What are you {thankful} for?

What are you {thankful} for?

 

When I first started to think of this question, all the funny things came to mind. For Little Miss it would probably be bacon, beef jerky, barbies, "girl legos", and junior mints. lol

 

What about me? Well, at first, I chuckle thinking of Starbucks, sleep, my iPhone, and Shamrock Shakes. You know the necessities. ;)

 

As I started thinking of how to translate those things I am {thankful} for into a lunch, my mind kept coming back to one in particular I made for Little Miss last year. It pretty much sums up the real thankfulness in my heart.



 

 

My baby girl. My Little Miss.

 

I've pretty much spewed my guts out on the blog before (see post *here*) and even though that post started as a way to vent, it ended with thankfulness. You know why? Because with out my daughter, I would be nothing. Heck, I probably wouldn't be alive right now.

 

I call her my guardian angel. Sent to rescue me. And she did.

 

So now I strive every day to make the world a better more safe place for her to live, not just because of her allergies.

 

My friend Laura once told me something... and it really stuck with me because it's so true.

 

She said, "God gave you Little Miss because he knew you needed her just as much as she needed you."

 

 

It's true.

It's not easy being a food allergy parent, and I like to think I go the extra mile - because I want to not because I have to.

God gave me big shoulders. The ability to keep pushing. No matter what obstacles she and I faced over the last seven years.

 

Now I'm in a position in my life where I've been blessed to be a blessing and that is how I try to live every single day.

 

 

Those moments are precious to me.

 

The times where I'm up at 4am baking homemade gluten & nut free donuts so she won't be left out at school for a donut treat that day. I'm thankful.

 

The times I stay up late making phone calls, writing emails, putting all her emergency ID tags together, checking and double checking on each detail for a school field trip to ensure her safety. I'm thankful.

 

When we lay in her bed together each evening. Reading to one another. Curled up and I sit in awe watching how she's grown and how smart she is. I'm thankful.

 

When she cries. When she's mad. When she's sick. When she sleeps. When I come home and those arms wrap around me in the tightest hug... I'm thankful.

 

 

What are you {thankful} for?

 

For Thanksgiving fun lunch box ideas, click HERE to scroll through all the fun themed things we've made.

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