine the impact being thankful EVERYDAY could have on our community and even the World. Positive energy flowing from all of us to the world! How many will join our cause? No matter what your religious beliefs are ... you are welcome here, so please join us. I think we can cause an effect that will push away negative in our thoughts and in our surroundings. Beginning NOW can you find something be thankful for and write it on your FB wall and by doing so send positive energy for all to see? Can you be thankful 365 days a year? What profound effect will this have in our life? Let's find out together! So Invite all you FB friend to join in. We all need positive people in our lives!

Perspective

My oldest has been in CA since June 14th visiting her dad. It has been a long, hot summer around here but when I miss her the most I go back to this picture and remember the day we spent together sitting and looking at the vast ocean before us. Such a rare, quiet, special moment together with not much to say but so much to take in. Six more days till she comes home. Six more days.

PSA

Mother-Daughter Music

I came up with this great idea to make a cd for my mom for Mother’s Day.   I had a blast googling songs about mothers and daughters and motherhood in general.  Did you know the Spice Girls had a Mom song?  It didn’t make the cd cut.  Neither did Boyz 2 Men or Tupac.   But it was nice to know they all loved their mamas enough to write a song.   Here’s my final playlist.   Maybe I’ll elaborate about some of them in later posts.

In My Life from the Providence soundtrack (not the Beatles version… Providence was “our” show)
Thanks to You – Tyler Collins (never heard before my Google search but great song)
Kind and Generous by Natalie Merchant (because she is kind and generous)
The Perfect Fan – Backstreet Boys (what can I say, its a sweet song)
Butterfly Fly Away – Miley Cyrus  (speaks to me in not only a mom way but also as the daughter)
You’re Gonna Be - Reba McEntire  (all about the hopes and dreams a mama has for her baby)
Ride- Martina McBride (because we all should ride)
Somebody’s Hero – Jamie O’Neal (because my mom is my hero of course!)
Slipping Through My Fingers – ABBA (go find my previous post about this one.. sniff sniff)
Baby Don’t You Cry (The Pie Song) from the Waitress soundtrack (perfect lullaby)
Angels – Randy Travis  (another I’d never heard before my search)
Thank You Mom – Good Charlotte (always and forever)
In My Daughter’s Eyes – Martina McBride (duh)
Ready Set Don’t Go – Billy Cyrus & Miley Cyrus  (another tearjerker – we’re sappy people)
Don’t Forget to Remember Me – Carrie Underwood
Pray for You – Sara Evans (lots of country mama songs out there)
You Can’t Lose Me – Faith Hill
The Best Day – Taylor Swift  (makes me all happy, brings back memories, and makes me sad at the same time)

I printed out all the lyrics so she’d have them to look at as she listened to the CD.  Took me hours but I know it wasn’t time wasted.    She’ll cherish it for a long time to come.  Question is, how do I top that next year??

Ride

I’ve had a particularly frustrating couple of years between some health battles, a pending move that didn’t pan out, and some other major life changes.   There was a long while where I was in the dark and couldn’t see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.   Thankfully that light was not an oncoming train and things are looking up.  There are days now when the smile in my heart actually shows up on my face and I’m sure that’s a relief to everyone around me but no one is more relieved than me, myself and I.   I just saw Martina McBride perform this on TV and fell in love with it.   Its my new mantra.   I’m doing my best to Ride that crazy roller coaster called Life.  Hope you are too!

RIDE – Martina McBride

You wake up from your dreaming
and you don’t want to face the day
You can’t find a reason
to think your world will ever change
You can hide beneath the covers
Or you can run outside head up high and carry on
Life is a roller coaster ride
Time Turns the Wheel and Love Collides
Faith is believing you can close your eyes and touch the sky.
so Shine while you have the chance to shine
Laugh even when you want to cry
Hold on tight to what you feel inside and ride…
It brings you up slowly then shoots you like a rocket towards the ground
it twists you and it shakes you before it turns you upside down
You can’t see what’s around the corner
and You can’t look back, so just live it up and feel the rush
Life is a roller coaster ride
Time Turns the Wheel and Love Collides
Faith is believing you can close your eyes and touch the sky.
so Shine while you have the chance to shine
Laugh even when you want to cry
Hold on tight to what you feel inside and ride…
Ride, ride
So shine while you have the chance to shine
Laugh even when you want to cry
Hold on tight to what you feel inside and ride
Ride, ride!

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