Blessed

This time of year constantly brings me back to Martina McBride's song Blessed. This is the time of year when Brad and I mark the "important" dates in our life as a couple. March 1, our first date; March 2, he proposed; March 3, we were married.

And this year, with our precious new addition, I read the words to the song and sob - I am truly blessed - exceedingly, abundantly above all I could have ever asked or thought. I have a husband who, though we butt heads frequently (the joys of two hard-headed sinners being married to one another), loves me and our children and does his very best to provide for us...and works VERY hard doing it. I have four children when I thought I'd never have any. Yes, I have been blessed...

I get kissed by the sun each morning
Put my feet on a hardwood floor
I get to hear my children laughing
Down the hall through the bedroom door
Sometimes I sit on my front porch swing
Just soaking up the day
I think to myself, I think to myself
This world is a beautiful place

I have been blessed
And I feel like I've found my way
I thank God for all I've been given
At the end of every day
I have been blessed
With so much more than I deserve
To be here with the ones that love me
To love them so much it hurts
I have been blessed

Across a crowded room
I know you know what I'm thinking
By the way I look at you
And when we're lying in the quiet
And no words have to be said
I think to myself, I think to myself
This love is a beautiful gift

I have been blessed
And I feel like I've found my way
I thank God for all I've been given
At the end of every day
I have been blessed
With so much more than I deserve
To be here with the ones that love me
To love them so much it hurts
I have been blessed