Blessed and Grateful

It’s been a month and two weeks of having answers, of having a diagnosis for what my body was and is dealing with. What a month it has been!

Honestly, I was not expecting the new supplements to work very quickly and was very surprised when I started noticing changes after 5 days. Five days after taking them!! The meds have continued to work and I am in awe of God’s healing to my body.

At least a couple times a week, I can’t believe this is me and my life now. I have lost weight and clothes either are too big or fit great! The fatigue is not near as bad as it was and is gone most days. And the biggest blessing is feeling like me. As I wrote for my social media pages, it has been a very long time since I have felt like myself. Honestly it’s been years, and yeah, that’s kinda scary to say but that’s the truth. Really, truly having fun with kids (not that I wasn’t before but this just feels different), having the energy and stamina to workout, and having my laugh and smile back. You don’t realize how much hormones affect your body until yours are “taken away” and then given back to you after years of living “without them”.

Thank you God!

Grateful, thankful, and blessed are the words that keep coming back to me over the last month.

I have seen God work before in how He has been faithful in my life and how He has answered prayers but never something like this. God has granted physical healing to my body and I am so in awe and extremely grateful and thankful! He brought me through the valley and to the other side. My faith in Him has never been this strong and all glory goes to Him! God did everything and I just tried to hold on to Him and for the hope I really hoped was coming.

Grateful for the lesson of leaving it in God’s hands and backing away. I have a Savior who knows what’s best and He has a plan for my life. The reminder to trust Him and surrender it all to Him came to mind. Trust and surrender are my words God put on my heart for the year and boy, did I need that reminder. This week, I’ve felt anxious over a couple things but letting it go and leaving it in God’s hands has brought me so much peace.

Grateful for friends who didn’t give up on me when things were hard and I was complaining a lot about what was going on.

Grateful for friends who encouraged me to keep searching for answers and taking things one day at a time (which I struggle with – I’m better at it currently but it’s still a struggle).

Grateful for a family who lets me love on their kids and has taken me into their family too. The kids don’t realize how much they healed my teacher heart last fall and how much joy they bring to me every day! Smiling just thinking about the fun we had this week!

Grateful for new friends who pray for and with me. For new friends who encourage me and let me remember what teaching was like.

Grateful for nice weather where I can walk outside and move my body. Where before, I felt unable to with the extreme fatigue and overall just not feeling great.

Grateful for spring in the air.

Grateful for open possibilities.

Grateful for smiles and laughs.

Grateful for who God has made me to be and bringing back the girl who I dearly missed.

Thank you God for everything!! I am so grateful I am your daughter and loved by the Creator of the universe! ❤️