Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n
Whew! It’s been quite a week. This morning I awoke feeling like a brick building had collapsed on top of me. I felt as if I had to will each brick off of me before I could even get up. My body is sore and achey.\u00a0 It feels like the flu…only it’s not. That is a good thing, right? Well, the flu eventually leaves…and Fibro does not.<\/p>\n
However, today is Thanksgiving! I have not even begun the day and that “power of positive thinking” thing has had to set in! (Or at least I am trying to get it to set in!)<\/p>\n
Today us not about the meal…although these past few days of baking and cooking would lead one to believe it is!<\/p>\n
Today is about being thankful.\u00a0 I know, I know. Every day you are to feel thankful! Of course! But Thanksgiving Day is when we set aside a time to truly acknowledge what we are thankful for.<\/p>\n
I admit that when you are in some form of constant pain, it may be difficult to find a thankful heart and attitude.<\/p>\n
I have been there! Some days I still find myself there…<\/p>\n
But today I must see the gifts,\u00a0 the little treasures that God has given to me. Those hidden gems that we become used to seeing and may even take for granted.<\/p>\n
So today I awoke hurting terribly.\u00a0 The blessing in that is I hurt out of love. I hurt from the sacrifice from my desire to give to my family on a holiday as I always used to do. I hurt more because I love more. It’s a paradox!<\/p>\n
Today I will pace myself as I have tried to do all week. We will eat turkey and all the trimmings! Tonight I will collapse in pain, but what good and loving memories I will have made!<\/p>\n
For me it is worth it!<\/p>\n
So as my day is just beginning, and you find yourself reading this, say a prayer for me. Say a prayer for all the Fibro sufferers out there who long to be back to their former selves and give to their families as they once did. Pray we can have a good Thanksgiving Day and see the blessings all around us!<\/p>\n
Happy Thanksgiving from one Fibro warrior to another!…and God Bless!<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"