This is an excerpt from a guest post I wrote at How to Homeschool My Child as part of the 30 Days of Thanks Series.
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If there is anything I have learned throughout my life, it is that gratefulness will set you right. No matter what you are going through, good or bad, difficult or easy, spending a few minutes finding things to be grateful for will change your outlook on life.
And when you say the things you are thankful for out loud, or even write them down, you have taken that thankfulness to another level.
Years ago my family worked on a gratefulness project together for Thanksgiving. It not only has become a treasured item but holds many many memories. And it didn’t cost us much at all, except our time!
Times were hard
This project came about several years ago when my kids were little, before I was officially homeschooling them, let alone writing about planning our homeschool or designing planners.
But at the time, things were hard. My husband was working full time while going to nursing school. I was working a part time job from home while raising my toddlers. In the middle of this, my sister and her four homeschooled kids had just moved in with us so she could get back on her feet after her divorce.
It was not an easy time.
We were living paycheck to paycheck and doing what we could to make ends meet, often with the help of our local church and friends.
The truth is, we never went hungry, we had a roof over our heads, and all our bills were paid! We weren’t living extravagant lives, but all our needs were met.
We truly had much to be grateful for!
Want to read more? Head on over to How to Homeschool My Child for the full text of this guest blog post I wrote!
You’ll find out what project we did together and also get pics, tips, and instructions on how to do it yourselves! I can’t wait to hear what you think about it!
