Second Try!

                      

I don't know what I did.  I was typing along on an entry and it disappeared.  I hate when I do that.  What key did I hit?  I just want to make sure I don't hit it again.  I'm still sleepy.  The first cup of coffee hasn't helped.  I'm having the rare second cup.

Today is day 9 of the November Challenge.  I have my work cut out for me!  Your comments and e-mails have been coming in and they are wonderful.  My hope is that after the challenge is finished, we will all spend more time looking for things we are thankful for, especially when we are not feeling thankful.

Today - now I know this will seem silly - I am thankful for our bed.  While living in Mexico, I never had a new bed.  It was always one that someone had donated.  Even after I became a widow and bought myself a "new" bed, it was used.  The last bed we slept in before moving back to the US was a very nice king size. Then we came back here.  A friend gave us a bed.  It was a nightmare for me.  I woke up in pain every day.  Our pastor had a bed in storage.  Anything would have to be better, and it was, but still I woke in pain.  We decided to look for a new bed to put in our new little home.

We were at the mall for me to get a water massage when Rob veered off to the Select Comfort store.  It wouldn't hurt to look, even if the beds were way out of our price range.  We lay down.  The salesman fixed the bed to our "numbers"  We put it on lay-away!  It was a major purchase for us, but we knew that Rob had been approved for compensation by the VA, so it was possible. The bed was delivered the day we moved in here.  We'd had the bed about four days when Rob asked me if I was sleeping better.  I was!  Most of the pain was gone!  It still is.  I awake fresh most mornings and pain-free.  It doesn't stay that way many days, but I know that when I sleep, it will get a little better. I am so grateful that we bought this bed!  My fibromyalgia is grateful as well. 

So now go!  Write out you gratitude and leave it here in a comment or in an e-mail  Time's a-wastin!

Be blessed today,