Although it’s not thanksgiving yet, I would love to reflect on the things that I am so grateful for. I feel like I’m back in elementary school again, where the teachers asks the student what they are thankful for. I’ve been breathing twenty-six years alone, that is way more of enough time and bondings with my blessings, to be thankful.
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This thought was put onto my heart I already have the words in my mind to express. This is a sensitive topic for me and also sort of a topic of relief for me. I think of my present blessings randomly, but my heart dwells on them ongoing. Not a moment goes by that I’m left without a reminder of my well being, safety and security.
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”What I Am Thankful For?”
- My Lord and Savior: My Lord and savior not only sacrificed his life for all, he made sure that I was in the number to be saved 😭
2.) My Apartment: I’ve been on my own now going on seven years, I have not been evicted nor get into any drug-related crises. God had and still is keeping my covered in the blood of his son.
3.) My Three Girls: It’s a shock that God has given me three girls, what makes this even more appealing I asked him for girls before I found out that I was pregnant. I asked and I guess what? He answered my prayers.
4.) My Girls Grandparents: Their Father’s parents helps me with my girls while I go to work without having to pay a nickel every single week for childcare. My girls request are always sought and and their well being are always established. They treat my baby girls right when in their care.
5.) My Oldest Daughter: I had my oldest daughter when I turned sixteen, she really fulfilled the lonely boarders with bricks from keeping the heavy weaves from breaking us apart. She is literally my big baby and gracefully she always will be.
6.) My Oldest Daughter’s Dad: even though we don’t communicate nor see each other often at all, I still want to thank him for never neglecting my daughter from his lips. No matter the argument he has never denied her to my face. It’ll be ten years tomorrow and we don’t know where he is, I’m just thankful that he never hurt me with his words of saying ”that child isn’t mine”.
7.) My Two Youngest Daughter’s Dad: I’ve been knowing their dad going on twelve or thirteen years, we met when I was fourteen or fifteen years old, he was sixteen. We both we’re pre-army brats lol. He was on the drill team I was on the raider team. When he transferred over I was so excited, we always shared good times with one another in fourth period, in JROTC ( Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps) program. It was nothing but good vibes and smiles. I can still remember him seating diagonal behind me, he would always catch eye contact with me when I continuously turned around in my seat, to quickly smile and glance at him. Until that one shocking day that blew in with the wind. The whole school day went by just about over, until rushing to fourth period to meet my then-favorite friend. I noticed he wasn’t there immediately. Me thinking to myself, where is he? Time went by and time slowly winding about, still no him. Then that’s when our friend that hung with us, told me when I asked her about his whereabouts she started that, HE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL! My young heart cut off it’s own oxygen reluctant on a pulse. I just couldn’t believe it. Then and there in that classroom we’re we first met, became the last time I would unknowingly see his face and smile. Time went on and on until time reached up to four years of separation. Long story short because I need to shorten this lol, we met back up on the southside of town near Southside Apartments. We shared our first kiss in family dollar down one of the aisles lol, I was eighteen years old then. We decided to make it official on June 18th, 2018. I had recently moved in my second apartment on Beach Blvd, yes those was the lovely exciting days of our so young lives. Four years of departure turned into six years of us being in a relationship in the midst of having two of our young girls together. He’s an amazing dad and a very well provider for them, even to my oldest that’s not his biologically. I’m so thankful for him and his family for upholding their roles in my children’s lives. I use to be a single mother before I met him, for almost seven years in June of next year I’ve been someone’s woman, fiance and a mother.
8.) My Place Of Employment: I’m thankful to be able to have my job back from, abruptly quitting almost two years ago, when I was pregnant with my second child. I use to work at University Christian School, in Jacksonville, Florida when my employment came to a satisfying end. I had got this feeling in my heart to contact back my present place of employment, wondering who was in my old classroom, I use to teach three-year-olds. Two weeks a so after I put in my two-week notice, I came back here to where I am now to not only just be a teacher but asked to accept the position of being an Assistant Director. I was overly pleased and so happy, I was so happy I actually could feel the pleasure of happiness. I can honestly say that I love it, the Lord will always be in control.
9.) My Hair: Since I was a young girl I would love to stare at the other girl’s puffy ponytails. I would wish to have hair like the girls that have puffy hair. Back then I had relaxed hair thick at the roots, then at the ends. My hair was nowhere near comparable to the girls that have luxurious hair lol. Now here I am a decade a so later just like those girls that have luxurious hair. My puffy ponytail goes past my collar bone…yes, play with that.
10.) I’m Thankful For Me (The Process): God isn’t done working on me, and he isn’t finished. I’m still a work in progress a beautiful piece of painting that’s becoming a masterpiece. I shall stay in tuned with myself.
No matter what I will always be grateful for my lovely beautiful life, and what is involved in my life.
