Today I'm grateful for...

... my two beautiful, healthy, happy kids who love me and each other. They bring me more joy and more love than I knew was possible before becoming a parent.
... my husband, who works hard to provide a comfortable life for us, who works hard to be the best dad he can, who wants so badly to make me happy and who makes me laugh all the time.
... my health.
... my big family, who are also my best friends.
... my nice home back in Sacramento, close to all the people I love the most.
... the yard behind my townhouse that gives me and Mason a chance to play in the dirt together. I missed gardening!
... being able to eat what I want when I want it.
... a husband who is willing to sell his sports car to get me a bigger car so I can haul around my nieces and nephews when I want.
... my health and the health of my family.
... Austin's remission.
... Mason putting his poops and pee in the potty!
... the fact that Landon finally has a job that he likes.
... being able to stay at home to raise my children.
... my new car! YAY!

Lesson 1: You keep getting the same lessons over and over...

Something I truly believe is that God will continue to present the same lesson, over and over and over, until you really learn it. One lesson that I keep getting is gratitude. I'm no good at it, and I'm certain it's one that is vital to my happiness.
A lot of people seem to use their blogs as places to rant and complain. I don't want to do that here. I want to use this forum as a place for me to practice at being grateful. This will be where I record my process of becoming a woman with a grateful heart. It likely will not be interesting to anyone but me, and I am okay with that. Hopefully I will get really good at gratitude and be able to teach my children how to be grateful by example. If not, perhaps this can be a tool for them later to learn it themselves.
Since I'm not really all that sure how to become grateful, I've decided to start with lists of things I am grateful for and build from there. So here goes...