Monday already?

One child is off to school and the other one will head out the door shortly. My husband is out at meetings too. I thought I would be feeling guilty for laying around today, but the pain was kinda bad last night before I feel asleep and also bad this morning. I've decided to be good today about taking my prescription every six hours and taking ibuprofen every six hours as well (alternating with three hours in between). I like to tell Siri to set me a timer for three hours and hearing her amusing responses. One of my issues and I'm not sure if it is medicine related (certainly food smell related) is the feeling of nausea every now and then. Ugh! It certainly isn't morning sickness - ha ha!

So, last night I had a chat with my 8 year old. He can be the sweetest boy, by when he gets upset his anger is so intense and it makes him so upset. I've had to remind him that he was upset over having to play the lego movie on Xbox one with his little sister because she wanted to play and needed his help. He wasn't very kind to her about having to help and finally we had to just send him upstairs. After he came down he and I had a little chat. First, I didn't yell (yea!) because I think he got a little of his anger from seeing when I get angry so I've been trying to be a better role model. Second, we talked through how here he was getting upset over being asked to play Xbox games with his little sister who adores and looks up to him. I told him he could have a sister who sucks and destroys his legos instead of plays them with him and he could have no Xbox like many people in the world. I even took down memory lane to when their Kids Quest was collecting change to have enough to send lights to children in Africa so these kids could have light to study after they finished their farm chores. I wanted him to be a happy child who appreciates what he has and is grateful instead of focusing on what he doesn't have. So you may be wondering why the long post today? Well last night on FB and also this morning on FB, I read two posts about the same thing. A Blessings Jar! Where you jot down the good memories, miracles, blessings, answered prayers, etc. from the year and then read through them together at the end of the year.

Here are some screenshots from my Pinterest search for blessings jar. Will make ours and post the picture later! I hope this helps all of us cultivate more feelings of gratitude.






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