What a week!!!

This week started out great, I was in a wonderful mood even started listening to holiday music at work and in the car, which Aiden loves, he is singing a long with many of the songs and I love to hear his little voice sing and sometimes make up his own lyrics! Then, I just kept hearing news...not very good news. First, I learned that one of my very close friends (that passed away 7 years ago) father passed away. It brought me a sense of peace that her father is now with her in heaven, but at the same time, it's just hard to swallow. Then, I heard a several more deaths not directly related to me at all but to people I know and care about, which brings me to start thinking of my Grandmother who passed away 2 years ago this month and of course my friend I mentioned above who is always on my mind this time of year.

I also have heard of several people who are ill. One of them is a man I have never met, he lives in my neighborhood and is dying from cancer, he has three young children. Another is a friend of a friend's baby who was born on Chris's birthday and is in the NICU. Another is a co-worker and yet another a co-workers parent. Yet another friend who has a sick baby awaiting surgery. It just makes me wonder why things seem to happen around the holidays, I know things happen all throughout the year but for some reason it seems like you hear more bad news around the holidays. At the same time, maybe these things happen as a lesson for us to all appreciate the time we have with those we love.

I am going to move onto Thanksgiving week with a more positive outlook, continue to pray for those who are suffering, accept the things I cannot change (which I am dealing with quite a few personally right now, but that is for another time) and be grateful for the many blessings in my life. I am going to make myself turn back on the Christmas music which I find interesting that I inadvertently stopped listening to mid-week in hopes it helps to lift my spirit.