Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year. It is a time to remember what we are truly thankful for. I am thankful for so much this thanksgiving. A tender mercy of the Lord to me was that I was able to spend Thanksgiving with my mom and dad and my Aunt Susan and Uncle Jim. We just talked, laughed and ate good food.
Another tender mercy this Thanksgiving is that mom is feeling better than she was. She was having a rough go of it emotionally for a while and it was affecting everyone's life, but she is doing sooo much better. We had one funny incident this Thanksgiving that when I told my sister about it and how my mom reacted to it she said "Wow, Mom really is doing better." The incident is that my mom decided to be good and prep stuff in advance for thanksgiving dinner so that the day of we would have less to do. Part of that prep involved chopping up the onions and celery for the stuffing. Unfortunately there were three homemade pumpkin pies in fridge in the same drawer my mom put the chopped onions in and the onions were so strong they flavored the pies!! We ended up throwing away the three pies and buying a pumpkin pie at Costco. We did have a good laugh though and from now on if we chop onions in advance they will be stored in the freezer rather than the fridge.
To wrap up this post I want to share a video called "In the Spirit of Thanksgiving" that talks about being thankful and about what some people in New York City are thankful for.

Finally

So I have been meaning to post for a while, but then get distracted and don't do it. So here I am on a Sunday evening while dinner is cooking finally writing a post.
During church today I began to think about what tender mercies I have had in my life recently. Here are some tender mercies I have had in the past few days.

• Good friends. Both Friday and Saturday I got to hang out and chitchat with good friends. On Friday I went to dinner and a high school football game with my Robyn. Then on Saturday I went to dinner with my friend Cathryn.
• No headaches as of recently. This is a big one because the headaches I was having were disrupting my life.
• Finally I have realized that my parents are a tender mercy from the Lord. I know the Lord gave me my parents because they would love me and nurture me and help me to grow in the ways I need to.

All of the above a just some tender mercies from the Lord that I have noticed. Now I ask all who may read this - What are some tender mercies in your life?

Update on Life

Things have been a little hectic lately. I was in the hospital again (4th time since July!!) and that just throws every thing off. The tender mercies I have chosen to focus on this week revolve around the fact that I made the decision to withdraw from my classes for the semester in order to focus on my health. I will be returning to school for Spring semester, which starts in January.
The two tender mercies that have stood out to me the most this past week are:
1. How supportive everyone has been of my decision to withdraw from classes. All have been good about reminding me of the importance of health and that this semester is just a moment in time.
2. They want me back at my job in January!!! I couldn't believe it. When I made the decision to withdraw from school I knew I would have to stop working too (I am a graduate student assistant) and I knew I was leaving them at a critical time (big things happening). Yet they want me back in January - truly a tender mercy.