This weekend just gone has been one of those manic yet wonderful times. As many of you will know, me and Rachel (my wife) had a beautiful baby girl called Eloise on the 28th January this year. And this Saturday was the day we arranged to have a thanksgiving celebration and blessing. It was fantastic.
It was so good to have so many friends and family all come to join us in giving thanks for this amazing treasure that we’ve been given to look after.
As I’ve been reflecting on the day I’ve been really struck afresh by just how important it is to take time to celebrate special moments in life and to pause and give thanks.
Life can become so busy. We get caught up in a whirlwind. We go from one thing to the next without a moments break.
And yet life becomes so much richer when we do take moments to pause, celebrate, and give thanks. It reminds of what we have and why we are doing what we’re doing. Celebrating and thanksgiving help to bring perspective.
Clearly there are different levels to this. There are the big occasions like we had with baby Eloise this Saturday, but I think it’s important to find moments to celebrate and give thanks for every day.
Linked with this, I want to kick off this week on Awaken by setting us a challenge. Let’s choose this week to find moments to celebrate and give things for every day and then, come Friday, take some time to reflect on what difference it has made to our week.
Why not start this first day of the week off by leaving a comment about something or someone you’re thankful for or something you want to celebrate?
Who’s up for the challenge?!
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Today I was especially thankful for my husband, and what an amazing dad he is. We don’t usually give into all of the commercial side of holidays, but try to make memories around them. Today, we got to do that with both of the kids. We went on a hike up some pretty steep boulders, and with Max that is no easy tasks. I was prepared to wait in the car with him, while Steve took Abbey up to see the view. And before I knew it, he had Max in his arms and was heading right up the side. I couldn’t have been more thankful at that moment that he was my son’s dad. He’s a great dad, and I am terribly lucky to have him. I was happy to get to celebrate him today in our own special way.