October 2016 Moms
Kaessi
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Happiness Thread!
Kaessi
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A place to post things that make you happy, what you are thankful for, or just to express any form of gratitude!
My first one is a bit long & deep, but here goes! As I lay in bed this morning cuddled up with my husband who loves me unconditionally, our sweet puppies, and our precious little one growing inside me, my heart is happy. October will make 5 years since I did the hardest thing I've ever had to do - make the final decision to get out of an abusive relationship that was breaking me in every way possible. It was a 7 year long relationship that I thought I was "stuck" in forever & never saw any way out (due to countless threats & for lack of a better word, brainwashing). My dream was always to be a mother, but at some point in that relationship I decided I would never bring a child into that world, because I couldn't let a child suffer like I was. It was heartbreaking to give up the dream of being a mom, but I knew it was the right decision in that situation. I won't go into all the details (at least not right now!), but a series of life changing events brought me to a moment where I ran & didn't look back. I am grateful for that every single day. Not long after, I met my husband, who is crazy, kind, thoughtful, spontaneous & loves me more than I ever thought was possible. I still have some anxiety on occasion that stems from the past, and he can calm me like no one else. I have no doubt he would do anything in his power to make me happy. Every day I'm in awe of this life I now have. We struggled with thinking that we might not be able to have kids & I was just getting to the point where I was accepting that, because I love our life & believed that God had a plan. And here we now are. Life is good & crazy & full of surprises!
And on a lighter happiness note...I am so happy that I just remembered I have a pair of my favorite pair of jeans in the next size up! I bought them a few years ago and they were slightly too big, but I loved the style, so I went back & bought a smaller size. Tucked the bigger ones in the back of my closet & didn't remember them until a few days ago. So... Yay for bigger britches! Haha.
Re: Happiness Thread!
I'm happy I was able to find the baby's heart beat with my Doppler this morning. That little nugget was being shy yesterday and it meant a lot to me to hear it on Easter. DH and I are Christians, so today is about more than just a bunny and some candy to us.
I'm also happy that we have such supportive friends and family. Everyone is so excited and happy for us and it feels amazing!
I was quite depressed this winter due to a lot of factors (especially the dim weather) despite being newly pregnant.
Having the weather switch to spring earlier than normal for Ohio has me so grateful and thankful.
I feel like seeing these blue skies and green grass makes me back to my normal positive bubbly self. I am really excited about spring and summer.
So yesterday I did my long run in the sun and it was amazing. I feel rejuvenated. I took a pic-below!
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Also, grateful that I'm much like PP and have found a man that loves me unconditionally. I too spent too many years in not one but two abusive relationships.
Third, grateful that I remembered my summer dresses hanging in the closet. Hello light and flow comfy clothes.
@OrangeEv I am exactly the same, as far as weather having a huge influence in my mood. I usually slip into a bit of depression in the winter months & I wish I could change it. Your picture is beautiful! I have been enjoying long walks in the afternoons/evenings and am trying to soak up every bit of sunshine I can. I live in an area called the Azaela district & all the Azaela & spring flowers are in full bloom - I'm loving it!
@uponastar16 I've been debating a Snoogle - please let me know how it is! Hope your MS stays at bay & you start feeling better!
@jillianpardo How sweet & thoughtful of your husband - what a great idea! Enjoy!
@AshleyGemini24 What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? As weird as it sounds, I'm thankful I went through what I did, as now I don't take the little things for granted & appreciate life so much more. And... Yay for summer dresses! Can't wait to start digging those out myself!
Fast forward a few months and I met the kindest, sweetest, and most caring man on earth. Now together for 3 years, we were married yesterday! DD adores him and he is head over heals for her. I too am in awe of the life that I have now and look forward to raising my daughter (and the baby on the way!) with this amazing man.
I am so thankful for my husband, who has been majorly helping out around the house, doing dishes, always cleans the cat box, and best of all he's been taking naps with me on the weekend!! It's so comforting to know we are truly a team.
I am also thankful to this community!! So many people here have eased my anxiety. It's so nice to share experiences and know I'm not alone.
Last night I had quite the scare, had to take my FI to the ER as he was having chest pains and trouble breathing. He has had pleurisy in his lungs for several years and it ended up being a flare up of that. I had no idea as we were there what was going to happen but they got him on morphine and an anti inflammatory right away. He's doing so much better today, still in some pain but the meds they sent him home with are working. As I'm in the hospital room with him while he's screaming out in pain, his first concern was me because I hadn't eaten dinner yet and he also knew that I was incredibly thirsty before we left. Once he was on morphins he kept scolding ME to go get food and water. Just made me realize how much he loves me and I love him and to not take anything for granted.
Also, we posted an announcement to FB today, I was hesitant to do that because we have six kids combined and well people are so judge mental. We got SO much love and well wishes and everyone was so thrilled, I was a bit taken aback by it.
Today was was just a great day overall and Happy Easter to you ladies!!
@Pupatella I agree on both of those! My DH just had surgery & while he can't do much, he still offers to do everything he possibly can to make things easier on me.
@ladyshark311 I'm so glad your FI is ok! How scary that must have been. But how sweet that he was so concerned about you. Sounds like you have a good one!
I am among those here who are deeply grateful for the gift of salvation we just celebrated on Easter, as well as for our church family which has been full of amazing love for us along this journey, and from whom we saw an incredibly touching outpouring of love this weekend after we went "public" there with the pregnancy news.
I'm also grateful beyond words for my husband, and so happy for all those on this board who feel the same way. There is nothing like being on this road with the person you know in every cell you're supposed to be with, and I am just so amazed every day that I get to bring a little boy into this world who can grow up into a man like DH.
And for one more, one of my friends told me something really beautiful when I told her I was pregnant. She said, "prepare to be a sign of all that is good in the world" as I start to show, and I just found it so lovely.
I'm going to share a work-related thing I am grateful for ... I am so grateful for my healthy relationship with food and exercise! I am therapist for patients with eating disorders, and I don't think I take enough time to truly appreciate what a blessing it is to be able to eat intuitively and enjoy food rather than fearing it. I am grateful that I can exercise because it makes me feel good and not because it's an obligation or a way to torture myself.
These are things that I often take for granted, but at the same time these are things that my patients are working so hard to obtain and they often think it's futile. It's not! My confession is ... I've had an eating disorder myself and I am recovered. It's kind of an ethical gray area whether to share this with patients so I choose not to. But sometimes I just want to tell them ... If I can have a healthy relationship to food and exercise, so can you!
Anyways, that is what I'm thankful for. And I'm especially thankful to be experiencing pregnancy and motherhood with a positive body image and with a positive relationship to food and exercise.
It's a boy!
I have so many things I'm thankful for. Thankful for being able to hear my baby on the doppler yesterday, thankful for the time I got to spend in Palm Springs with the in-laws, the stepkids and SO. Thankful for my supportive family who is always there for me no matter what. Thankful for a job I enjoy, a cat I come home to, this surprise baby that I am now so in love with and most of all S.O.
This morning we were headed out the door for work when he said, "hold on I didn't pack you any snacks for work." We came back inside the house and he scrounged up all the snacks he could find, so I wouldn't be hungry. Having him in my life makes me want to be a better person.
I'm thankful for my husband, who will take DD in the middle of the night to let me sleep because this pregnancy is exhausting me. He's been doing it for weeks and then wakes up at 5am to go to work at 5:30am. I'm super grateful that he's so sweet.
I'm grateful for my lovely DD, who always wakes up with a smile on her face even though she doesn't sleep for shit lol
I'm thankful for my supportive family who made it possible for me to stay home with DD while I get my 2nd Masters and do a career change.
So much to be thankful for: my hubby, my family, my friends, Wendy's and McDonalds, my cats and dog, my job, the weather, and I know I'm forgetting things.
Oh yes, and maternity pants! Must be thankful for maternity pants!
Mommy to Elizabeth (6/18/09), preemie at 34 weeks
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