Thankfulness post
I didn't post this on Thanksgiving because I was insanely busy all that weekend. However, I feel like doing this at least once a year is a very good thing in general, and is especially warranted this year. Thus:
TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world, to redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations; for all the directions, assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day; beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us, and to give us grace to show our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and inter-cession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
-- Prayer of thanksgiving, Forms of prayer to be used in families, 1928 BCP
More specifically, I am thankful for my kid (who is still cute, just FYI).
I am thankful for my awesome husband, who loves me so much that he actually held the little sausage-shaped bowl for me to throw up into when I was in the hospital giving birth, despite his own antipathy toward vomit in any context.
I am thankful for my family and friends' generosity; we were given so many of the baby things we needed as gifts or hand-me-downs this year. I don't know how we would have purchased them all ourselves and remained financially solvent.
I am thankful that I am NO LONGER PREGNANT. Whew.
In related news, I am thankful for FOOD, which I LOVE again. Never leave me again, food!
I am thankful for my mom's Honda CRV, which I am inheriting when she gets her new Santa Fe this week. My ancient Accord has acquitted itself honorably during the past ten years, but getting a baby carrier (with baby) into and out of it is...not easy. And the only way to get the stroller into the trunk is to wiggle and shove and pray really hard. And the defroster on the windshield kind of stopped working two years ago. And it started being kind of sluggish about shifting gears this summer. And...I'm just really grateful for the CRV.
I am thankful for coffee and tea and all other caffeinated beverages, even though I can only have a limited amount of them per day.
I am thankful for Hulu, which allowed me to watch all kinds of TV while I was pumping eight to ten times a day, thus preventing me from dying of boredom.
Speaking of pumping, I am thankful that Bear is now a champion nurser and no longer requires a pump to do half the work for him. I only have to pump once a day, now, for the3 sake of having extra boobie juice on hand in case it's needed.
And speaking of nursing and getting better at it, I am thankful that my little man, who used to look like this:
now looks like this:
Also, I am thankful for all of you, my internet peeps, even though I barely ever get to come play with you right now. One of these days, I will have more time for fic and fandom and random internet hijinks. Until then, I'm just happy to know you're all out there being awesome. Much love, y'all!
TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world, to redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations; for all the directions, assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day; beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us, and to give us grace to show our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and inter-cession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
-- Prayer of thanksgiving, Forms of prayer to be used in families, 1928 BCP
More specifically, I am thankful for my kid (who is still cute, just FYI).
I am thankful for my awesome husband, who loves me so much that he actually held the little sausage-shaped bowl for me to throw up into when I was in the hospital giving birth, despite his own antipathy toward vomit in any context.
I am thankful for my family and friends' generosity; we were given so many of the baby things we needed as gifts or hand-me-downs this year. I don't know how we would have purchased them all ourselves and remained financially solvent.
I am thankful that I am NO LONGER PREGNANT. Whew.
In related news, I am thankful for FOOD, which I LOVE again. Never leave me again, food!
I am thankful for my mom's Honda CRV, which I am inheriting when she gets her new Santa Fe this week. My ancient Accord has acquitted itself honorably during the past ten years, but getting a baby carrier (with baby) into and out of it is...not easy. And the only way to get the stroller into the trunk is to wiggle and shove and pray really hard. And the defroster on the windshield kind of stopped working two years ago. And it started being kind of sluggish about shifting gears this summer. And...I'm just really grateful for the CRV.
I am thankful for coffee and tea and all other caffeinated beverages, even though I can only have a limited amount of them per day.
I am thankful for Hulu, which allowed me to watch all kinds of TV while I was pumping eight to ten times a day, thus preventing me from dying of boredom.
Speaking of pumping, I am thankful that Bear is now a champion nurser and no longer requires a pump to do half the work for him. I only have to pump once a day, now, for the3 sake of having extra boobie juice on hand in case it's needed.
And speaking of nursing and getting better at it, I am thankful that my little man, who used to look like this:
now looks like this:
Also, I am thankful for all of you, my internet peeps, even though I barely ever get to come play with you right now. One of these days, I will have more time for fic and fandom and random internet hijinks. Until then, I'm just happy to know you're all out there being awesome. Much love, y'all!