Small Miracles

Its a good idea to show more gratitude.  I get pretty caught up in things going wrong.  Maybe I'm a bit of an Eeyore?  But I would rather be happy. 

So in the last couple days there are a few small miracles in our life I have noticed.

First, I have my sons cold.  I am very congested.  Yesterday I was basically awake from 3 am on.  Part was the congestion and part was I was psychologically freaking myself out about waking up congeted and with a dry mouth.  I just generally get more anxious about certain (or random) things when I am pregnant.  I felt like I was going to panic last night on the way to Miriams birthday dinner because "I couldn't breathe at all through my nose, it was dark outside, and it was foggy and it was all pressing in on me..."  Luckily was able to calm down before that became an honest to goodness panic attack.   This morning, as I am typing to you, I am still pretty darn congested.  But I slept from about 10-5 last night.  I got a blessing, took a shower, used some Vicks, took some Tylenol, went to bed.  The first time I woke up with morning I even thought maybe the congestion was less.  But not since I got up.  Still I slept.  (Maybe cause I was exhausted but, still)  Thank you Lord.

Second, last weekend I bought a really expensive pair of shoes.  A pair of Dankso clogs.  This is a big deal for me because I don't like to spend 50 dollars on shoes, and if you know Dankso, you know they are MORE then that.  They had been recommended to me on Facebook when I asked friends about supportive shoes that I would not have to lean over and tie.  (Interestingly enough this pregnancy has been like that for me.  I actually bought myself new maternity clothes and was so thankful because they fit better and were SO MUCH more comfortable.  It was worth it!)  Back to the shoes.  So my husband encouraged me to go ahead and buy them.  I was hestitant because he just got let go from his temp job and our check engine light has been on for like, a month.  Monday, on my way to work, I noticed the check engine light was off.  It's stayed off all week.  We both agreed to watch it (I thought origninally maybe it came on because we were so overdue on our oil change.  But it stayed on afterwared) and we may need to get our brakes looked at still.  And maybe I've wondered some if God really cares about me having a ridiculously expensive pretty nice pair of shoes.  But still, I thank Him for taking care of one problem so I could have them.