Developing A Happy Heart

Yesterday, I found myself crying thankful tears into a root veggie and hummus wrap. I told my friends about my migraines, and they went out of their way to drop off two giant bags of their home grown root veggies to my front door because, "Beets, it's good fer what ails ya."

Today, I received the most beautiful and heartfelt thank you card from an amazing soul that I have the privilege of knowing. When I was feeling very alone and lost in fear, this talented energy healer did a powerful and life changing session with me. As if reading my mind about needing a friend, she told me after the session that is was a gift to a friend. She has since gifted me with another session! That first act of kindness was the beginning of my recent feelings of being supported by people and the universe.

Last week, a friend sent me a beautifully illustrated children's sunflower book.

Recently a friend, brought sunflowers to my door two different times exactly when I needed them most. She also did an energy healing on Ben and offered me the most beautiful advice for him as we stopped breast feeding.

On top of their usual help with my children, my parents have taken the kids overnight every other weekend, giving Erik and I the opportunity to get real sleep. They also have taken on our dogs who have shown their extreme displeasure with coexisting with our tiny humans. What a blessing they are.

My mother in law comes to help with the kids for a bit on many Tuesdays. A couple weeks ago, when I was sick, she made me and the kids lunch and even brought me the food she made and a drink right to my seat. I’ve been the one mothering for the last four years. It felt so nice to be mothered.

A homeschool group friend brought us some books she knew Eli would enjoy.

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I have been overwhelmed with gratitude lately for the angels in my life that have been going out of their way to be nice to me. These little moments have me smiling and my heart overflowing. I've been positively ruminating on this gratitude, and savoring the high of being cared about and surrounded by such thoughtfulness and kindness.

This is a dramatic shift in thinking for me because I honestly felt for a long time that people did not care about me, and I felt unimportant to people.

I read this thing today on a friend's Instagram story that said, "The more I whisper, 'thank you' the more I find reasons to say it again."

So true!! Who knew!?

I unintentionally started saying thank you, and life keeps handing me more and more to be thankful for.

When I was a kid, a Veggie Tales episode taught me, "A thankful heart is a happy heart." I can affirm that this is true.