DISQUS

Gitzen Girl: http://gitzengirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/blessings-in-stable.html

  • gritandglory.com · 12 months ago
    i'm digging!
  • Coloradolady · 12 months ago
    Yep, only I was not in the hay, I felt like I was in the dirt. You are right...

    The blessing is not "the why" I felt that way, but the blessing will come due to changes that will be made. But a blessing it will be!

    Once again, your words ring true!



  • gitz · 12 months ago
    @alece: let me know if you need a hand and I'll get my shovel to help you dig :)

    @coloradolady: sounds like a seriously rough time. "blessing will come due to the changes that will be made" ... great perspective.

  • robinrane · 12 months ago
    This is so good Gitz and so timely.
    I love the term: Blessing in the Hay...I think I'll use that to give me pause when I feel less than blessed.
    Love to you today~

  • Neas Nuttiness · 12 months ago
    I was in the stable, always thinking about not having all my children around me for Chirstmas...but the "Blessing in the Hay" is that they were all safe and happy with their own families - which is what I really want for them...to be safe, to be happy, to be loved, and to have someone to love.
    I was just having a little pitty party for myself! Going from 40 for Chirstmas to just 3 was a big jump for me, but I did okay. Lot's of phone calls with best wishes make everything "all better".
    My thoughts are with you and your family today.

  • Vicky · 12 months ago
    How about this morning? I was sitting here trying to erase that "feeling"and look for that silver lining... I'll be digging too. Thank you for the fresh perspective. Its very visual and easy to call to mind.

    I will be thinking of you and your family today too : )

  • Michelle · 12 months ago
    Our Christmas was less than perfect but still wonderfully improved from the past two years. I would have liked to have been able to help out more, but each bit of effort wore me down. Thankfully, my husband and daughter have paid close enough attention over the years to know how to take the reins.

    I can see the blessing in the hay this year. I dug hard the past two years...it's getting easier to find. That's a blessing in itself.

    Love you, Gitz! I'm saying a prayer for you and your family.



  • Denise · 11 months ago
    The craziness of Christmas, and all of our travels, and all of our sleep-overs at relatives' homes made me feel like I was on a merry-go-round all week. But my week was filled with love, family, happiness, and more blessings than I could count.
    I'm sorry that your family had to suffer a loss, and even more so that you couldn't be at "home" with your family this week. For Christmas, for the wake and funeral, for everything. Your spirit and optimism are such an inspiration to me. I wish you peace during this difficult time.
  • gitz · 11 months ago
    I hear you guys... I think this time of year gets so crazy and hectic with expectations; and it's only when we stop to look that we find the good stuff in with all the crazy... and yes, I totally get having to dig for it. There are days I pull out my shovel to try to find the blessings too. But it's worth the effort; for me, even the digging feels better than sitting in the dirt.
  • Ed · 11 months ago
    Gitz, "think back over the last week to a time when you felt like you were in a stable instead of the inn." Have you been peeking at my condo living room? :)

    Love is a blessing that we share with our family, and friends, when we think of them, or they think of us. How many miles we may be apart does not diminish this blessing.

    How much love we have to share depends on our hearts. It is easy to see, in reading your blog, that you have a very big heart.



  • Anita J. · 11 months ago
    I LOVE that challenge. I'm writing that one down.
  • Anita J. · 11 months ago
    You amaze me. Your heart and attitude are just amazing.