Thankful Thursday #200!!

"For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand and says to you,
"Do not fear; I will help you." 

~Isaiah 41:13

Today, I am thankful for...

1.  The God-given ability (and command) to redirect and reprogram my thoughts in alignment with Scripture!!

 2.  Hitting the 50-pound milestone yesterday (two months after my surgery)!!  Aside from Covid, I'm feeling pretty good lately... my blood pressure, BMI, and clothing size are all gradually lowering, and I am grateful for the health improvements and positive momentum that come along with weight loss! ❤

3.  All I'm learning through my journaling homework and one-on-one sessions with Emily (my counselor/coach)!

4.  For the gift of writing 200 "Thankful Thursday" posts spanning 14 years of my life from August 2010 to this August.  It started HERE with me and Chet at Old School Bagel in our Build Your Best You bracelets from Fitness Together. =)  Can't say the same for the entire 2010 post, but I'm genuinely grateful that friendship stood the test of time!

And I hope their fam is having fun at the beach this week! ❤

6.  Jace Michael passing his yellow belt karate test last night - YAY!  (I wasn't there due to Covid, but he FaceTimed me afterward with the classic fakeout move. lol)  His joy and pride in these pictures makes me happy!

7.  Some extra rest, vitamins, and movie time this week... all perfectly timed between last week (my Colorado Res 3 trip, Dad's b-day, and Sarah's OKC visit) and the coming week (my Nashville trip + final week @ Restore + Kyndal's b-day)!  I'm grateful to see God's hand in the details on stuff like that. ❤

*Bonus: A fairly random thing that's brought me lots of joy in my mini-quarantine has been the friendship between Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Shawn Levy (Director of Deadpool & Wolverine).  So many fun videos and interviews, and they all seem to genuinely enjoy each other... I'm confident the thread of real friendship behind it all helped to make this a #1 movie, and I love that - makes me wanna see it again!

Happy first day back to school for the Whitaker boys today!!  Whether this is the 1st or the 200th Thankful Thursday post you've read, thank you for being here, and I hope you have a great weekend ahead! ❤