{"id":1003,"date":"2016-09-17T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9e5.7ed.myftpupload.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2016-09-17T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:56:22","slug":"we-are-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/we-are-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked today, \u201cWhat&#8217;s one thing you\u2019re thankful for?\u201d \u00a0I was on a live call, so there was no time for hesitation. \u00a0I immediately said, \u201cI\u2019m thankful for where we are today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let me elaborate. \u00a0Yesterday was one of those days where in the midst of the chaos, I was able to stop for a second and think about a few things. \u00a0The school my kids attend, who they\u2019re around every day, the environment they\u2019re in, where we live, the options we\u2019ve created for our family, etc. \u00a0It was one of those days that ended with a lot of, \u201cThank you God for making it so clear as to what we needed to do!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>You see&#8230;.where we are today has been made possible by the decisions we\u2019ve made and a lot of those decisions were made years ago.<\/strong> \u00a0We had no idea they would necessarily lead us to where we are today, we just knew it was what we were supposed to do. Some of those decisions blew our family\u2019s minds. Some sparked a lot of negativity. \u00a0Some even caused us to lose friendships. However, with each decision, something told us we were moving in the right direction. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/9e5.7ed.myftpupload.com\/about-mauria-dillard\/\">Through prayer and even lots of tears and frustration, we pressed on and the culmination of those decisions have led us to where we are today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just chat about this for a moment. \u00a0We&#8217;ve all heard the phrase, &#8220;You are where you are because of the decisions that you&#8217;ve made.&#8221; This little truth can be a really good thing, or it can be a really bad thing. \u00a0There have certainly been times in my life where I was in a horrible place, and yes, it was because I had put myself there. \u00a0It was no ones fault other than my own. \u00a0However, thank God for second chances and grace!! \u00a0Isn\u2019t it awesome that we can literally change the direction of our lives with one simple decision, and then that one simple decision leads to another and another??<\/p>\n<p>Believe me when I say, &#8220;Our life is far from perfect.&#8221; \u00a0We face challenges every day as a family and in business. However, I can also honestly say I am so thankful for bold prayers, scary risks, and tough decisions that have <a href=\"http:\/\/9e5.7ed.myftpupload.com\/about-mauria-dillard\/\">led us to exactly where we are today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you God for grace, second chances, and strength to take these bold leaps of faith when the world is against it! \u00a0Thank you for always knowing what is best for me when I have no clue! Thank you for taking care of my family and once again thank you for where we are today!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/9e5.7ed.myftpupload.com\/contact-me\/\">What are you thankful for? I\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Mauria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked today, \u201cWhat&#8217;s one thing you\u2019re thankful for?\u201d \u00a0I was on a live call, so there was no time for hesitation. \u00a0I immediately said, \u201cI\u2019m thankful for where we are today!\u201d Let me elaborate. \u00a0Yesterday was one of those days where in the midst of the chaos, I was able to stop for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,15],"tags":[18,43,9,54,20,13,14,24,55,38,16,56,57],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20.jpg",862,378,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20-300x132.jpg",300,132,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20-768x337.jpg",768,337,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20.jpg",800,351,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20.jpg",862,378,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20.jpg",862,378,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mauria Dillard","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/author\/wpadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I was asked today, \u201cWhat&#8217;s one thing you\u2019re thankful for?\u201d \u00a0I was on a live call, so there was no time for hesitation. \u00a0I immediately said, \u201cI\u2019m thankful for where we are today!\u201d Let me elaborate. \u00a0Yesterday was one of those days where in the midst of the chaos, I was able to stop for&hellip;","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.7 - 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