Hi....I'm Kristy...and this is my blog...a place that I come to share what is on my mind and on my heart at the time. You are more than welcome to follow along with me. Hope that maybe there is something that you read here that touches your heart or moves you in some way. Seems it has taken me a lifetime to find my voice...and now that I have....I intend to use it. Live life large...and enjoy the ride.
I said earlier today that I was so thankful...to which I was asked..."Why? Why...are you thankful?" I am quiet sure my list could go on indefinitely...sigh...where to start...where to begin? I am so thankful for the family that I was born into...for the heritage that I have...I am thankful for those beautiful people that came before me...and prayed...chances are...they never even knew me...but they prayed for their children...and for their childrens' children...and somewhere in that line-up...was me..and my children. I am thankful for a grandmother that was so sincere in everything she said and did. She had a heart so tender...that you could see her heart...in her eyes. A love so consuming and as thick as honey...that when it was poured out...it was as if...it was being poured out of a 50 gallon drum...saturating you...from the top of your head to the very soles of your feet. A love stronger than my heart can even fathom. She was the first person...I ever saw Jesus in. I am thankful that God saw fit...to make me her granddaughter. I am thankful for parents that loved us without limits...taught us right from wrong...corrected us...praised us...taught us what it meant to believe in family and to always be there for each other. Taught us that it was okay to disagree on an issue...but there comes a time that the disagreement has to be set aside(normally at the supper table)...so that family can be family. Cause even though we don't always think the same...about everything...the blood that runs through us...remains the same. Family is important. The longer I live...the more I realize that not all families are like mine. I'm thankful that we are so close and loving. I'm thankful that I can always depend on them and they in turn can depend on me. I am thankful for the amazing friendships that I have had the honor of experiencing along my life's journey. Friendships that have held me...shaped me...carried me...and changed me...into the person I am today. I am thankful for a Shepard that is more like a brother...who has come to my rescue so many times. I am thankful for a sister that loves me...in spite of all my faults. I am thankful for a man...that is more like a best friend. Who see's in me...what I most often don't see in myself. He reminds me of my talents and abilities...my gift for words...even of the size of my tender heart and how that in itself...makes me different than most. I am so thankful for my two beautiful children. I'm thankful for the amazing people they are growing up to be. I am thankful that they both strive to do good...to be good...to serve those that need a helping hand. I wonder if they know...that they are continuously teaching me. I am thankful...for even the hard lessons of life. Those things that I thought would break me...those that caused me such sadness. Those that made me question...my worth...my value...my self. I'm thankful that I can look back now...and see that even in those tragedies...God brought me through. He made me stronger...He helped me see...that because I had suffered those things that I had a choice...I could allow those things to cripple me and be a victim...or I could rise up...and use it as a platform to help and encourage others that had suffered similar abuse. I chose life...I chose to live. Truth is...we all have those things...that happen to us...you know? Sometimes life...will drop us to our knees and knock the very breath out of us...This past week...once again...I felt it in my own life...last Sunday night at 8:40pm...my beautiful 16 year old daughter...was coming from church...she didn't realize it as she made her way home that she was being followed...he then made her stop her car...at which time he pulled a gun on her. She managed to get away from him...traumatized and changed...within seconds...life can change us. That night could have ended so very different...that I do know...so well. I have not stopped thanking God...every second of everyday since...for holding my baby in his hands. Thank you will never be enough...for what my heart feels. So if you ask me "Why I am thankful?" My question to you is...How can I not be thankful? How can I not?
In a world that continues to try to tell us who we are ....Here we stand...just being who we are...and we are who we are and as strong as we are because of the struggles and trials that we have not only endured but also come through. So here I am! Stronger!
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