Thankful Thursday...continued

I'm not sure how many of y'all read my blog yesterday...probably not many...but it was a post on Thankful Thursday.

I started off yesterday on the wrong foot. I even came in to work and asked Laura if I could just go back home and start over. It was just one of those mornings....you know, where it takes you forever to get ready, your child is not cooperating, you forget your breakfast and have to stop to get something to eat...which takes 10 minutes bc they are moving at a turtles pace...arrive 10 minutes late to work only to find out you left your laptop at home too. Then I learned about some new things going on at work which you can read about on yesterdays post. But all in all, I tried to be positive and to be thankful.

Little did I know that I would really find out yesterday what it means to be thankful. Shortly after I wrote my post, I received a text from my friend Betsy. Her sister in law is pregnant, about 2 or 3 months along with her 3rd child. When she went to the doctor, they could not find a heartbeat. This hits very close to home with Betsy. She had 3 miscarriages herself, and knows what heartache is involved in losing a child. She is now pregnant and is expecting a precious little girl in March! That is definitely something to be thankful for.

But the heartache definitely didn't stop there yesterday. In fact, it just got worse. One of my friends, Christin, lost her father unexpectedly yesterday. Everyone is just so devastated. I am friends with all three of his children. His oldest son is also a neighbor of mine, and he's married to a girl I have known since 2nd grade. Eric, his middle son, and I met our Freshmen year of high school....seriously, the nicest guy I know. Christin and I have known each other for a long time, too. We met through mutual friends in high school and I love her to death. I just dont understand why this happened to such a wonderful family. I probably never will. There are so many of my friends that are hurting right now. So many of them were raised with the Austeins and viewed their father like one of their own.

As I sat at dinner last night, I thanked God for allowing me to have another day with my father. I thanked him for allowing me to have a healthy pregnancy, and to be sitting there with my daughter 2 years later. The truth is, we never really know how much time we have with our loved ones. People always tell you this, but I think we subconsciously think it'll never happen to us or our family and friends.

So please pray for my friends today. Pray for understanding and a healing heart. And thank God for your blessings as well. Lets all make an effort to show those that we care about just how much we love them.