I am blessed

Well, I made it to the grocery last night. It was tiring, and I ended up standing in line for what seemed like forever. It was exhausting putting all the stuff away when I got home. But as I was doing just that, I started thinking about how truly lucky I am. I am able to stock my cabinets, fridge and freezer to overflowing twice a month. The food I buy is of decent quality and will feed us all 3 meals a day plus some extras (I bought stuff to make choclate chip cookies and pudding, as well as some chips and goldfish crackers this time). How many people in this county/world can't do that? Too many.

I'm blessed in that I don't have to choose between paying my bills and feeding my kids. I can afford both, every month. We even have a modest Christmas and vacation budget each month, as well as "fun" money (to go out to eat, rent movies, etc) with a small amount left over for savings. Granted, things would be much tighter if we had to pay a mortage or utilities (which we don't thanks to Brian's job), but that alone makes me even more thankful...that we don't have to deal with these payments right now, as we attempt to pay down our (ever decreasing) debt.

Yes, I am very lucky. We have food on our table, a roof over our heads, clothes to wear....but most of all we have each other. I have two wonderfully healthy, happy kids and a husband who is truly the love of my life. We have a huge extended family, most of which would drop everything to help us if we needed it.

So next time I start to get disgruntled over having to do such boring tasks like putting away groceries or sitting down to pay the bills, or even give the kids a bath or change a stinky diaper, I will remind myself how very blessed I am.