November 2nd: good health

This is going to sound ridiculous with my dad and my aunt in-law fighting cancer, my friend dealing with Bronchitis and all the other illnesses in the world- but I have a cold and it is knocking me out. My head is so stuffed up that I can't think straight and my obligation-free week that was going to be filled with friends and fun projects is wasting away on the couch with a mug of warm cider and a box of Kleenex. So-

today I am thankful for good health.

{Ethan with a 10 day stomach flu back in September.}

I don't think I take it for granted when I'm healthy, but my appreciation is amplified when kids are throwing up, Kelly goes to bed early with a headache, my mom sends a cancer update or my head pounds from clogged sinus'.

Is it too much to hope that tomorrow I can be thankful for healing or quick recovery?!

{I'm not really sick in this photo- Ethan took it for fun while we were waiting to see the doctor when he had the stomach flu. I do feel like this today though. whimper.}

Edited one hour later to add: As I was saying my prayers, I decided that I may have exaggerated a bit in my blog because I felt grateful that my cold is not worse than it is and that it is not the flu. I have had lots worse colds- ones that have literally knocked me out and I can't move from the couch. This one is more persistent and annoying than debilitating. I have been fighting the congestion for several days now and everything I do is slower and my energy is less. I am sick of being sick, but I am moving around. Today I am thankful not only for healthy days, but grateful to not be any sicker than I am.