Attitude of Gratitude Day 6

#6 I'm grateful for my brother. Growing up he was my protector like all big brothers tend to be. He let me tag along with him and his friends. Ed would buy me books and take me to movies on the weekend. He helped me with my math homework. My brother has always been there when I've needed him. Now that we are grown and married he's still there for me. I have been blessed to have a wonderful big brother who was so excited to have a little sister!

My big brother!

Attitude of Gratitude #2

Okay so yeah I haven't been on the computer so I'm playing catch up but it's only 2 days now.

#4 I'm grateful for my Dad. He raised me to be strong in the gospel. I've always been a Daddy's girl. He always looks out for us. He taught me to respect the power of the priesthood. He didn't mind when I would tag along with him to fix things even when I got more in the way than being helpful. Even now that I'm grown up he looks out for me. He drives me to the places I need to go. My dad is the best there is! He showed love to my mom and showed me what I should look for in a husband. Dad is the one that I call when Todd needs help with the car or things around that house. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father gave me such a wonderful Daddy! Even though I'm grown up I still think of my dad as my Daddy!

Daddy and me.

#5 I am grateful for my sister. She is my best friend. She puts up with me when I don't feel good and when I have a bad day! Shelly listens to me rant and is a shoulder for me to cry on. She has always been like a second Mom to me and with Mom gone it's nice to have her there for me. We haven't always been close but we have gotten closer in the last 10 years. I am so lucky to have a wonderful big sister! I don't always tell her how much I love her and how grateful I am that she's my sister. I would be lost with out her! When I need someone to talk to she's always there.

My sister and me.

An attitude of gratitude!

It's November and on Facebook I have been seeing my friends doing a month of gratitude posts. To be honest the first time I saw this I was in a bad place and thought this is dumb! The funny thing is these posts have been on my mind ever since. I keep thinking back to this idea. Well today I decided that there was a reason that I keep thinking about being grateful. For the past little while I have been in a really bad place emotionally and spiritually. Things have been hard and I took what seemed like the easy way out. I turned my back on everything. I have been really hard to get along with. I have been on my husbands case all the time. Okay lets be honest I have been a royal witch with a capital B (pardon my language)!! Anyway I was thinking how can I make myself feel better? Well the answer has been staring me in the face I need to change my attitude. Instead of thinking of all the things that are going wrong I need to be grateful for what I have. I need an attitude of gratitude! With this in mind I am challenging myself to find two months worth of things that I am grateful for. I am going to try to do a post a day but sometimes I'm not on the computer so you might have to leave with a few things I'm grateful for on one post. We shall see how often I can do this.

Well let's begin. I have to play catch up already because it took me a bit to clue into what I needed and wanted to do.

#1  I am grateful for a loving, supportive husband. Todd stands by me and supports me even when I'm in a bad mood. He has always done his best to show his love for me. He's a shoulder for me to cry on. 
He always listens to me. I am so grateful to have him in my life I would be lost without him.

I know that at times I don't show him how grateful I am. These past few months I think he has wondered if I appreciate him or not. I don't always show it but I am grateful to be married to this wonderful man! Todd completes me and makes me strive to be better!

#2 I am grateful for the gospel in my life. I am proud to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am thankful that I have The Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life.
I'm thankful that I know about the Plan of Salvation.
And I'm thankful that Thomas S. Monson is my president and Jesus Christ is my King, my Savior, my Redeemer, my ALL. I have been blessed to be born in this day and age that I can practice my beliefs and can share the message of the gospel with others. I know with certainty that with out the gospel in my life I would be lost! At times I have attempted to turn my back on my beliefs but I have always found my way back! My testimony has strengthened through the trials I have had in life. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true!
I am proud to say..

#3 I am grateful for my mom! 
 My mother is in heaven now watching over us. She taught me to believe in myself and that I was special. My mother was a wonderful woman she always smiled and made everyone else smile with her. Her personality was a goofy fun-loving one! She was always there to talk when I needed someone to understand me. Mom was a talented artist. I am lucky enough to have a small portion of her talent. She made all our friends feel like they were part of the family. When my siblings and I got married she didn't gain a daughter-in-law and two son-in-laws but another daughter and sons. I hope that I can be half the Mom she was to my kids one day! I have been greatly blessed to have her as my mother! My mother taught me so many things and helped shape the person I am today. I know that every daughter says they have the best Mom in the world well in my case it's the truth! Heavenly Father gave me this wonderful woman to help raise me in the gospel and for that I am so very thankful!