Have you ever noticed how in the stores you will see a plethora of Halloween costumes, decorations and the like but immediately following Halloween, you see Christmas themed decorations all over and very little to commemorate Thanksgiving? The most I've seen have had leaves and maybe a cornucopia and really only enough scattered throughout the store to fill a half to one whole aisle. It seems that our national holiday is only truly named and observed within "leaked" black friday ads, alerting you to when the advertised deals start. This never really bothered me in the past. As a little girl Thanksgiving was all about the Macy's Parade, the dog show, food, and the countdown until santa claus and presents galore. I understood, from school, where
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My lack of focus had trickled down to my children and the absence of music (my normal go-to for all important holidays) for the Thanksgiving season didn't helped the situation. When Roly even expressed his concern this year asking "Mommy, why don't we have any Thanksgiving music?" And I could only say that I didn't know of any songs, I knew this was the time to change. So without a well-laid plan my fall back plan is to start where I am. I began to notice when I felt like complaining, whether it was about my children's behavior or pain within my body then I would replace my complaint with something to be thankful for. For instance, "My boys have not been listening to me! But I am thankful that they love to play with their legos, maybe one day they will be engineers." During the day I even say my thanks out loud, since I say my complaints out loud, for my family to hear. Prior to Thanksgiving I prepared my children by letting them know we would be going around the table saying a little bit of what we are thankful for. That started an outpouring of thankfulness from my children! Before my feet hit the floor I'm thankful, before my eyes close at night I'm thankful. For every little blessing and every major obstacle, I'm
My lack of focus had trickled down to my children and the absence of music (my normal go-to for all important holidays) for the Thanksgiving season didn't helped the situation. When Roly even expressed his concern this year asking "Mommy, why don't we have any Thanksgiving music?" And I could only say that I didn't know of any songs, I knew this was the time to change. So without a well-laid plan my fall back plan is to start where I am. I began to notice when I felt like complaining, whether it was about my children's behavior or pain within my body then I would replace my complaint with something to be thankful for. For instance, "My boys have not been listening to me! But I am thankful that they love to play with their legos, maybe one day they will be engineers." During the day I even say my thanks out loud, since I say my complaints out loud, for my family to hear. Prior to Thanksgiving I prepared my children by letting them know we would be going around the table saying a little bit of what we are thankful for. That started an outpouring of thankfulness from my children! Before my feet hit the floor I'm thankful, before my eyes close at night I'm thankful. For every little blessing and every major obstacle, I'm