New and Grateful

Hello, I am new to this website and forum.  I find myself having a lot of trouble lately with gratitude.  I still am able to be grateful to my Lord and Saviour for small things...sunrise, the moon, beautiful flowers, my husband and "kids" (4 dogs) but this year has been a difficult one.  Mom went into a nursing home in January, my husband's gramma died in January, husband laid off in March (still no work) I lost my job in July, we lost our house and am now living with my mother-in-law (I'm grateful for that she is a wonderful lady).  But I would say today.....I'm grateful for a loving and forgiving Father in Heaven because I am working on making quite a few personal changes in myself and my life and not always successful.  Because He is so loving and forgiving I know He is still with me on this and guiding my steps along the way.  Just wanted to say HI and share my gratitude on that.
 

Let The Son Shine!
"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."  
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Dear Sweetly Broken . . .
Welcome to the Gratefulness forums . . .
you are surely in the right place.
I love the name you have chosen,
for to me it means that through breaking we are healed,
and it sounds as if you have been experiencing much 'breaking'.
It is a blessing to be grateful in the midst of so many trials . . .
I hope that you will return
and share your journey
with love . . .
sparrow
 

everything counts... ♥

Dear Sweetlybroken,
 
I join Sparrow in welcoming you!
You are experiencing really rough times but you have been blessed with the insight that they have invited you to see life in new ways.!
 
I hope you will visit often and share with us your wisdom and experience!
 
With every good wish and love,
Edda 

Peace and joy!

Dear Sweetlybroken,
 
I join Sparrow and Edda in welcoming you to the Forum. As you are discovering, a heart has to be broken before it can be an open and loving heart, and our life has to be tipped upside down sometimes before we are able to change.
 
I look forward to seeing more of your posts here,
 
Blessings,
Jude

Love is the only way

hi Sweetlybroken.
 
welcome to the forum.  your screen name is is very moving and very true.  you are going through alot of hard stuff right now, and i will be thinking of you and praying for you.  You are very thankful to God.  thart is good and i will pray also that He will give you lots of Hugs from Him, especially in the hardest times.