Gratitude and Thank Yous

Somehow a nasty GERM was able to get past my well established defense system.  For those of you who know me know this is a well-oiled germ killing mo-chine. It works 99% of the time.  My friends and family mock me about my crazy ways.  But that's okay...my crazy ways work for me.  I am now dealing with the 1% {FAIL} that brought me down!

I woke up Saturday with the crud.  My son woke up Monday morning with the crud.  His went into bronchitis.  I'm still working on my wall of defense. I'm sick of snotty tissues, cough drops, antibiotics, cough syrup, Clorox wipes, vaporizers and all of the other 'crud' stuff.  But I am grateful for modern medicine {this is my one shot at gratitude today}.  I'm tired of being whiny, YES, I have been whiny.  This morning my husband informed me that my Whining Pass was now expired.  I can't stand ME when I'm whiny. ARRGGHH! God bless my husband.  I recognize that I have a second opportunity at gratitude today, and by God I'm not gonna waste it...I am very grateful my husband puts up with me when I am sick and whiny...and goes to the store, and cooks dinner, and.....

I just want to take my arm and swoop them all into the floor!

I've barely blogged, read or been nice to others for the past six days.  I'm hoping that Day 7, tomorrow, is the magical day and I'll wake up feeling good and the other me will reappear.  I like her much better.  Tomorrow I'll not cough or whine.  I'll read, blog, return those phone calls to my friends, and spread good cheer. 

Since I've had the crud I haven't had the energy to seek out cheer, good deeds, gratitude, great books or anything else I feel you MUST know about...but tonight I did find a small, yet powerful statement on {wait for it}....YES, Facebook.  My new favorite author, John Kralik, had a reply post on his 365 Thank Yous page that I somehow missed earlier (some secret squirrel I am).  

 I have the sense that we all have angels in our lives

 that we don't see until we really look. ~ John Kralik

So in lieu of whining, I will think about the angels in my life that I don't see.  Maybe they are a friend, a sister {God blessed me with three of them}, the person that serves us at the post office {Mr. Hodges--the best post master ever}, or the supah doctor who calls a worried mother back at 6 pm at night on her first day back to work after being on maternity leave for 3 1/2 months {THANK YOU, Dr. Ana Cleary}.  I shall write her a thank-you note.  

Dr. Ana Cleary
Thank God she's back!

I think I feel better already.