Thankful...Friday

I didn't forget you.  I promise.  It's just that I remembered at 11:00pm last night and was way too tired.  This week has been very long, but, thankfully, very fast.  I've been busy planning a first birthday, making funeral arrangements, hosting a get-together, and, somewhere in the back of my mind, trying to begin planning for an upcoming trip.  Frankly, I've felt quite bi-polar at times.  How could you not when one minute you're creating a funeral program and the next you're making a caterpillar birthday banner?  Really.

But, it's been good.  It reminds me that life goes on.  When I'm in the middle of dwelling on our loss, a thought will pop in my head that I need to order balloons.  And I'm pretty sure you cannot be sad while ordering balloons. 

So, for the ups and downs, I'm thankful.  For the health we've had in the middle of all this, I'm thankful (pray it continues!)  For the offers to help and the prayers that have been lifted up, I'm thankful.  For peach milkshakes with my Dad, I'm thankful.  For ministers who care enough to give out their cell phone numbers, I'm thankful.  For family - those that have gone ahead, those that are carrying on, and the little one that is here pulling on my legs and keeping me in the moment - I'm thankful.