I love going around the table and hearing what the kids are thankful for. The big kids are a bit boring because they know what they should be thankful for so give all the standard answers such as family and good health. The little kiddos come out with the real zingers. It appears the small children in my family are most thankful for ice cubes, band aids, chairs, cactus and shelves. Yes, they have charmed lives indeed!
I’ve been recently working on an article about how motherhood can sometimes regress into a culture of complaining. Easily done – and entire group of humans who are sleep deprived and whose lives are no longer their own. Admittedly, I’m not a big complainer. I was raised by a non-complainer and it worked well for our family. I figure if I complained more, people would listen less and I quite enjoy feeling like my voice is heard.
Recently Mabel’s Labels was involved with an online blog auction to raise funds for some mamas who have really come into some tough times. When I heard about their situations, it really drove home that we mamas who are complaining about being tired and carrying a bit of extra baby weight are pretty darned lucky.
The first mama is Carol Decker from Washington. She battled a devastating infection, resulting in the emergency c-section of her second daughter. Immediately following the cesarean, Carol had both legs amputated blow the knee, as well as her left hand. Oh, and she’s also blind now. The medical bills are astronomical.
The second mama happens to be a fellow mama blogger named Stephanie Nielson. She and her husband were recently in a private plane crash. Stephanie has burns on over 80% of her body. She has no less than four small children.
Not to be a downer on this Canadian Thanksgiving, but it sheds a bit of perspective on it all. So this year I am thankful for being tired, not having ‘me time’, and feeling a bit bloated after all the turkey I’ve had.
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Thanks for that helping of perspective.
Happy Thanksgiving Julie et al!
When we hear about the troubles of others it really makes us very appreciative of what we have.
You have every reason to be thankful for your beautiful family and the lack of sleep will come to an end someday soon!
Thanks Julie for letting more people know about Carol & Stephanie. I just wanted to let your readers know of where they make donations & read more about Carol & Stephanie.
Carol Decker has a blog that her husband updates daily on Carol's progress http://www.sccsdecker.blogspot.com/
You can also make donations through the blog & read the synopsis of Carol's story.
Here is a blog dedicated to Stephanie & Christian Nie http://web.me.com/andrewtbagley/NieRecovery/Home.html
You can also make donations via the blog.
Keep up the great woprk at the Mabelhood Julie. I really enjoy reading it!
Thanks for sharing their stories…sometimes its needed to hear what others are going thru so that we can complain less!
thank you!