Gratitude Journal 12-5-07

1. Let it Snow! We woke to an inch of snow and it's still coming down. It's so beautiful.
2. I went to the new cell group Steve started. People shared a little about their backgrounds and why they are at the group. I'm able to see that we all have a past and struggles. We all need healing and growth.
3. My new counselor made a treatment plan for me. She and I are both hopeful that we can work on a few things that will help with social stress. She also wants to teach me what I need to know to parent my teens and help them feel comfortable with their sexual development. She wants to borrow the book I'm working through right now called Caring Enough to Confront. I'm grateful that she wants to work with me, and grateful that she seems to like and respect me and thinks she can help me.
4. My friend likes to put up Christmas lights. Nobody here wants to decorate our tree...feels too much like work. So, I have the idea to invite Steve over and make a decorating party of it.
5. This might not sound like a gratitude, but it is... Mike's mom called this morning before 7am. She has become a daily part of our lives again. (Weekly, I can handle, daily, I cannot). Mike said his blood pressure shot way up when she called. What I'm grateful for is that we are both on the same page again about limiting contact with her. I'm looking forward to the day I'm strong enough to relate to her on a daily basis and still be able to function in other areas of my life.