Thankful Thursday (192)!

"Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,

For His steadfast love endures forever!"
~Psalm 107:1

Today, I am thanking God for...

1.  Growing up in a Christian home with parents who provided stability, support, and love... thankful to celebrate Mom and Dad's 43rd Anniversary at BJ's tonight with the fam!!  And thankful for good conversations with the kids about my surgery, trip, and recovery!

Rach made this fun sign for them! ❤

2.  My Internship 2 class on Tuesdays through this summer... some good staffing discussions and feedback with Professor Bienert, Robin, David, Ali, and Kaitlyn!

3.  Grateful the fam got to celebrate with fun pizookies, and grateful that I'm practicing and learning to distinguish physical hunger from visual/mental cravings!  The next six months is going to be a learning curve as I retrain my brain around food and health!

4.  My two new books I started this week (one printed, one audio, both great so far)!

5.  Drinking lunch (chicken broth) at the Bon Broth Bar whilst catching up with the Wilson fam!  (*Also grateful to have the day off work today as Judge is out!)

6.  The gift of my mini-BFFs and niece and nephews...  The great majority of the changes I've made over the past 3+ years were internally motivated by the hope of adoption and motherhood.  I'm uncertain whether that will ever happen, but increasingly confident in God's goodness and power to change things quickly... and I think part of His goodness to me in this season is getting to love and connect with my close friends' and fam's kids, who are very precious to me!  Parker Elizabeth picked out the toy mop and broom to play with (so cute!)... and Tate wrote this note: "What does he like? Chinese hibachi" (with a pic of a bowl with chopsticks and people seated around a hibachi table) - I freaking love it!!

7.  This swim party memory and these pics from this day four years ago... not at all sure what we talked about, but drinking our virgin pina coladas and chatting by the pool that night stands out in my mind as a fun pandemic-year memory!

Thanks for reading!  I love you and I believe in you, and I believe dwelling on the people, experiences, and things you're grateful for will improve your perspective and decrease your stress!!

❤