word for the year revisited

i had a good experience last week that i wanted to share (sorry to those who've already heard it). last week, five out of six of us were put on antibiotics for strep throat. we survived by consuming 60+ popsicles, watching the little einstein DVDs my sister made for fritz and watching PBS kids (i now have their morning schedule memorized; previously, i only knew when "SuperWhy" was on). any mom reading this knows how antibiotics greatly increase diapering issues. jake had quite the diapering issues tuesday morning before being diagnosed with strep that afternoon and i was already having multiple outfit changes from fritz after just one day of being on medicine. i found myself sarcastically singing: "o, what a beautiful morning" all day. that night i went to write in my journal and i have the goal of "remembering" my blessings. i was struggling to come up with some blessings from that day and remembered singing "o what a beautiful morning" (again sarcastically) when it occurred to me that it was a morning, and it was more precious time granted to me to be with my children and a morning not in a third world country where i might be struggling in poverty nonetheless. i was glad to remember that each day is a gift; although, i do find myself appreciating the days more this week when we're not all sick!