I can't believe another week has gone by! Things have been so busy around here...but in a good way! This month the boys and I have been focused on writing down things we are thankful for. It has been a good exercise for all of us and something that we have all enjoyed!
This week for my favorite things Friday I want to count my blessings with friendships that have been formed. Moving to a small town where you don't know anyone can be hard. In fact, I think that I underestimated how difficult it was going to be. People that have a history together, that have known each other since grade school aren't so willing to let the "new girl" into the group.
On top of that, I tend to be shy/reserved with people I don't know that well. I have been praying for God to open doors for me. Well this week I see an open door and I am running through it!!
Favorite Things Friendships:
1. We are having a few of the boys friends over to spend the night tonight. It will be pizza and a movie and video games and staying up way too late! N said the boys are going to take over the world!!
2. I invited a few friends to a cooking class at Big Cedar and they all said yes! This will be the first time that we have done anything socially together although we all volunteer at the school. I'm so excited!
3. I surprised the boys with a tea party after school yesterday. It was fruit and cheese, bread and a really yummy pumpkin spread. We ate on pretty plates and drank out of breakable cups. The boys loved it and so did I!!
4. I got together with a girl that is on a fundraising committee with me at school. We were supposed to brainstorm ideas of businesses that would be willing to donate goods/services to a auction that we put on every year. We spent the morning talking and laughing and connecting! We got very little actual work done but I think that we successfully formed a friendship!
5. The hospital has been extremely stressful and busy lately. I have questioned how I can be a good nurse when so many things are piled on me. I know my co-workers are feeling it too. But when things get really stressful we band together and work as a team. We are also planning to get together outside of work for a girls night out!
I feel so blessed right now and thank God for all my wonderful family and friends!
How wonderful you are enjoying many ways to fellowship with others, Amelia! Friends and family are such blessings from the Lord!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are!! So many things to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteHello my friend, how wonderful that you are making new connections. I volunteered to run an community auction and made so many new friendships through it. Most of them were just casual, but 1 woman became a dear friend. I didn't know you were a nurse! I am on a sllllllow path through nursing school and am so happy we have this connection. I know if we lived closer I would be sitting at your kitchen table watching our redheads play together! :) I am thankful to have met you through blogging.
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