{"id":4896,"date":"2017-12-24T19:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T09:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stillaslife.com\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2017-12-25T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T02:46:09","slug":"12-things-im-thankful-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillaslife.com\/fr\/12-things-im-thankful-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"12 choses dont je suis reconnaissant pour ce No\u00ebl"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s Christmas Eve, and that means tomorrow is Christmas! Looking back over the year, there are so many things that have made this year a challenge. Things that are painful, things that are stressful and things that are just frustrating. The year started out with news, both good and bad. My sister was in Australie<\/a> for Christmas and New Years where she made the announcement that she was engaged. We were super excited!<\/p>\n Then the news came that my Papa (grandpa) was very sick. By the middle of January, the tests showed it was most likely some kind of cancer. By the end of January, he passed away after battling liver cancer. So we spent most of January away, visiting him and doing our best to support the rest of my family. With that backdrop, the year looked like it was going to be a bleak one. Looking back now, some of the first things that jump to mind do indicate it was a tough year.<\/p>\n Papa passed away, work seemed to be a constant tug of war between doing my job and not being permitted to do my job. My boss was fired, and work politics exploded before I was made redundant. In amongst all that work politics spread into church politics, making it almost impossible to attend any kind of church event without people asking questions.\u00a0Then growths on Pops hands (my\u00a0other grandpa) were diagnosed after many years as being tumours. Spots on his face that had previously always been diagnosed as fungal growths were rediagnosed as skin cancer, and he spent six weeks in hospital undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n Then, of course, my Nan had a heart attack, and my dad and father-in-law have both had health issues. It\u2019s been a wild year.<\/p>\n As I have been looking back over the past week at all that\u2019s happened, I\u2019ve realised, there is a lot that has happened to be thankful for. So I was inspired. Many people and organisations are promoting various 12 days of Christmas events, sales, and so on. So I thought I\u2019d put together 12 things I\u2019m thankful for from the past year. It\u2019s impossible to be negative and grateful at the same time. So if you are going through something terrible right now, I\u2019d encourage you to think about the things that you are thankful for. No matter how small, it can all make a difference to how you are feeling and help you to cope with the tough times. If you need to write it down, write it down, and if you\u2019d like to share anything in the comments below, I\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n So, here are twelve things I\u2019m thankful for from 2017 roughly in chronological order.<\/p>\n What can I say, I\u2019ve been so blessed to have my awesome wife by my side, supporting me and working with me through all that has happened this year. I\u2019m so thankful for her and everything that she does on a daily basis. Without here there is no way we could have done everything that I am thankful for, and so I am incredibly grateful that God brought us together and that we share the same beliefs and ideals.<\/p>\n1. Wifey.<\/h3>\n