Conversation With Daniel About Thankfulness.

Last week his father and I were discussing how he probably doesn't get the idea of Thanksgiving.  We had talked ourselves into believing he's just too young for that abstract concept.

I started blogging about thankfulness last night and thought about it this morning at breakfast with Daniel.  We often say a prayer before we eat and always talk about good things in our life at breakfast.

I asked Daniel,"Should we say a thank you to God today? Do we have things to be thankful for?".

"Yes," he replied.

"DeeDee, do you know what thankful means?" I questioned.

"To like it. To be happy about it.  To be want it."

Right on!  We do like what we are thankful for, and we are happy we have it.  We do also want special things and we thank God for those special things.  What a neat conversation!

We talked about making a Thankfulness Poster for the kitchen and he said he'd like to write that he's thankful for ... his own words... toys.

As in, "What are you thankful for today?"
"Toys."

Then I asked, "And what are you thankful for that we can write for yesterday?"
He paused and then said, "That box in the garage that has drill. Using daddy's drill. I like using drill."

We'll be making a poster soon and I"ll photograph what we create!

A Full Term Baby

Dear Lord,

Thank you for granting me a full term pregnancy. It has been the most physically draining nine months of my life, but You gave me endurance.

You put people in my life to support me and encourage me. I thank you for my husband who is patient and kind, for my friend Ashley who is wise and encouraging, my parents who have been more understanding and tender hearted, my co-workers who were sympathetic, Dr. G who gave me a lot of knowledge and reassurance, Dr. Kimberly who gave me confidence and peace, Nurse Mary who called to check in on me and treated me so kindly, friends from my church who put me on their prayer list, my BFFs who texted or called or bought cute baby things for me just because they were thinking about me and the baby, extended family who have given me space and time to rest, blog friends who send emails and comments of encouragement to brighten my day, and kind strangers who have been helpful at odd times.

Thank you Lord for granting me the opportunity for superior medical care. I know prenatal care is a luxury in this part of the world. Thank you for giving me the chance for frequent or weekly visits to therapists, geneticists, ultrasound facilities, and nurses to prepare my body for this baby and to easy my apprehension with positive test results.

This is a prayer of thanksgiving. I breathe a huge sigh of relief and have some "evidence" now for how good is my Great God, and how in control of things He is.