The Blessings that we take for granted in life

There comes a time in all of our lives where we realize just how lucky we are.  We realize how blessed our lives our.  I have several friends who blog but read one while catching up this morning.  I cried like a blubbering idiot. I cried tears of joy for her but also tears of joy for my own life.

First off though, let's talk about blessings, about life.  Often times we get annoyed by things, we take for granted things that others would leap for joy at.  I have a friend who can never enjoy thunderstorms.  Thunderstorms trigger her headaches.  When fronts move in she has to have very painful shots.  These shots lead to her being in bed for several days.  She doesn't get to stand out and enjoy thunderstorms.  The sad part is that I hate thunderstorms.  They scare me.  I have been through some natural disasters in my life (2tornado and 2 hurricanes) and I just feel a total loss of control.

I have another friend who when sick, cannot just go buy over the counter meds to fix a cold or whatever.  Because of his heart issues, something as simple as a menthol cough drop could be a bad thing.

But back to my friend's blog that made me cry this morning.  I have two friends who have non verbal children because of their autism.  Having a bouncy incredible boy that talks incessantly.  His latest is to crawl up in our lap and say "Let's talk about snow."  He then goes into this whole vision he has about what we would do in snow and what stuff like sleds and skis we would take with us.  It is really funny.

These are things I take for granted.  I take for granted these thought provoking conversations that don't make sense sometimes.  They don't usually have life changing moments.  Cade has an incredibly vivid imagination and currently in his play room with one of his toys travelling down a huge hill really fast.  He is goofy.

So, my friend blogged this morning about an incredible Christmas gift.  On Christmas morning, her 8 yr old called her "mom."  I have no words.  I have no understanding how amazing that must have been except that even re-typing it right now brings me back to tears.  Cade calls me mom everyday.  It was his first word. . It is still the sweetest thing in the world when he says, "I love you mommy."  For awhile I had that as my text message alert and people thought I was crazy.

In life we are all very blessed.  We take most of those blessings for granted.  We don't understand how wonderful our lives are sometimes.  Then at brief moments, we are shot back in to those realities of the remarkable blessings that are so precious.

Thank you, God.
AMEN