30 Days Being Thankful In 2021 Pt. 1

To honor my son, and my mom, to which we had big milestones coming in November, I deiced to only say this year what I am thankful for in considering them, until Thanksgiving itself, and for the whole rest of the month after. This year my mom has been gone for 20 years, and that is a big milestone that I do not even like to think about. And my son turns 19 years old. He is to that age to where almost everything is legal, and not that he would want to, but he would be able to drink, and gamble, and he can already smoke. (Thank you, God, he has the smarts to choose NOT to do these things!) So, let me kick this off with...

Day 1

I am thankful for my family, for whom if I did not have, I would not be able to get through life with out many scars. The month of November is extremely hard for me at times, and I count on my family the most when I need to feel okay. The memory of my mom and my babies is what has kept me sane and kept me going all these years. I lean on them in the tough times because they are all I have.

Day 2

My kids are my everything and I am thankful to be Mommy, Mama, and Mom to both of them. There is no other mother out there as blessed as I am.

Day 3

I am thankful that my son came into my life when I needed him most. After my mom died, I was a mess, and he saved my life LITTERALY. I do not know where I would have been back then if my son had not come into my life at that point.

Day 4

I am thankful that my mom taught me how to be a mom years before she passed on or I even thought about having kids. Just even be the example that she was for my sister, and myself as we grew up.

Day 5

I am thankful to my mom for not only being a great mom to me, but also a dad. She was everything to me growing up that my dad was not. He was never there, she was. She was the one who took care of me, who I trusted with my heart, and who I ran to in my time of need.

Day 6

I am thankful that my mom taught me how to be me. To love who I am inside and out, to be true to myself. It is something she had come to her too many years late. And never wanted me to feel that way myself so she tried hard to make sure I never felt any less of who I was or who I wanted to be.

Day 7

I am thankful I did not have my son today 19 years ago, it would have been too soon, and I was in a bad place and too stressed to have my baby that soon. I needed to not have him until later. Although I had hoped for much later than what it really ended up being. Still, all that mattered was that he was okay, and he was, or at day seven he would be soon.

Day 8

I am thankful that have had the last 18 years with my son who I have adored raising all these years. He has made it a joy to be his mom, even when he gets a little bossy.