Recently, my husband has been travelling quite a bit more than usual and I am just discovering that everything “happens” when the husband is away i.e. colds, flu, muscle spasms and tantrums, leaky rooftops and technological complications that most men are so gifted at fixing. Anyway, if you have a travelling man, you know just what I’m talking about. Needless to say we were anxious to have our traveling man home on this particular week.
On the day my husband was to reunite with us (much to the delight of our two little girls who ask the second Daddy leaves when Daddy is coming home), I got an email from him that started with “Everything is okay”. Now when you get an email like that you know that something is wrong. I braced myself and read further. “ A pilot has had a heart attack and we are re-routing to Reno Nevada. Okay, so now I am visualizing the plane being flown by a professional Nintendo game player and my husband’s last words to me will have been in an email. Gulp. Email is a funny thing. No feelings or emotions can be conveyed…no wink of the eye or wide and comforting smiles, just words on a screen. “The pilot has had a heart attack.” As I read further, I learn that the pilot was indeed a pilot…just not THE pilot. He was a passenger and he was stable. Everything really was going to be okay. My heart swelled with GRATITUDE. When my husband finally got home I hugged him extra hard and thought to myself… colds, flu, muscle spasms, tantrums, leaky rooftops and technical complications…BRING THEM ON. Just bring my husband HOME safely.
Gratitude. Every day. For every little thing.
This thanksgiving season may your heart be filled with gratitude for the people you love, the life you live and the opportunity you have to spread the joy of knowing our Heavenly Father.
…You shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.”
Deuteronomy 26:11
