Gratitude

I love snow storms when I can enjoy them from the comforts of my own home and not be on call at the hospital, which is exactly what this weekend it for me! Today was a slow day at the hospital but one encounter has been on my mind all day. When my grandpa was sick it meant so much for me to pray with him before he would go to surgery. This is not a practice I witness often these days with families but today was different. Before we took our patient for her procedure her dad wanted to have prayer, so we told them to have at it while we bowed our heads. As this father prayed for his daughter and just gave praise to God for their many blessings he then begin to pray for her nurses. As I stood there with my head bowed I was humbled that this man that doesn't know me is praying for me and for God to just give me the wisdom to help take care and protect his daughter. There really are no words to describe the power of prayer. Often people will state "oh we are praying for you" and I'm not sure how to word this politely but you just just know they are only saying what sounds nice. I am going to think about family and friends tonight and pick out one person to pray for each day for 30 days. I encourage you to give this a try. I can't describe how awesome it felt today to have that father praying for me, someone he doesn't know. So take it one step farther, tell that person at the end that you have been praying for them or write it down each day (that you prayed for them and what you prayed for) and then give them the paper. Remember the power of prayer!
For those of you doing the love dare with me. I really did not want to do today's dare. The idea of Josh telling me 3 things I do that irritate him made me feel vulnerable and a little insecure. So while we were laying on the couch watching Noah play and just talking I asked him to give me 3 things I do that make hime uncomfortable or irritated. His response was unexpected, he looked at me and calmly said "nothing" so then I started to name my bad habits. "Well how about how I leave my photography stuff everywhere around the house?" then Josh began to justify my actions for me. He responded, "honey your just busy and working so hard, what would that say about me if I didn't support you, I love you." He is definitely my better half and I had to laugh tonight when my Aunt Amanda said you guys are just good for each other kinda like peanut butter and jelly.