Thankfulness Part 1

2020 has been a year of despair for so many, and I am not excluded from experiencing some. I lost my grandpa and an uncle within a few weeks of each other in the spring. I was finally getting used to my job and the people I worked with. When corona hit, they all decided to work full time from home. I decided to work part time on site and part time from home since I was given the choice, and with that choice came the want to keep something "normal". Ha! Normal is a word I will never use the same again. The isolation I felt coming into work those first few months was unbearable. I am now thankfully used to it, like so many other things. It's easier now but there are definitely days that it's still extremely hard. However, I am still thankful for so much and I meant to write this post a week ago but life happened, so here I am in week 2 of November, getting part 1 of my thankfulness out into the world.

I'm very thankful that I still have a job and was able to work all year. I don't take for granted how much of a blessing it truly is to be able to say I've been able to work through all this craziness. I'm also thankful for the opportunity to work from home. I don't think I could do it 5 days a week unless they forced me to. I enjoy working on site 2 days a week and at home the other 3 days. Bella, our oh so loving beagle, loves it a lot too. I try to do devotions in bed (see image below), and it's amazing what starting out the day snuggling a beagle and reading my bible can do before walking 20 feet to my office to work. Life looks a lot different these days but the opportunity I've been given to work from home part time so my beagle is less lonely during the week makes up for a lot in 2020.