A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings

Oh, my! Wednesday, already? Days and dates get all mixed up when you're caring for a BUNCH of sick children! Thanks for all the prayers and well-wishes from people on my Facebook wall. Please keep them up as Benjamin is not doing so well yet...if his fever doesn't break today, he will have to head back in to the doctor and see what happens next. (He is still spiking a fever WITH Augmentin Antibiotics, Ibuprofen, AND Acetaminophen!)


ANYWAY...I AM glad you are here...and I AM glad to pause a moment and GIVE THANKS TO GOD for the many blessings He has given me this week.

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1) Though we have 8 kids on medication for strept and pneumonia this week...and as strange as it might seem...I am giving THANKS to God for their good health. What I mean is...they are "under the weather" with an infection , AT THIS TIME...but...they are not chronically or terminally ill in ANY way and usually have EXCELLENT health. It is a privilege and honor for me to tend to them while they have been so sick this week...and it has just made me all the more grateful for their everyday, all around good health. THANK YOU, LORD!

2) I am very thankful for the two, new cookie sheets my husband got for me. WOW! I forgot what it was like to put something in the oven and NOT have it "stick" to the pan! "Top notch kitchen supplies" has never been part of my life...more like: any cheap utensil I can grab at the Dollar or grocery stores. Fabulous kitchenware is one of those things that I always say I'd get "if I had a million dollars", LOL I DO have some wonderful appliances like a food processor and set of knives, etc...that my parents gave to us as gifts...but I haven't had new cookie sheets in about 20 years. THANK YOU, LORD!

3) My son, who, although he is married and has two small babies of his own to care for...made sure that he called to let me know that he would be off of work today should I need anything for his brothers and sisters while they are ill. THANK YOU, LORD!

4) The Mass. Padre Pio once said that the world could more easily survive "without the sun" than it could without the Mass. That pretty much sums it up for me. THANK YOU, LORD!

5) My eldest daughter's "Erma Bombeck-esque" sense of humor. Sometimes, she will just "cut to the chase" so-to-speak, and say things in such a way that I am left laughing for a half an hour after I hang up the phone.
I keep telling her to write a book. Perhaps, someday, she will :) THANK YOU, LORD!

Ok. Do tell.
What wonderful things has God blessed you with this week?

BTW, I started a new Tuesday meme yesterday...if you didn't get a chance to check it out...scroll down after you're done with this one and take a look. I'd love for you to participate!