Gratitude Challenge - Day 9 possibly

So, I may be a day off. Things have been a little...hectic. School is approaching a grading period, so gotta keep the kids on track.

Today's lesson (I think) was this: Enjoy the people around you. Take a moment to appreciate their unique talents, abilities and personalities.

I have been trying to do this more and more. I am sitting here, looking at my son work on his vocab. He should have been in bed an hour ago, but we worked so hard to get him caught up that I don't want to get behind at all again. So, he is happily working and TALKING non stop. Yet, when I walk by him, he latches on to my arm like I am the best thing that exists to him. It's so sweet! He is also sooooo excitable about almost everything. I need to foster that, even when he talks so fast that I have to ask him to sloooow down so I can understand him.

I am trying to appreciate my husband more. He is currently sitting on the couch watching a hunting show, but he just returned from getting us O ice cream sandwiches, even though I'm not even supposed to eat them. He ran out after working for a full day, then working with the kids with me. He is a fabulous husband and has really been picking up the house slack for me. I am totally the luckiest woman around!

I am really working to appreciate my daughter. She is a very difficult child and is being observed for oppositional defiance disorder. She can be a toughie. But she is also very loving and a great artist and singer. She is a beautiful young girl and I am trying to be more positive with her, despite how hard it can be at times. It isn't always easy, but I want her to remember me being happy and loving with her, not getting mad at her for one thing or another, even if that is what a lot of our time is like.