My kids have never gone to bed hungry, never wondered where they'd sleep the next night. They have never gone without clothes and struggled to stay warm in an empty alley all night.
They have never cried themselves to sleep, wondering if they would wake up alone with no parent by their side- or woke up next to a drug addicted parent- passed out and unable to be awakened.
They don't know what they don't know. They don't know the feeling of living alone on the streets, struggling to support themselves, or moving from shelter to shelter sleeping on old cots. They've never had to deal with that.
Because of the limited things they've seen, they do not REALLY know all that they have to be thankful for. They do not fully comprehend the blessing that is their life and their circumstances. They are missing the chance to truly celebrate all that is good in their lives.
I'm saddened that I've been unable to truly teach them this one lesson: life is a gift, enjoy and treasure each piece of all that you've been given. It is truly more than you recognize and FAR MORE than you celebrate on a daily basis.
Today- celebrate the gift of your life and all the blessings that you have in it!
