#onemonthofthankfulness What I Learned and Who I Met

In the end of October I was challenged to start having a better attitude.

I decided that I was going to try to find one thing every day in November to be thankful for. To keep me on track and to share what I was learning I decide to make a challenge for anyone who wanted to join and #onemonthofthankfulness was born. I like to share pictures on Instagram so I thought that would be the perfect place to record what I was grateful for.

At first I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to do it, how was I ever going to find one thing to take a picture of and be grateful for for a whole month? Yes, my attitude was, and sometimes still is, that bad.

After the first week I was pretty proud of myself. I gave thanks for coffee, my bed, a clean floor at the end of the day and my brother. It was after that first week and working through different Psalms that I started realizing how many blessings I do have.

 

I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD

FOREVER;

with my mouth will I make known Your

Faithfulness to all generations.

I want my sons to know how much we are blessed and so we started having “Thank You Only” prayers. Usually these prayers were at lunch time. We thanked our Heavenly Father for our food, the weather no matter what it was like, a good nights rest, the people we were able to interact with that day, etc. As much as we could think of we were grateful for.

I started to say thank you to my sons more often. For doing what I asked, for being nice to the other, for going out of their way to do something.

I want my sons to see a momma who is thankful for every breath, who lives life to the fullest and who loves Jesus with all her heart. #onemonthofthankfulness has helped me to get on track with that goal.

Who I Met

I met some other great women on my journey to a more thankful heart.

Kelly from The Little Pink Duck writes about life with Sacroiliac Joint Disorder, her son Michael and about how God is molding her and changing her heart.

Jen from God’s Girl in this World wants her daughter Avery to grow up with a thankful heart as well. jen is a prayer warrior and would love to pray for you. You can contact her with prayer requests by going to her blog here.

Kate blogs over at Did That Just Happen. She likes coffee, has a really awesome bucket list and is working hard to earn the Mother of the Year Award. You can she why she blogs by clicking here.

Nikki owns Bedhead Designs. She makes really cool headboards and pillows. She homeschools her chldren and she likes to bake and make yummy food. You can find her Etsy shop here and her blog here.

 Jenny from Women With Intention joined in as well. Jenny blogs about living life intentionally, right now she has a great series this month 31 Days of Decluttering. I really need to go join in on that challenge.

Laura is blogging over at Our Intentional Joy.  She is a photographer, homeschooling momma and a crafter.

Donella is from The Productive Work at Home Mom. Her site is full of great information about keeping balance in your life while working from home and she also posts leads for work at home jobs.

I hope you get a chance to check out these other great blogs and leave them some love. I’m sure you will find one here that interests you. Thank you ladies for joining the #onemonthofthankfulness challenge, I was so encouraged to have you all along on my journey to a more grateful heart.