#ThankfulPoetry

My friends and I decided to all write poetry inspired by Thanksgiving. :) So, here is my contribution. I hope you enjoy it! 

Poem 1:

God has blessed me so much.

Over the years I have had so much happiness.

Blessings have been great.

Burdens have been frequent, but bearable.

Love has been abundant.

Every day has been a blessing, even the bad ones.

Poem 2:

I find myself being thankful for you on a regular basis.

Thankful for all the good times we had.

Thankful for all the bad times as well.

Those bad times taught me so much.

They taught me about myself and about life.

They made me the person I am today.

You changed my life, you changed me.

You taught me how to love.

You taught me how to please and be pleased.

You taught me how to survive losing love.

You taught me how to move on.

Loving you and losing you, it all made me a better person.

I am so grateful you were a part of my history.

You prepared me for my future.

I always thought you would be a part of my future,

but I have become okay with the fact you are gone.

You taught me how to live with you,

and I have learned how to live without you.

I am very thankful for everything.

I am thankful for you.

I am thankful for the love,

and I am thankful for the loss.

Thank you for taking the time to read my poetry! Please enjoy the poetry created my all of my friends as well! 

Robin of Someone Else's Genius   Ode to Turkey Day

Candice of Measurements of Merriment   Thanksgiving Poems

Dawn of Spatulas on Parade   Thanksgiving Haiku

Karen of Baking In A Tornado   Haiku or Hai-can't: A Collection of Thanksgiving Haikus

Steena of The Angrivated Mom A Tiime For Thanks

Grateful Gratitude Giveaway! #Giveaway

The other day I was minding my own business (as usual), and my phone started dinging. I didn't think anything of it at first, but after it kept dinging, I decided to investigate. I was receiving posts on my Facebook page. I investigated further. Several people were telling me happy birthday. Wait. What? I momentarily thought I was losing my mind. Nope. It definitely was not my birthday.

I investigated further, and I discovered that my fabulous friend Julie from Next Life, NO Kids had asked her fabulous followers to wish me a happy birthday. I had informed her on one of her blog posts (This Hilarious Post), that I have never really celebrated my birthday. This was unacceptable to her, and she let me know in the most fabulous way!

In doing so, not only did she brighten my day, but she boosted my page likes astronomically! It was better than my birthday! It was amazing! Plus, she basically opened it up for me to eat cake that day! Any friend that opens the door for you to eat cake, is a friend indeed!

So, as if that was not enough awesomeness, my fabulous friend Michelle at Juicebox Confession gave me a shout out, and her fabulous followers liked my page too!

So, now my page has over 150 likes. This is a milestone I was not sure I would ever reach! Thanks to my fabulous friends, I surpassed it!

I have so much to be grateful for! So very much. I have Chad (even on the days I want to wring his neck, I am still grateful for him)! I have my miracle Gigi (formerly Weewee)! I have Embee in my life, and she is amazing! I have amazing family and friends! I have a fabulous group of blogging friends, that are so helpful and supportive! I have a beautiful relationship with God, and feel his love daily. So, so much to be grateful for!

I also have all of you! I am more grateful than you will ever know, for you all taking time to read my blogs and follow me on Facebook.

To thank you all, I have decided to do my second ever giveaway! This time around I will be giving away a $25 Starbucks gift card AND a $25 Target gift card! Best of luck to all who enter! (ONE winner will with BOTH gift cards.)

  a Rafflecopter giveaway

I would like to give a very special shout out to the bloggers below. They have all opened their arms wide and warmly welcomed me into the Blogosphere! They are the best and I am truly grateful for each and every one of them! If you are not already following them, you should really consider it!

Baking in a Tornado

Juicebox Confession

Confessions of a Part-time Working Mom

Stacy Sews and Schools

Someone Else's Genius

Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

Spatulas on Parade

Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

Follow Me Home

Delicate Flower

Gaining While Losing

DeBie Hive

Next Life, NO Kids

My Time in the Insane Asylum

To all of you, and the many others, that have shown me love and support... Thank you! <3 

I just want to let you all know, that after quite a bit of thought and discussion, it has been decided that Weewee's new name on the blog will be Gigi! When we were naming her, it had been discussed naming her Gianna, or a similar name, and simply calling her Gigi. It is a name that Chad and I both like. So, from this day on, Weewee will be Gigi. Thank you for all the input!